Bangladesh Train Collision Kills Dozens Near Tongi
A deadly rail crash outside Maidi Khan village near Tongi left at least 10 dead and hundreds injured as two trains collided on a signaling disputed route. Soldiers aided rescues while officials blamed human error and wrong signaling on the Dhaka to Tongi and Tongi to Chittagong routes. President Ershad visited the scene as trains were halted and investigators began the probe.
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Chittagong
Maidi Khan
Tongi
Dhaka
Anwar Hussain
Karim
Biswa Estena
World Congregation
Mecca
Rohinoor Begum
Pangu Hospital
Hussain Mohammad Ershad
Bangladesh
Audubon Worker Wins Iowa Lotto Jackpot in Near-Streak
An Audubon lumberyard worker, Jerry Lauritsen, is the apparent winner of a 400000 dollar Iowa Lotto jackpot, making him the second winner in a week. The winning ticket was sold at the Super Valu in Audubon and must be validated by lottery officials before installments begin, with after tax annual payments around 15000 dollars.
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Audubon
Iowa
Harold Madison
Jerry Lauritsen
Lottery
Super Valu
Roy Rustvold
Rustvold
Lauritsen
Bret Voorhees
Three Men Jailed After Lansing Shooting
Three men were arrested after a Sunday morning shooting in Lansing. Ricky Welsh 20 of Lansing Ronald Gaines 20 of Fort Polk Louisiana and Dale Krambeer of New Albia were held after they allegedly lured a car with Shawn Connor 23 and James Cooper 24 into shotgun range. Connor and West were treated and released from a local hospital.
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Lansing
Allamakee County
Ricky Welsh
Ronald Gaines
Fort Polk
Dale Krambeer
New Albia
Shawn Connor
James Cooper
Gregory West
Ferryville
Wis
Connor
West
Civic praise for Russ and Roxanne Smith in Cedar Rapids
The Iowa Quarter Horse Association thanks Russ and Roxanne Smith of Russ Smith Quarter Horses Inc for bringing the annual meeting and stallion breeders auction to Cedar Rapids last fall. Russ is a past officer and Roxanne served as event chairperson, with civic appreciation from the City of Five Seasons.
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Russ
Roxanne Smith
Russ Smith Quarter Horses, Inc
Marion
Iowa Quarter Horse Association
Cedar Rapids
Roxanne
Cedar Rapids Promotes Meetings and Conventions Services
The piece invites organizations to consider Cedar Rapids for meetings or conventions. It promises help with all arrangements from hotel rooms to meeting sites plus hospitality and entertainment to ensure a smooth event.
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Cedar Rapids
Helsinki process gains breakthrough in human rights raises
Western and neutral governments gain right to raise rights concerns with East bloc states at any time. The Moscow conference, tied to Gorbachev reforms, marks a new level of international scrutiny. Critics warn of loopholes and continue to press for enforcement and minority protections.
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Zimmermann
Canada
Albania
Moscow
Europe
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Vienna
United States
Britain
Yuri Kashlev
Gorbachev
Kashlev
Helsinki
Soviet Bloc
Romania
Fictional Israeli radio scare prompts listener alarms
In Jerusalem the state radio drew dozens of calls after airing a play review in which an Israeli prime minister is found dead by suicide. A police spokesman called the death an act by the prime minister, amid allegations of embezzling government funds.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Ziva Levin
Israel Broadcast Authority
Drug Kit Promotes Parental Eye Test For Drug Use
An Irvine based group markets a fifty dollar Winners Program kit with tape, writings and a medical flashlight to have parents check eye reactions and pupil responses as a drug test. Critics, including Paire and Rene Topalian, dispute effectiveness and warn against intrusive home testing while noting better prevention methods exist. About 3,500 kits sold in six months. sales income funds the program.
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Irvine
Paire
Rene Topalian
Los Angeles County Health Department
Hannah
Andy Johnson
University of Southern California
School of Medicine
Forest Tennant
National Football League
Los Angeles Dodgers
California Highway Patrol
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Voorhees
Welsh
Gaines
Krambeer
Kathy Roeder
Skogman Realty
C.R
Cedar Rapids Area
Lawrence O’keeffe
Czechoslovakia
Prague
London
Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
International Helsinki Federation
Ilofuo
Ayn
Senel
Ortice Informat
CR Jazz
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