Masachapa Earthquake Tidal Wave Toll Near 100 Dead
Masachapa Nicaragua suffered a deadly tidal wave after a Pacific quake, wrecking buildings and killing about 100 people, many children. In the coastal towns along a 200 mile stretch the Red Cross distributed aid as officials confirmed dozens dead and hundreds missing.
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Masachapa
Nicaragua
Pacific
Roberto Giusto
Giusto
Genova
Managua
Red Cross
Violeta Chamorro
Civil Defense
Wheat subsidies cheer farmers as Bush plan rolls out
Kansas farmers expect a lift from President Bush's $1 billion export subsidy plan for wheat. How ard Tice of the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers says ample farmer owned grain should lift markets and rural communities. Doyle Rahies of the Kansas Farm Bureau adds the Export Enhancement Program targets 28 nations, signaling U.S. stance on subsidies. Disaster aid of $755 million, including $100 million for winter wheat losses, accompanies the package amid freezes droughts and hail across Kansas.
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Wichita
Kan
Bush
Kansas
Howard Tice
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Tice
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
U.S
Doyle Rahies
Kansas Farm Bureau
Rahies
European Economic Community
United States
George Bush
Sears offers free merchandise coupons to Kansas car owners
Kansas Attorney General Bob Stephan says about 5,880 Kansas consumers may receive $50 in free merchandise under a nationwide Sears agreement. Coupons apply to customers who had repairs at Sears auto shops between Aug 1, 1990 and Jan 31, 1992 for items like shock absorbers and brake components amid prior consumer affairs actions in California.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Bob Stephan
Stephan
Sears Auto Shops
California
Department of Consumer Affairs
Sears
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