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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1987
Page
3
Turkish premier Turgut Ozal claimed a parliamentary majority as about 45 percent of ballots were counted. The Motherland Party led with 36 percent, followed by the Social Democratic Populist Party at 24 and the True Path Party at 20 in the 450 seat parliament.
An avalanche swept into the Andean valley near Los Maitenes burying a workers camp and a picnic area. Up to 60 missing and feared dead. two bodies found. Dozens injured. rescues by helicopter ongoing as police warn of another slide. The camp housed hydroelectric project workers.
In Phnom Penh thousands line the streets to hail Vietnamese soldiers as about 4 000 troops march past Victory Monument and head toward the border. Officials say this is part of Vietnam's ongoing pullouts since 1982 with a pledge to withdraw completely by 1990.
Floyd Smith of the New York Transit Authority and a Marine Corps Reserve sergeant plans a petition to demand an apology after Alexander Haig Jr made a Marine related joke on campaign trail in New Hampshire. Haig labeled protest jest as jest by his spokesman. In Chicago Harold Washington's funeral drew crowds as interim mayor David Orr awaits council choice for 1989 election. A Long Beach plane crash on the San Diego Freeway near the airport killed at least one person with two aboard, investigators en route.
Search teams recovered five bodies Sunday from the Indian Ocean after a South African Airways jet with 159 on board, including an American identified as G Murless. Authorities planned to resume the hunt today as rescue efforts continue.
NOAA announces the 81 ton Aquarius undersea station for ocean depth study. Located on the Salt Water Canyon near St. Croix U S Virgin Islands, the $5.5 million vessel is 43 feet long and 12 feet wide with three compartments and space for six people, replacing Hydrolab after nearly 200 missions since 1966.
Rebels from MNR attacked a convoy north of Maputo killing 63 civilians and wounding 78. Officials said 32 vehicles were set ablaze including three passenger buses, with bodies taken to Maputo and Manhica hospitals.
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