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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1999
Page
12
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan told a Turkish court that his actions were justified to seek Kurdish cultural rights and peace, while warning against mistrust that could trigger economic and social crisis. Lawyers pressed final pleas as the hearing adjourned until Thursday with a verdict imminent.
Mayon Volcano in Albay province briefly shot gray smoke about four miles into the air prompting precautionary evacuations. About 1,800 families in six villages near the summit were advised to leave for safer areas while officials monitor the volcano for the next several days.
Police probing the 1995 disappearance of Romualdo Pereira Barbosa uncovered 16 skulls and numerous bones under temple flooring in western Brazil. Priest Jose Augusto dos Santos was arrested for concealing a cadaver as investigators probe the case. Firefighters removed more remains and officers reported possible brains and jewels found at the site.
Flooding and lightning in Romania killed eight people and hundreds of farm animals and damaged salt caves north of Bucharest. Four more deaths and two injuries occurred when lightning struck a corn field in Moldova. Homes and farmland flooded across the Czech Republic Slovakia and Poland as heavy rain persisted. Floodwaters rose ten feet in a Romanian valley near Cuculeasa Costieni and Zoita, forcing 150 families to evacuate.
Bob Ballard announced the discovery of two wine laden Phoenician cargo ships from about 750 B.C. off Tel Aviv. The vessels lie upright at 1,500 feet, 30 miles offshore, carrying intact amphorae with wine seeping out as sand filled them.
At Pristina University Hospital ethnic Albanians have reclaimed posts as NATO patrols continue. Serb doctors report hostility and fear as Albanians push for full control amid a fragile peace.
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