Earthquake Devastates Ansus Town In Indonesia
A powerful 8.0 magnitude quake struck Ansus on Yapen Island. Officials said half the town of about 8,000 was swallowed by the sea, with heavy casualties feared though initial casualty figures were not yet available.
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Ghafur Fadyl
Associated Press
Jakarta
Indonesia
Ansus
Yapen Island
Yapen
Cendrawasih Gulf
Irian Jaya
Taimin
Serui
Amir Macmud
Biak
Joe Murray
Freeport Indonesia
Freeport Minerals Co
New York
Murray
Biak City
Sumatra
Java Trench
U.S. Geological Survey
Golden
Colo
Sumbawe
San Francisco
Mount Etna erupts killing six visitors and injuring many
Police closed trails and the cable car to Etna's main crater after a fatal eruption killed six Italians and left more than two dozen injured near the rim. Tourists from Britain, Switzerland and Spain were among the wounded as the volcano, Europe’s most active, exploded like a cannon. No Americans were reported among the injured.
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Catania
Sicily
Mount
Etna
Europe
Britain
Switzerland
Spain
Train crash kills 40 in Yugoslavia at Belgrade station
In Stalac, 95 miles south of Belgrade, a freight train rammed the Belgrade Skopje express at 1 a.m. killing more than 40 and wounding over 100 as investigators race to confirm cause and raise the toll. Police report bodies recovered and the search ongoing.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tanjug
Van crash kills eight heading to Utah State Fair
A van traveling to Senior Citizen Day at the Utah State Fair collided with a bridge abutment before dawn, 14 aboard, eight elderly people killed and six injured. The vehicle was en route from Millard and Gunnison areas to Salt Lake City, top off the van sheared in the crash. St. Regis Paper Co to pay about 90 000 dollars in damages to eastern Maine gardeners' crops from drift herbicides.
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Delta
Utah
Millard County
Eldon Eliason
Millard
Gunnison
Salt Lake City
Augusta
Maine
St. Regis Paper Co
St. Regis
John Gould
Dennysville
Big nugget rush hits Australia as gold prices soar
Australian prospectors flood western Australia and New South Wales sites after gold hits a record price near 340 an ounce. Farmers Culverson and Peters unearth a 13.4 pound nugget worth 113000, locked in a bank vault to prevent theft. Nearby Cue and Hill End report multiple finds as thousands flock to old workings with metal detectors.
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Peter O'Loughlin
Associated Press
Sydney
Australia
Western Australia
New South Wales
U.S
Hill End
Cue
Perth
Peter Culverson
Don Peters
Geological and Mining Museum
Culverson
Hank Hersh
Payne’s
Jim Jones
Colin Besant
Terry Hollier
Hellier
June Stanton
Genetic defect linked to inherited kidney cancer found
Boston researchers report a rare inherited defect in chromosomes linked to kidney cancer. Using amniocentesis they suggest prenatal tests could reveal unborn children predisposed to the disease, potentially guiding pregnancy decisions. The study, led by Dr. Robert S. Brown, echoes a view that many cancers may have hereditary components.
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Daniel Q. Haney
Associated Press
Boston (Ap
Beth Israel Hospital
Boston
Robert S. Brown
New England Journal of Medicine
Brown
Alfred G. Knudson Jr
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia
Sedco under AFL-CIO sets lawsuit on Mexican spill
Austin AP reports criticism of Sedco Inc and Pemex over the June 3 Bay of Campeche oil well blowout. Texas AFL-CIO president Hubbard says the union will join a private suit while Attorney General White and Rep. Bock urge action to block liability limits. Judge O Conor shields Sedco from immediate damages with Oct 23 claims deadline.
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Austin, Texas
SEDCO
Bill Clements
Harry Hubbard
Texas Afl-Cio
Sedco Inc
International Oil Drilling Company
Pemex
Bennie Bock
House Committee On Environmental Affairs
Mark White
Bay of Campeche
Clements
Eure
Gill
U.S
Robert O’conor
O’conor
White
Venda independence declared in Africa's smallest homeland
Venda, Africa's smallest homeland, declared independence as South Africa's third black puppet state. The midnight ceremony featured a 101 gun salute and flag lowering with Marais Wiljohn leading the South African delegation while Botswana and Rhodesia were represented.
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Thoyoyandou
Venda
Africa
South Africa
Transkei
Bophuthatswana
Marais Wiljohn
Botswana
Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
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Norma Johnson
New World Primates, Inc
Tomball
Texas
Norma
Mt. Etna
Paper Company
Afl-Cio
Hubbard
Richard
Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richard Club
Internal Revenue Service
Franklin
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