Footbridge collapse kills seventeen at Sete Quedas falls
A suspension footbridge over the Parana River at Sete Quedas collapsed sending 17 people to their deaths with police noting more bodies likely. Survivors reported 40 to 50 on the bridge as cables snapped, with victims including Brazilians and Japanese ancestry residents.
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SETE
Sete Quedas
Manuel Rodrigues
Guaira
Parana
Reinan Heber
Oscar Pacheco
Police rescue Julio Iglesias Sr. from guerrilla hideout in Trasmoz
Anti-terrorist officers dynamited a two-story house in Trasmoz to free 66-year-old obstetrician Julio Iglesias Sr. and arrest three men and a woman accused of kidnapping him from a Madrid clinic. The rescue occurred at 3 a.m. after the kidnapping lasted 19 days.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Julio Iglesias
Julio Iglesias Sr
Madrid
Trasmoz
Moscow factory roof collapse kills up to fifty
MOSCOW reports say the roof of an experimental robot testing plant at Enims works near the Ordzhonokidze machine tool factory collapsed under heavy snowfall. As many as 50 workers, mainly white collar staff, were killed or trapped and some froze before rescue teams reached them.
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Moscow
UPI
Enims
Ordzhonokidze
Fewer elderly are victims of crime study finds
A Justice Department study shows elderly are less often crime victims than younger people but face more confrontational theft. From 1973 to 1980 violence against those 65+ declined, yet purse snatches and personal larceny hit the elderly harder per thousand incidents, with economic impact on fixed incomes.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Benjamin Renshaw
National Crime Survey
Nicaraguans Train in U S Military Camp
The New York Times report details small groups of Nicaraguans training in a San Bernardino County desert camp led by Cuban exiles for an alleged invasion to topple the Sandinist government. Training also occurred in Orange County areas. Officials say no Neutrality Act violation occurred though authorities halted live-fire exercises.
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Los Angeles
California
San Bernardino County
Florida Everglades
Orange County
United States
Justice and
State Department
Invasion leader held in Miami over Haiti plot
Bernard Sansarica, wearing green fatigues, was arrested in Miami on charges of violating the Neutrality Act for allegedly attempting to overthrow Haiti. About 25 followers arrived with him aboard the Coast Guard cutter Tamaroa. One man injured in a fall was airlifted to Miami last week. Sansarica faces up to three years in prison and a $3,000 fine.
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Miami
UPI
Bernard Sansarica
Haiti
Sansarica
Coast Guard
Tamaroa
Sansaricq
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