Papal Mass Praises Nuns as Crowds Fill Polish Shrine
Pope John Paul II celebrated an open air Mass for thousands of Polish nuns at Czestochowa. He said even the church’s biggest enemy could not help but admire their dedication. The hillside crowd swelled to hundreds of thousands as dawn gave way to ceremony during his fourth day in Poland. The pope called the nuns’ calling an exceptional treasure for the Roman Catholic Church.
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Associated Press
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Poland
John Paul II
Wadowice
Mexico
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Exhumation Follows Arsenic Poisoning Deaths
The body of Kenny Dale Jeanes, 23 months, was exhumed and sent to Dallas for autopsy after arsenic poisoning was confirmed as the cause of death for him and his father Williamdon Jeanes, 34, of Hooks. The father died February 2 after illness beginning last October.
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Bowie County
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Justice of the Peace
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Sabo
Texarkana
Grand jury indicts father in Russian roulette death of 9 year old
Willie Williams 45 of Cleveland faces aggravated murder charges in the kitchen shooting death of his 9 year old son Michael Patterson. Williams was held pending a May 26 hearing as investigators described a roulette style sequence before the fatal head wound.
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Destruction of Kabalega Falls Park under Amin floods Uganda
In Kabalega Falls National Park Uganda once rich in elephants buffalo hippos and rhinoceroses the area is reported emptied by Idi Amin's troops during the 1970s. A reporter notes a lone giraffe one buffalo and scattered gazelles amid ruined lodges and torn infrastructure. Villagers recount soldiers slaughtering animals for meat and ivory shipments to Zaire while tourism collapses and years pass before wildlife returns.
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Britain
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Airmen to be examined in herbicide effects study
A six year government study costing 3 to 4 million will survey 1200 Vietnam airmen exposed to Agent Orange. Starting in October, they will be contacted by phone, with those reporting ailments invited to San Antonio for full examinations. Follow ups will continue for six years as the Pentagon and White House back the plan amid ongoing veteran lawsuits seeking a 4.2 billion trust fund from six chemical companies.
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Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Vietnam
Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
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Texas
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Connecticut
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Pentagon
White House
Defense
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General Accounting Office
Defense Department
Italian parliamentary vote fails to end stalemate
Election results show Christian Democrats lose ground while Communists fall slightly, keeping governing stalemate. CD 38.1 percent in Chamber, 260 seats. Communists 206 seats. Socialists rise to 9.8 percent. Senate results mirror turnout. Voters await European Parliament ballot and postwar government talks.
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Dennis Redmont
Associated Press
ROME
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West
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Italy
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Archbishop Coggan to retire as head of England church
Archbishop of Canterbury Donald Coggan will retire January 1980 at age 70 after a 14 day tour of East Europe. He offered resignation to Queen Elizabeth II and will become a life peer in the House of Lords. Prime Minister Thatcher’s office announced the move.
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Church of England
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House of Lords
Michael Ramsey
Europe
Church of England Information Office
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