19 Jan 1997
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1997
Page
1
An avalanche from the Bremvn glacier at 11,550 feet swept into Val Veny ski area killing at least one person and injuring six with minor wounds. Four skiers were buried. six treated at hospital. No other buried victims found as search paused for night and to resume at dawn.
Austrian Chancellor Franz Vranitzky 59 resigns after nearly 11 years in office and says he will be replaced by Finance Minister Viktor Klima. He left amid feuding in a fractious coalition with the conservative People's Party and steps down voluntarily after an emergency Social Democratic meeting.
A powerful motorcycle bomb outside Lahore Sessions Court killed 25 people including police and journalists and wounded more than 100. Sunni group Guardians of the Friends of the Prophet blamed Shiites. leaders Zia-ul Rehman and Azim Tariq were among the injured and killed. Tariq, a parliamentary candidate, survived serious injuries. Police tightened security at mosques nationwide amid fears of reprisals.
Three ounces of weapons grade plutonium left by retreating U.S. forces in 1975 at the Dalat Nuclear Research Institute in South Vietnam are in safe storage and pose no environmental threat. Vietnam says the material is preserved as required, after declassified papers revealed its disappearance.
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