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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1988
Page
3
An express passenger train collided with a bus carrying peasants at a railway crossing in Liaoning province. At least 46 people died and many were injured as the train bound for Beijing struck the bus Friday night, according to Xinhua.
In Tepic inmates battle security forces for two days over Christmas pardons. at least 22 people die including the warden. A fierce 15 minute gunfight preceded the quelling of the mutiny at Venustiano Carranza penitentiary.
A dawn tornado path about three miles long swept through Franklin and Brentwood Tennessee injuring 15 and killing one. Fifteen houses were destroyed and 40 damaged along with five commercial buildings toppled. Emergency officials reported as many as eight twisters in the area.
Police report 84 additional bodies recovered from Pan Am Flight 103 crash site near Lockerbie bringing total recovered to 239 of 258 aboard and on the ground. The CIA Beirut station chief is among the dead, with no confirmed links to terrorism. Local residents cope with Christmas as searches continue.
In Bethlehem crowds were sparse as Palestinian strikes and Israeli security kept pilgrims away. Soldiers patrolled Manger Square around the Church of the Nativity while a choir performed before midnight Mass.
Tear gas fired into the Apple House disco near Kadena Air Base caused a stampede injuring 25 people, two critically. About 200 patrons, largely foreigners, fled downstairs as gas spread. police cooperate with U.S. authorities in the investigation while noting no confirmed serviceman involvement.
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