Death Toll Climbs After German Train Wreck Near Munich
In the Alpine hills south of Munich a head on collision of two trains left 36 dead and 8 injured with earlier tallies rising to 42 before revision. Officials note no Americans among identified victims as wrecked cars stacked and engines telescope.
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Munich
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Warngau
Schaftlach
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Green Berets
Kurt Gscheidle
Red Cross
Ruhr
Chinese Exhibit Ends in Kansas City After 270,000 Viewers
The seven week Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of the People’s Republic of China closed in Kansas City with attendance near 270,000. The 385 piece show traveled from Paris to London Vienna Stockholm Toronto and Washington before arriving here April. It will move to San Francisco June 28 for a month long display. The exhibition’s value is pegged at 50 million by Congress and it boosted local revenue by about 25 million across hospitality and services.
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People's Republican of China
Washington
National Gallery of Art
Asian Art Museum
San Franciso
B.C
Paris
London
Vienna
Stockholm
Toronto
Congress
Convention and Visitors Bureau of
Greater
Dartmouth Honors Captain Kangaroo With Honorary Doctorate
Dartmouth College conferred an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters on Captain Kangaroo creator Robert Keeshan at its 205th commencement. The event honored Keeshan for about two decades of children’s television, noting the program as gentle and friendly. His son Michael and daughter Laurie also received degrees. In a separate item from Olympia, the Washington Supreme Court disbarred Egil Krogh for his role in the White House Plumbers unit.
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Hanover
N.H
Captain Kangaroo
Dartmouth College
Robert Keeshan
Dartmouth
Keeshan
Michael Keeshan
Laurie
Olympia, Wash
The
State Supreme Court
Egil Krogh
White House
End Of Smoking Beginning Of Better Health
New York AP report cites World Conference on Smoking and Health evidence that quitting reduces risk of lung cancer heart disease and other illnesses with risk approaching non-smokers within five to six years for lung cancer and ten years for coronary disease Former smokers show lung repair and lower mortality. Longer smoking history higher risk and cessation benefits depend on age duration and intensity Alfred E Smith great grandson marries Nan J Moore in Northbrook Illinois by Rev Alfred E Smith.
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New York
Leonard M. Schuman
Schuman
University of Minnesota
School of Public Health
Refugee Program Is Shambles Critics Say
A Senate report blasts the Indochina refugee resettlement program as a shambles predicting many refugees will stay in camps for six months to a year. It condemns the administration’s handling of 131,000 refugees and calls the process an orderly procedure turned nightmare for officials and refugees alike.
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Senate
Guam
United States
Task Force Coordinating
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Pacific
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Gunshot Wounds Indian Leader Gunshot Wounds Indian Leader
Russell Means AIM leader is recovering after a gunshot wound to the abdomen in a scuffle with a BIA policeman. The BIA says the shooting was accidental, but Means disputes the account and says the shooter was Lt. Pat Kelly’s son. Means led the Wounded Knee occupation and faces related charges now on bond.
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Minn
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