Wagner accused of mass Jewish killings in Brazil extradition request
Exiled former SS officer Gustav Franz Wagner, 66, faces extradition from Brazil to Europe over alleged mass executions at Sobibor. The request cites at least 150,000 deaths and notes Wagner's past attempts at self-harm after his flight from Europe.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Gustav Franz Wagner
West Germany
Wagner
Sobibor
Poland
Europe
Mexico City Smog Reaches Dangerous Levels Across City
Dense smog hangs over a 14 million population as experts warn pollution weighs 650 tons now and could reach 5,000 by 2000. Lung cancer risk rises, eye and throat irritation increase, and public health concerns prompt comparisons to London’s 1952 disaster.
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Mestre
Academy of Ecological Law
International Council of Environmental Law
Abelard Monges Nicolau
Mexico City
Rochester flood leaves nine feared dead in six feet deep waters
Seven inches of rain in under six hours caused severe flooding in Rochester Minnesota with six foot water in southeast areas. Nine people are feared drowned and several missing. Three nursing home workers were recovered from a flooded elevator. Police and volunteers search homes by boat as the Zumbro River rises.
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Rochester
Minn
National Health Enterprises Nursing Home
Zumbro
Mayo Clinic
Olmsted
Charles Vonwald
Minnesota
Rudy Perpich
National Guard
Paul Belau
National Weather Service
Orrin Knutson
State Patrol
Minneapolis
Whitewater
Beaver Creek
Hayfield
Elba
North Dakota
Veteran pilot who helped spot Hiroshima targets laid to rest
Claude Robert Eatherly, a 24 year old Air Force pilot who identified Hiroshima through clouds on August 6 1945 and later flew near a nuclear test cloud, died of cancer in Houston. He faced guilt over civilian deaths and suffered long years of insomnia and neurosis after military service. His brothers spoke of his suffering as he was buried in Texas.
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Houston
Hiroshima
Texas
Claude Robert Eatherly
Air Force
Veterans Administration
Bikini Atoll
van Alstyne
James Eatherly
Midland
Joe Eatherly
Claude Eatherly
Paul Guidry
Felow
VFW
Eatherly
Syrian Christian Beirut war toll rises amid Syrian airstrikes
Lebanon’s capital endured a seven hour Syrian barrage that killed 17 and wounded 36 as Christian neighborhoods bore the brunt. Israeli jets later flew over Beirut on a reconnaissance mission, backing Christian forces without attacking. Casualties since fighting began reached 184 killed and 615 wounded, with extensive damage across East Beirut and power outages worsening lives in the Christian stronghold.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Tel Aviv
Voice of Lebanon
Christian Phalange Party
Syraan
East Beirut
Phalangist
Ein Rummaneh
Ahsrafiyah
Sioufi
Pierre Gemayel
Phalangists
Camille Chamoun
National Liberal Party
Baker plans new luxury hotel project in Charlotte
Bobby Baker, once a U S Senate page turned entrepreneur, seeks a $2 to $5 million luxury hotel on eight acres along Interstate 85 in north Charlotte and hopes Marriott will operate it. He asserts innocence on tax evasion, theft, and conspiracy charges that sent him to federal prison, admits possible illegal political contributions not previously scrutinized, and praises prosecuting officials for political corruption cases.
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Charlotte
N.C
Bobby Baker
U.S. Senate
Baker
Marriott Corp
Interstate 85
North
Whiz Kid
Lyndon Johnson
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University of California At Berkeley
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