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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 2001

Page

14

Missing U S officer reaches air base in the Philippines

U S Navy lieutenant Scott Washburn who hid on Mount Pinatubo during a guerrilla attack reached Clark Air Base late Wednesday hungry and tired after a trek of about three hours. He had been separated from a group of five American servicemen and Filipino escorts ambushed by New People’s Army fighters north of Manila.

Manila Philippines U.S. Navy Scott Alan Washburn Mount Pinatubo Allan Ballesteros Philippine Air Force Washburn Clark Air Base Ballesteros Celina Ohio Donald Washburn St. Mary’s

West Bank settlers set fires in village and Hebron

Israeli settlers rampaged in Assawiya burning wheat fields and buildings including two schools while guarding by soldiers. The attack followed a rock injury to a six month old Israeli baby and coincided with CIA chief Tenet's visit to press a cease fire.

Knight Ridder Assawiya West Bank Jerusalem CIA George Tenet Israel Yehuda Shoham Hebron Ariel Sharon Yasser Arafat Palestinian Authority Tenet

Frenchwoman Marie Bremont dies at 115 in Normandy home

Marie Bremont, believed to be the world’s oldest person, died in her sleep at 2:15 am at a retirement home in Cande about 150 miles west of Paris. She had turned 115 on April 25 and was the second French woman to hold the title after Jeanne Calment.

Paris Marie Bremont Bremont Cande Georges Crespin Eva Morris Britain Jeanne Calment France Joseph Foucher

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