Bus Crash in Alabama Kills Woman Injures 34
An intercity bus veered off a rural Camden road Sunday to avoid a collision and overturned. A female passenger died after helicopter transport to St. Margarets Hospital, and 34 aboard plus the driver were injured. The car in the wrong lane is blamed. the other vehicle fled the scene. The bus was operated by Colonial Trailways of Mobile.
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Wyoming Fire Slows As It Encroaches Yellowstone Park
A large Wyoming forest fire edged toward Yellowstone National Park on Sunday while crews fought a separate park fire from spreading into Idaho. The south entrance Grant Village and two campgrounds remained closed, though major attractions stayed open. Nearby in California, two fires in Gold Rush country burned about 10 800 acres and were 80 percent contained on Sunday. For containment, a fire break must be built. control means regions are smoldering.
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Violence at Thai election as rebels torch schools
Muslim separatists blamed for arson at nine rural schools and a health clinic during campaigning for Thailand's general election. A grenade attack reportedly killed two bystanders as polling booths opened. 3,606 candidates from 16 parties contested 357 seats, with Prime Minister Prem Tinsulananda expected to return to office in a four‑party coalition. Final results were to be announced today.
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Thailand
Prachuab Patkul
Narathiwat
House of Representatives
Prem Tinsulananda
Submarine Avoids Yacht Then Crashes Into Fishing Boat
Japanese officials report a navy submarine failed to avert a collision with a fishing boat carrying 48 people at the entrance to Tokyo Bay near Yokosuka. Six people died and 24 remained missing as rescue operations continued, with the submarine's actions judged proper by the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
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Maritime Self-Defense Force
Japan
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Yokosuka
Sihanouk Links Khmer Rouge Risk to Exiled Government Allies
Exiled Cambodian leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk warns that supporters of the Khmer Rouge coalition must bear responsibility for a new holocaust as Vietnam withdraws troops. He says his split from the Khmer Rouge aims to weaken and isolate them and lessen their threat to the Cambodian people and Khmer race.
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Norodom Sihanouk
Vietnam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Jakarta
Sihanouk
Khmer Rouge
Providential escape from New Delhi Air France jet crash
An Air France Boeing 747 carrying 275 people aborted takeoff at New Delhi airport when a cockpit warning suggested an engine fire. The plane swerved off the runway, damaged wings and engines, and crashed into a field but no one was seriously injured. An official inquiry was ordered.
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India
Air France
N.K. Singh
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The
Press Trust of India
Paris
Beijing
Singh
States enact modest tax shifts in 1988 survey shows
The National Conference of State Legislatures reports that more than half of states changed taxes in 1988 with 13 raising and 14 lowering them. Iowa posted a 2.2 percent revenue gain, while large increases were limited to a few states such as Louisiana Arizona and West Virginia.
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Pay offers rise for U.S. college grads in survey
The AP reports many 1987 88 graduates received higher salary offers than last year with a 10.9 percent rise in accounting pay. Average monthly offers climbed to 2010 dollars from 1812, equating to about 24120 yearly. Job offers declined slightly across 154 participating colleges and universities.
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Wanderin g letter of support for Vincennes crew arrives in Bahrain
About 10 000 signers sent a bulky 50 pound letter from San Diego to Sydney and London before reaching Manama Bahrain. Navy officials say it will be delivered by helicopter to the USS Vincennes. The letter backed the crew after the July 3 shoot down of Iran Air Flight 655 with 290 dead amid an ongoing Pentagon investigation.
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U.S
Bill Lowrey
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Americans Charged in Liberian Coup Plot Confessions Reported
Liberia’s news agency says James Bush and William Elmer Curtis confessed Saturday night to involvement in a plot to overthrow President Samuel Doe. The two Americans, ages 49 and 45, were alleged participants in the July 13 invasion, with U.S. diplomats present during the confessions.
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Liberia
Samuel Doe
James Bush
William Elmer Curtis
U.S
Keith Wauchope
Penny McMurty
Quake Shakes Western Mongolia Near Tripoint Area
A strong earthquake near the Mongolia Sino border registered 6.4 on the Richter scale and was centered in far western Mongolia near the Soviet Union and China tripoint. Xinhua reported the event and noted no damage details.
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Beijing
China
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
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Soviet Union
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