Banks Trust and Theater Scenes Tie Up a Day
A narrator recalls distrust of banks amid a Maryland savings and loan run causing bounced checks when withdrawals hit the $1,000 cap. He visits a traditional bank to open an account and describes the frugal, critical advice from a teller. He then reviews Duck's Breath Mystery Theater in Washington reporting a mixed tour with a large crowd in one city and a near-empty show elsewhere.
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Detroit
Gramp
Maryland Savings and Loan Association
Maryland
Maryland Savings and Loan
S&l
Sonny
Washington
Iowa
Iowa City
Minneapolis
Rockford
Ill
Jim Turner
Zany
Holiday highway deaths rise during long Memorial Day weekend
The AP reports almost 200 traffic deaths by Sunday afternoon and 215 by 9 p.m. CDT as the Memorial Day weekend toll climbs. The holiday period began Friday at 6 p.m. and ends Monday at midnight.
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Chicago
Atrocities Reported in Beirut Refugee Camps
Witnesses claim Amal militiamen and Lebanese army units killed more than 45 Palestinians at the Gaza Hospital in Sabra during eight days of fighting. Police report at least 360 killed and 1,650 wounded since May 19 as clashes raged in Sabra Chatilla and Bourj Barajneh camps.
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Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
Amal
6Th Brigade
Gaza
Sabra
West
Israel
Chatilla
Bourj Barajneh
Imam Alai Mosque
London
Sunday Times
Pilot strike could be long one
United Airlines and its 5,000 striking pilots brace for a prolonged walkout after talks broke off. ALPA and United executives say negotiations ended without resumption and mediators remain available. United has hired 100 pilots since the strike and trains 30 to 35 days for new hires.
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Chicago
United Airlines
Dale Richter
United
Striking Air Line Pilots Association
ALPA
Eileen Golab
Richter
Helen Witt
National Mediation Board
Golab
Free World
Massive stadium crush kills eight in Mexico City playoff
In Mexico City thousands of fans packed a stadium tunnel for a championship playoff. Eight people died and 29 were injured as asphyxiation was reported by Notimex. The game continued with spectators unaware of the incident.
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Mexico City
Red Cross
Fernando Corona
Notimex
Warsaw Priest Denounces Communism at Mass for Homeland
Thousands of worshipers in Warsaw applauded as Rev Teofil Bogucki denounced godless communism in a militant sermon in support of Solidarity. He framed Poland as defending itself against atheism and communism from the East and Western indifference during the church monthly Mass for the homeland.
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Warsaw
Solidarity
Poland
Teofil Bogucki
Stanislaw Kostka
Associated Press
Explosions kill and maroon crews at Cadiz oil docks
Two oil tankers, the Petragen One and Campanavia, exploded while at CEPSA's Gibraltar refinery near Algeciras. At least 16 dead and 19 missing, with 34 hospitalized as crews from Korea and Japan are identified among the dead. Fire spread to the wharf but refinery tanks were spared.
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Algeciras
Spain
Rock of Gibraltar
Mariano Baquedano
Cadiz
Madrid
Baquedano
Campanavia
Gibraltar
CEPSA
Jose Maria Pons
Associated Press
Libya
Pons
Antonio Fernandez
EFE
Umbile Masasika
Gijon
Fernandez
Petragen
Bac Sang Sun
Eduardo Lopez Gil
San Roque
Kuwait hit by failed assassination attempt on emir
Security forces rounded up suspects as authorities spread a dragnet after a car bomb attack in Kuwait aimed at Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah. The emir resumed duties, while Jihad Islami claimed responsibility and threats of more attacks emerged amid regional reactions.
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Kuwait
Persian Gulf
Emirate
Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah
Gulf
Reagan
Jaber
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Beirut
Lebanon
Jihad Islami
Iran
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Donald Kaul
Rubber Bank
Gazette Wire Services
Cancer
Vancouver
British Columbia
Steve Fongo
Fonyo
B.C. Place Stadium
Atlantic Ocean
Trans-Canada Highway
Victoria
Science
Technet
Es Advaritage Ft
Klopp
Hearing Aid Center
Lowa
Ruth
Stinger
2Nd Street
Killian Buik
Kurt A. Johnson
D.C
Kurt A. Johr
Johnson Chiropractic Center
21St Avenue
Westdale Mall
Cedar Rapids
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