Aftershocks Hit Iran Earthquake Region Blocking Coast Road
A strong aftershock rattled northern Iran, causing a landslide that shut the road to the Caspian Sea coast. Casualties were reported around 50,000 killed and 200,000 wounded by a Rafsanjani-linked paper, with 48,000 dead per official radio. Army climbers aided remote hamlet rescues as relief planes arrived, including a US-supplied aid flight through Americares at Mehrabad airport.
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Radbar
Iran
Ian Sea
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Islamic Republic
United States
Tehran
Mehrabad
IRNA
United Nations
Americares
U.S
Mandela presses for U S sanctions on South Africa
Nelson Mandela, arriving in Washington, urges continued U S sanctions and opposes U S aid to Savimbi in Angola. In a rare Q A with black owned media, he defends sovereignty and warns apartheid remains, while planning talks with President Bush. Winnie Mandela attends church with African women.
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Washington
Nelson Mandela
U.S
Angola
Fortie
Bush
United States
New York
Boston
Mandela
South Africa
Jonas Savimbi
Savimbi
Hug Ony
Oes
African National Congress
Ees
ANC
Winnie
Protesters drown out AIDS chief at international conference
Hundreds of protesters heckled Health Secretary Louis W. Sullivan at Moscone Center as he urged cooperation between scientists and AIDS activists. ACT UP banners and whistles disrupted the event during the five day conference, while activists demand faster treatment development and access for HIV patients.
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San Francisco
Health and Human Services
Louis W. Sullivan
Sullivan
Moscone Center Convention Hall
ACT UP
Aids Coalition
AZT and early AIDS infection may slow illness spread
NIH backed studies explore AZT slowing progression in early HIV infection. Early treatments and combination regimens show potential to delay life threatening illness in patients, including infected women. Research spans 10 years of data and evolving drug strategies amid a growing health concern.
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National Institutes of Health
Summer Year-Round Education Trials in Texas Districts
In Conroe and Ector County Texas, year-round schooling begins for the 1989 90 school year. Sheree Keith, a sixth grader and honor student, will attend classes through summer as her district adopts non traditional calendars to boost education. Dale and Gladys Keith chose the program for their daughter amid cultural and economic diversity considerations.
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Conroe
Sheree Keith
Houssoe
Texas
Ector County
Dale
Gladys Keith
East Germans prepay fear as unification nears
East Germans face a tense weekend before next Sunday’s union with West Germany. Banks stay open to handle deposits and conversions while banks reopen to assist savers as the former East currency shifts to West German marks. Police clash with extremists leaving 21 officers injured amid calls for tougher laws.
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East Berlin
West Germany
Peter-Michael Diestel
Diestel
East Germany
Inside the American Classified Columns and More
The page section outlines features from classifieds to columns, comics, commentary and editorials. It highlights Dear Abby entertainment notes horoscope obituaries sports and television log across pages 7 to 12A and 6A to 4A.
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