Balloonists halt record bid after injury and tear in balloon
British balloonists Per Lindstrand and Mike Kendrick suffered a setback during a test inflation in England as Lindstrand was injured in a 20 foot fall and a 60 foot seam tore open in the 264 foot craft. They planned to reach about 80 000 feet to beat the record.
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Watton
England
Per Lindstrand
Mike Kendrick
Richard Down
Lindstrand
Kendrick
Britain
Julian Nott
Longmont
Colo
Outer Space
Per
Down
Wisconsin urges AIDS precautions for funeral workers
Wisconsin funeral directors and embalmers are urged to take precautions when handling bodies of suspected or known AIDS victims. The notice cites safety guidelines and notes no confirmed AIDS deaths in the state. Officials say the licensing board approved the guidance independently of a man suspected as Wisconsin’s first AIDS death.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Black Rodeo Closes as Houston Ranch Becomes Housing
In Houston, the Diamond L Ranch rodeo arena ends its run after drawing three generations of Black performers. The site will be replaced by a housing project, reflecting broader national shifts from segregated to integrated rodeo participation.
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Europe
London
Heathrow
Kendrick
Houston
Diamond L Ranch
Texas
Ship sinks with 100 dead off Java Sea near Masalembo
More than 100 people died when the Lumber Wangs carrying about 200 passengers sank in the Java Sea north of Masalembo island. Rescue teams saved 96 by Saturday morning and took them to hospitals in Banjarmasin. Survivors said a leak in the engine room caused the disaster.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Java Sea
Italian-born coffee planter killed in Mutare shooting
In Mutare, Zimbabwe, gunmen shot 67-year-old John Parodi on his veranda killing him. His 14-year-old son Giovanni is missing and guns were stolen from the home, police said.
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Harare
Zimbabwe
Mutare
Burma Valley
John Parodi
Giovanni
Worldwide protests mark Hiroshima anniversary as NATO missiles rise
The 38th Hiroshima anniversary drew hundreds of U S antiwar protesters from Connecticut to Seattle and across Europe. Demonstrators urged nuclear disarmament while others staged fasts and die ins against NATO missiles in Western Europe.
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Hiroshima
Gazette Wire
Japan
U.S
Connecticut
Seattle
Europe
NATO
America
Electric Boat Shipyard
Groton
Conn
Navy
Fort Griswold
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Kimi Hara
Shikoku Christian College
West Germany
The Gazette Company Publication Details
The Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company and published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates list $1.95 per week by carrier and $9.20 for 4 weeks by mail, with regional rates and note that no mail subscriptions are accepted in carrier areas. 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
Female California condors show female hatchlings in San Diego program
Sex tests on two 10 week old condor chicks Sespe and Almiye confirm they are female, boosting hope for captive breeding. Spokesman Jeff Jouett notes three of four eggs hatched at the zoo are female, with Tecuya also female in captivity. Birds retrieved from wild nests are kept as wild as possible with no public viewing.
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San Diego
Zoo
Arlene Kumamoto
Sespe
Almiye
Jeff Jouett
San Diego Zoo
Wild Animal Park
Jouett
Sisquoc
Los Angeles Zoo
Tecuya
California
Quiet Returns to Strike Site Firebaugh Calif Packing Sheds
Police reported no trouble Saturday at two cantaloupe packing sheds in Firebaugh California after a strike erupted into violence. Officers arrested 19 people and 21 suffered mostly minor injuries during two hours of rock throwing firebombings and vandalism.
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Thatcher
Windsor
Margaret Thatcher
Loch Ness
Drumnadrochit
Scotland
Erik Beckford
Little Tokyo
Los Angeles
Nuclear Resistance Coalition
Federal Building
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome
N.Y
Air Force
Continental Army
Fort Stanwix
Oakland
Calif
Paris
Bonn
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Peace Park
Enola Gay
United States
Soviet Union
Takeshi Araki
Nakasone
Great Britain
Brandy
St. Brides Bay
West Wales
Munich
Marienplatz Square
Copia
Procter & Gamble
Hamilton Medical Equipment Service, Inc
Prospect Place
Dubuque County
OCA Cola
Juice Newton
Rveave St
Beer Garden
Bill Hames
Jess Sevens Dee
Ieraa
Grand Amer
Midwest
Crash
Billy “Crash’ Craddock
Flua
John Davis
Willie
Entertai
Dubuque County Fair
Statler Bros. Show
Statler
Omaha
Dubuque
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