Major quake devastates Colombian city and kills many
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck Popayan Col iba on a Holy Week day causing widespread destruction. Up to 200 killed and 500 injured as buildings caved in and the cathedral collapsed. Rescue operations rushed supplies and patients to hospitals while authorities imposed military control amid looting fears.
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Popayan
San Jose Hospital
Belisario Betancur
United States
Venezuela
Panama
U.S
Colombia
Judge sentences Teamsters leader in bribery case
Federal Judge Prentice Marshall imposes a provisional 55 year term on Teamsters President Roy Williams for conspiring to bribe Sen Howard Cannon. Williams may have the sentence reduced after a 90 day medical evaluation for his emphysema. He faces a $29000 fine and awaits final sentencing June 27.
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Chicago
Roy Williams
Teamsters
U.S
Prentice H. Marshall
Williams
Marshall
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
Dave Beck
Jimmy Hoffa
Cannon
Las Vegas
Joseph Lombardo
Teamsters Pension Fund
Thomas O'Malley
Pension Fund
Andrew Massa
Allen Dorfman
Springfield
Judge orders Sheikh to pay wife up to 3 billion in divorce
In the largest divorce action, judge Robert Fainer sets a potential 3 billion default judgment if Sheika Dena Al-Fassi proves her claim of a 6 billion fortune. He delays final order to May 27 while Mohammed Al-Fassi refuses to appear or deposition. The fugitive sheik fled to Saudi Arabia with four children, facing a federal warrant for removal and barring return to the United States.
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Los Angeles
Mohammed Al-Fassi
Sheika Dena Al-Fassi
Robert Fainer
Fassi
Florida
Saudi Arabia
United States
Brooke Shields declines Arab sheik marriage offer after camels proposal
Actress Brooke Shields recalled on ABC that an Arab sheik offered 12 camels to marry her following a film in the Middle East. She said she was not ready to settle down and would need to gain 20 pounds as a condition of the match.
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New York
Brooke Shields
Miss Shields
Middle East
Forbes Bolger Balloon Flight Marks 200 Years of Balloons
Malcolm Forbes and US Postmaster General William Bolger celebrated two centuries of ballooning with a Capitol Hill flight in a large house shaped balloon. Forbes funded the event and lunch while Bolger announced the first commemorative stamps to be presented to President Reagan, with a hopeful mail delivery tomorrow.
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Washington
Malcolm Forbes
William Bolger
Capitol Hill
Forbes
Reagan
Vietnamese Forces Overrun Khmer Rouge Base In Thai Frontier
Vietnamese tanks and troops overran a Khmer Rouge stronghold near Nong Samet, killing at least 32 Cambodian refugees and sending about 15,000 fleeing into Thailand. Casualties may reach 50 dead and 300 wounded. Thai frontier forces went on alert as Phnom Chat base fell and refugees fled toward safety.
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Aranyaprathet
Thailand
Khmer Rouge
Cambodia
Pol Pot
Heng Samrin
Phnom Chat
Washington
State Department
Nong Samet
Tripoli clashes kill three in Syria controlled city shootout
Gunbattles shattered a fragile truce as rival Muslim militias fought in Tripoli, killing three and wounding six. In Bekaa Valley, Israeli and Syrian forces traded artillery in a one hour clash, signaling rising tensions. An Israeli panel found no Palestinian poisoning in the West Bank, attributing symptoms to mass hysteria.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Bekaa
Syria
Israel
West Bank
Britain expels Soviet diplomats over spying claims
The Foreign Office ordered seven days to leave for Col. Guennadi A. Primakov and barred Vladimir V. Ivanov from returning. Igor V. Titov of New Times was also accused of unacceptable activities and would face action if still in Britain in seven days.
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London
Britain
Kremlin
Foreign Office
Guennadi A. Primakov
Vladimir V. Ivanov
Oil slick menaces Qatar as Bahrain spared in Persi Gulf spill
An oil slick from Iran's Nowruz field threatens Qatar while Bahrain is spared. Qatar calls on residents and contractors to transport rocks and build an emergency dam along Ras Aboud to shield Doha, urging all 240,000 inhabitants to assist.
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Manama
Bahrain
Iran
Nowruz
Persi Gulf
Qatar
Ras Aboud
Doha
Solidarity Pledges Quiet During Pope John Paul I Visit
Solidarity underground leaders vow no protest actions during Pope John Paul I visit to Poland. The pope is to arrive June 16 for a weeklong stay, and the pledge aims to ensure a peaceful transition in Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity Underground
John Paul I
Gazette Cedar Rapids Ad Rates and Mailing Details
The Gazette established 1883 publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription options include carrier and mail with weekly and yearly rates. mail subscriptions vary by region and some areas excluded. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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THE
Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Judge Sentences Estes for Attacking Justice White
U S District Judge David Winder ordered Newton Estes to serve 10 days in jail and two years on probation for striking Supreme Court Justice Byron White on the head during a summer speech. A one year jail term was suspended and Estes was fined $500, with the judge calling the attack stupid and cowardly.
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Salt Lake City
Newton Estes
Supreme Court
Byron White
U.S
David Winder
Justice Dept Files Videotaped Awards Ceremony For All 55 000
The Justice Department mailed 125 copies of its 55 minute annual awards ceremony video to offices nationwide with orders for each site to report showings and employee viewing numbers. Attorney General William French Smith said taping saves costs versus summoning all 55 000 staff to a Washington ceremony at RFK Stadium. The event marks 32 years of the ceremony with 25 AG awards presented and accounts of winners read aloud. Rep Harold Washington is noted in an adjacent item. John Lindsay Jr. and an accomplice were arrested in Bridgehampton for selling $300 worth of cocaine to an undercover agent as part of a Hamptons drug sweep.
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Washington
Justice Department
William French Smith
Department
Art Brill
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Smith
Bridgehampton
N.Y
New York
John V. Lindsay
John Lindsay Jr
Suffolk County
Hamptons
Long Island
East End
EPA Links Dow to Dioxin Contamination of River
The federal government and EPA officials accuse Dow Chemical Co of contaminating the Tittabawassee River in Michigan with the most toxic dioxin. The claim is backed by a new study building on earlier EPA findings from Chicago, which had been ordered deleted by Washington. Valdas Adamkus of the Chicago EPA office stated that Dow is a source of the toxin.
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New York
Chicago
Mario Cuomo
Washington
Dow Chemical Co
Midland
Mich
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Dow
Tittabawassee River
Valdas Adamkus
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EL Paso
Texas
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Miriam Araceli Hernandez
Providence Memorial Hospital
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Young Lindsay
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