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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1998
Page
6
In Greensboro a 4 year old shot his playmate in a birthday party setting. The shooting occurred at the godmother Beulah Lindsay's home where the two boys found a .38 caliber pistol in a purse. Neighbors noted a birthday banner as Lindsay prepared the party.
Jerry Ray announced plans for a public funeral in Nashville about three weeks, hoping Martin Luther King Jr. supporters will attend. He said the event would memorialize James Earl Ray and note he served 30 years for a crime he did not commit. The family had considered a large Memphis church for services.
An earthquake of magnitude 3.8 struck 2 miles southeast of Alhambra at 6:32 p.m. local time, jolting greater Los Angeles residents with no serious injuries or damage reported. Seismologist Lucy Jones of the USGS notes the quake is not an aftershock. A 1.8 magnitude foreshock occurred about 2:30 p.m. in the same area.
Hundreds of Jewish teens tour Poland in Krakow and Warsaw visiting sites of Nazi destruction. They describe impressions as gloomy and uncivilized, while officials push to soften Poland’s image to Jews. Netanyahu and Buzek lead the March of Living urging broader Israel Poland ties as survivors reflect on Polish aid and peril during Nazi occupation.
In Krasnoyarsk region Russia former security chief Alexander Lebed led with 45 percent of 98 percent counted, while incumbent Valery Zubov had 36 percent, triggering a May 17 runoff. Turnout reached 61 percent as Karelia and Smolensk voters also chose leaders.
In Saxony Anhalt state election voters flocked to the extreme right, with the German People’s Union exceeding 13 percent while Kohl’s Christian Democrats dropped to about 22 percent. The SPD held steady near 37 percent, the PDS around 19 percent, and Schroeder hailed the result as a boost for his national campaign.
Angry Israelis threaten Independence Day boycott over proposed annexation near Jerusalem sparking clashes and forestland fears. In Cambodia grenade attack kills two opposition members as political violence rises. Afghanistan talks resume as cease-fire holds amid refugees. Indonesian campus clashes leave wounded students and arrests as Suharto protests continue.
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