OPEC talks open under heavy guard in Vienna
Police with sub-machine guns guard OPEC finance ministers as they begin an two day conference to shape an 800 million dollar fund for developing nations. About 400 million targets IFAD with possible withholding if industrialized nations do not add 600 million. Security tight after last December raid at OPEC HQ.
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Vienna
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
International Food and Agricultural Development Fund
IFAD
Food and Agriculture Fund
Paris
United Nations
Algeria
International Congress Centre
Geneva
A.R. Abdel Meguid
Egypt
World Bank
Gamani Corea
UN Conference On Trade and Development
Meguid
Global Payments Union
Viking craft arm jams delaying Mars soil analysis
Pasadena reports Viking's soil-scooping arm jammed during a sample reach, potentially sidelining the arm. Scientists will inspect the device while proceeding with the organic chemistry test using existing soil, hoping for continued results on life clues.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking
Mars
Tom Young
Traffic Fatality Identified Near Brier Park Curve
Police released names from a two vehicle crash early Wednesday near the railway crossing on Brier Park Rd. Terry McKinley 18 died. David Rawson 1549 St N E a passenger remains in hospital. David Patterson 19 and Brett Hanna 17 were treated and released. Kelley Farmer 1374 26 St S E had superficial injuries. Vehicle damage estimated at $3000 each.
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Medicine Hat
Terry McKinley
Hilton
Crockford Cr
Brett Hanna
St. N.E
Kelley Farmer
St. S.E
Farmer
Mystery disease claim 22 deaths tied to Legion convention
Washington Star reports 153 confirmed cases of a swift acting respiratory illness linked to a Philadelphia American Legion convention. Officials ruled out many exotic diseases, leaning toward a virus or fungal toxin. two new deaths bring the toll to 22, with ongoing testing at state and CDC labs.
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Washington Star
Harrisburg, Pa
American Legion
Philadelphia
David I. Sencer
Center For Disease Control
Sencer
Atlanta
Pennsylvania
CDC
Leonard Bachman
Ida Disque
James Sykes
Pittsburgh
Cyril Wecht
Allegheny County
Sykes
Disque
Legion
William E. Parkin
State Health
Richard Wells
Turnersville
N.J
South New Jersey
Wells
Confusion at Olympics for the Physically Disabled
Canada finished day one with seven medals at the Olympics for the Physically Disabled including two golds in lawn bowling. The event faced record-keeping breakdowns causing confusion over gold medal counts while Percy Lymn, 80, of Toronto won a gold in blind singles lawn bowling.
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Toronto
Canada
Percy Lymn
George Morgan
Britain
Frank Widgery
James Handbridge
Australia
Jean Pacquette
Barrhead
Alta
Tina Stevenson
Leslie Lam
Jacques Pilon
Ottawa
Denis Laplame
Timmins Ont
Lapalme
Timmy
Ontario
Erling Tronsden
Netherlands
Rene Kummer
Switzerland
Paula Martin
Dunbar
W. Va
Monica Vaughan
Portsmouth
England
Michael Johnson
Orem
Utah
Roger Jackson
Soweto Violence Worsens as Police Fire on Marchers
Police fired to halt a 5000 strong Soweto march amid clashes over detention without trial. Reports say one youth was killed with police confirming two dead and 18 injured. protests spread to Johannesburg area with roads blocked and schools deserted.
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Johannesburg
Soweto
John Vorster
Justice
James Kruger
Pretoria
Colorado begins burying its dead
Survivors of the Big Thompson Canyon flood bury their dead as the search for bodies continues and cleanup lags in the devastated Colorado Rockies vacation area. A USDH survey cites 50 million dollars in property damage while 74 bodies are in makeshift morgues and the death toll nears 100. Funeral services are postponed for many to spare families repeated cemetery trips.
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Loveland
Colo
Big Thompson Canyon
Colorado Rockies
Robert Rosenheim
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
RCMP broaden search for missing Alberta teenager
RCMP widened the missing person inquiry for 17 year old Marie Goudreau of Beaumont after she disappeared while returning from Edmonton. Police found her car with ignition on and belongings inside but no sign of the girl. Later, a young woman's body was found in a ditch near Devon south of Edmonton, identity not yet confirmed.
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Ellerslie
Alta
RCMP
Edmonton
Marie Goudreau
Beaumont
Angeline Goudreau
Devon
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Joe Moore
Denver
Hugh Purdy
Colorado State Patrol
Richard Lamm
Purdy
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