Safari plane crash in Rwanda kills 12 Americans
A Cessna 404 carrying 12 American tourists and a Kenyan pilot crashed on a mountainside near Kishwati in northwestern Rwanda while en route from Goma to Kenya. There were no survivors. Names of the Americans span Illinois Texas Michigan Florida and Amarillo Texas, plus a Filipino national passenger.
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Thomas Askelson
Sycamore, Ill
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the Woodlands
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Flint
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Colo
Daniel Schwartz
Tampa
Fla
Ernest Farino
Shirley Farino
Becky Fergerson
Nancy Gerald
Mary Slater
Donald Wilberforce
Amarillo
Thelma Yambao
Gene White
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
Yambao
Near collision reported at Los Angeles International Airport
The Mexicana Airlines jumbo jet reportedly missed a WestAir commuter airliner by about 35 feet during landing at LAX. WestAir's Timothy Flynn said the commuter jet had the jumbo in sight at all times and estimated 1000 feet separation. The events prompted an FAA review and added to a broader NTSB investigation into a prior week airport mix-up.
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Los Angeles International
Mexicana
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Kirk pushes for brief 1988 Democratic platform
DNC Chairman Paul Kirk, backed by top congressional leaders, urged the Democratic Governors Association that the 1988 platform be brief and bland. He urged an open letter style that avoids narrow issues like abortion to prevent Republicans from using it to attack Democrats.
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Democratic National Committee
Paul Kirk
Families of America
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Democratic Governors Association
Dogs Helped Save A Farmstead Runner Stranded Night
A 22 hour search found eats' farm resident Dale Coats four miles from the farm curled between two dogs that sheltered him through a freezing night. A search party member heard the dogs bark Friday morning and located him.
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Dale Coats
Haitian bishops urge Haitians to resist military regime
Roman Catholic bishops condemned the army’s role in violence during the ban on a free vote in Port au Prince and denounced the regime’s election decree. They urged citizens to oppose the junta and called for a new Electoral Council as clashes left 34 dead and 75 wounded.
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State Department
U.S
Port-au- Prince
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Jean- Claude
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Nancy Reagan pushes purge of conservatives and Geneva Summit
Former White House aide Michael Deaver writes in Behind the Scenes that Nancy Reagan pressed to oust hard line conservatives and urged President Reagan toward the Geneva summit with Mikhail Gorbachev. He says she fought to replace key aides and managed conflict within the White House amid personal strains reported by the Washington Post.
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Nancy Reagan
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
White House
Nancy
Geneva
Michael Deaver
Deaver
Richard Allen
William Clark
Donald Regan
James Watt
Ronald Reagan
Cambodian pact raises hopes for end to civil war
Prince Sihanouk and Hun Sen signed an accord that may guide future talks with Khmer Rouge to end the Cambodian civil conflict. Success hinges on whether Khmer Rouge join negotiations. the agreement primarily sets ground rules for discussions.
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Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Hun Sen
Vietnam
Khmer Rouge
Sihanouk
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