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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1998
Page
4
A speeding car driven by an air force lieutenant colonel plowed into 28 Mexican soldiers during routine exercises near Copular air base in Comitan Chiapas. Thirteen soldiers were killed and six injured, the highest non combat army toll since 1996 heat deaths.
After two days on wooden crosses, three Bogota city workers ended their protest upon reaching a deal with city hall to restore their pensions. They were hospitalised in Cartago, treated for potential infection, and the interim mayor Mario Patino agreed to reinstate pensions.
Hong Kong officials shut five beaches amid a toxic red tide, a bloom that has killed about 1,500 tons of fish since mid March. Tests are under way to identify the algae species Alexandrium excavatum, linked to nerve damage and potential fatalities. Health warnings advise against shellfish consumption as the fishery faces about $10.2 million in losses and around 1,000 fishermen affected.
Heavy rains trigger an avalanche that buried about 50 houses in Bahia de Caraquez, killing at least ten and injuring survivors. Rescuers recovered eight bodies, two more died later, with a prior eruption in Pachinche Adentro killing eight, including seven children. Since November floods and mudslides tied to El Nino have killed 232 in Ecuador.
President Aleksander Kwasniewski formally invites Pope John Paul II to Poland for a June 1999 visit. The invitation was delivered to Cardinal Angelo Sodano during a four day trip, with planned stops in Warsaw Gdansk Czestochowa Krakow and cities not yet visited.
A hold up man shot and killed a teller and wounded three coworkers at a KeyBank in Carmel. He fled with an undisclosed sum and apparently killed himself as police closed in. Another bank robbery occurred in Indianapolis within an hour, with a suspect critically wounded by police. The FBI said the two robberies are not connected.
In New York AP report the Dalai Lama warns desperation among Tibetans could turn to violence. He urges Beijing to discuss autonomy rather than independence and condemns self immolation while praising nonviolence and a middle path. He supports U.S. China engagement and hopes Clinton visit advances rights.
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