Catastrophic oil fire hits trains near Ufa Urals
Initial reports describe a liquefied petroleum pipeline explosion beside the Trans-Siberian Railroad between Ufa and Asha. Two passenger trains were passing, with fire and burning oil injuring many survivors and incinerating hundreds of acres of trees. Tass called it a huge catastrophe as military units search the area.
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Nightly TV News
Tass
Trans-Siberian
Urals
Ufa
Asha
Soviet Train Explosion Kills, Declares National Mourning
President Gorbachev announced a day of national mourning after a tor nd o explosion caused by a ruptured pipeline near Chelyabinsk. He blamed neglect and violations as investigators probe. Passengers feared trapped as fire and smoke rose from wreckage along the Trans Siberian route between Novosibirsk and Adler.
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Tass
Gorbachev
Chelyabinsk
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Chernobyl
Novosibirsk
Siberia
Black Sea
Adler
Soviet Gas Industry Ministry
Moscow
Soviet Union
Arzamas
Bluesman B B King Returns to Mississippi for Medgar Evers Homecoming
B B King traveled to Jackson Mississippi to help raise funds for a Medgar Evers statue part of the annual Medgar Evers Mississippi Homecoming. King embraced Mississippi pride and said he returns year after year with his guitar Lucille to unite people. He lives in Las Vegas now and praised progress in the state.
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B.B. King
Jackson
Miss
Medgar Evers
Mississippi
King
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Lucille
Las Vegas
Oscars and Davids Share Rome Wins in Film Awards
Dustin Hoffman and Jodie Foster win acting honors in Rome for their last year films with Italian best foreign film wins. Ermanno Olmi named best director as La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore takes Italy’s top award. Cartoonist Dik Browne dies at 71 in Sarasota after long cancer battle. King Features hails him as the cartoonist’s cartoonist and notes Hagar’s ongoing syndication.
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Dustin Hoffman
Jodie Foster
Davids
Hoffman
Rome
Berry Levinson
Foster
Ermanno Olmi
David of Donatello
Italy
Dik Browne
Browne
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota
Fla
New York
King Features Syndicate
Richard Marshall
King Features
Chris
Robert
Hagar
Border chase ends as driver loses control near Swaledale
Minnesota robbery suspect Bartholomew, 31, fled a speed pursuit from the Minnesota border, reaching near 100 mph on I 35, before losing control at the 182 mile marker near Swaledale. He was arrested in Cerro Gordo County and faces charges in Minnesota and Iowa. He is jailed awaiting extradition. Swaledale lies about 10 miles southwest of Mason City.
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Minnesota
Swaledale
Cerro Gordo County
Iowa State Patrol
Brian Bartholomew
Iowa
Bartholomew
Highway 9
St. Cloud
Twin Cities
National Crime
Missouri
Mason City
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