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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1986
Page
7
About 300 hikers resumed the Great Peace March after funds ran out. Led by a man with an American flag and featuring actor Robert Blake the group walked 10 miles to a new Barstow campsite to seek donations and decide next steps as PRO-Peace faced bankruptcy and logistical hurdles.
Rioting between Xhosa and Sotho miners at Vaal Reefs Gold Mine injures 67 and kills seven, bringing two day death toll to 14. Police fired on workers at Blyvooruitzicht Mine, killing seven and wounding 176 as 160 miners were dismissed for resistance to return to work.
Funeral heard Manes was a devoted family man and public servant despite a corruption scandal. Gov. Mario Cuomo and Mayor Edward Koch attended along with 650 mourners inside a Queens chapel, while about 2000 others gathered outside. Koch called him a crook earlier, and Manes killed himself with a kitchen knife during a call with his psychiatrist and wife.
Eighteen Afghan wedding party members and one man died when their motor vehicles struck a landmine near Gamoon village in Parachinar region. Eight others were injured. The area hosts many Afghan refugees. Pakistan and Afghanistan trade shelling accusations across the Kurram border amid ongoing tensions.
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