Hotel New World Collapse Buries 100 Amid Rescue Efforts
Singapore rescue teams battled to reach survivors as a six story hotel collapsed trapping about 100 people. Six bodies recovered and nine injured removed as 500 workers searched debris. No records on guests inside and authorities noted limited chance of survival. The hotel, in a low income district, mainly served Indian and Malaysian visitors.
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Ministry of Home Affairs
Veteran Beets to be named on Vietnam Memorial list
Ronnie Beets, a U S Army sergeant and paratrooper from Odessa, died from wounds suffered in 1967 in Vietnam. His name will be added May 108 on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, alongside 107 others. Beets had been wounded in action near Chu Lai and died two weeks into a 13 month extended duty while training rookies.
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Washington
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Ronnie Beets
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
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South Vietnam
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S. FM
Gloria Beets
OPEC official warns of oil price collapse below $10
Mana Saeed Oteiba of the United Arab Emirates warned in Geneva that world oil prices could fall far below $10 a barrel if the OPEC emergency meeting fails to set production limits. He said the odds of reaching agreement at the conference opening today were no better than 50 50 and urged action to defend the market at $15 a barrel.
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Mana Saeed Oteiba
United Arab Emirates
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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Odessa leaders discuss city and county leadership series end
Former Odessa Mayor Daniel B. Hemphill and former Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd speak about their community discussion group in the final segment of a three part Odessa and Ector County leadership series. Related stories and photographs appear on Page 1B.
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John Ben Shepperd
Ector County
Humor and heart guide new Brownwood college president
Don Newbury, a longtime educator and alumnus of Howard Payne University, returns to Brownwood to lead the 97 year old Southern Baptist college. He aims to humanize administration, invite student and faculty engagement, and inject humor into campus life while facing his first year with a light touch.
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Howard Payne
Socialists face defeat in election in France
In Paris, voters on national and local ballots may end Socialist President Francois Mitterrand's absolute parliamentary majority. Polls predict conservatives and centrists will gain control of the 577 seat National Assembly, likely forcing Mitterrand to work with a hostile premier or resign early. Unemployment and the economy are overshadowed by a coming clash between a conservative premier and Mitterrand.
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