Lourdes pilgrimage brings mentally handicapped to shrine
At Lourdes 4900 mentally challenged pilgrims from 24 countries, plus 8000 chaperones, visit the grotto and baths seeking miracles deemed by the church. Parents describe renewed hope and courage as many travel in wheelchairs or beds, while organizers hope for greater inclusion and respect from society.
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Ann Chivers
England
Bernadette Souhirous
Gave de Pau
Our Lady of Lourdes
Lourdes
Jean Vanier
Canadia
Gulf blaze rages as oil well efforts fail to control
In the Gulf of Mexico a 132 day fire at a Louisiana coast platform remains active after efforts to smother it fail. Shell Oil uses relief wells 12 500 feet deep with chemical mud to halt flow and reduce pollution risk.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Gulf
Shell Oil Co
Tanker Sinking Probe Opens as Coast Guard to Hear Texaco Oklahoma
U S Coast Guard Marine Board opens hearings Tuesday in Port Arthur to probe the Texaco-Oklahoma sinking after it broke in heavy seas near Hatteras on March 27. Twelve crewmen died, many from Port Arthur, with union and nonunion sailors cited. Capt W J Alley leads sessions at the federal building. A Texaco news conference is planned for two nonunion sailors.
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U.S Coast Guard Marine Board
Texaco
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W. JD. Alley
Coast Guard Marine Inspection Station
Federal
Tesxaco-Oklahoma
National Maritime Union
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