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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1998
Page
6
Nation Gates Ohio AP reports Warren Edwards alerted police to a two car crash after seeing it on a Friday drive home. His 14 year old daughter Lauren died at a hospital about 20 minutes later.
Police say a noisy college party triggered retaliation by revelers. NC State University athlete Clyde Williams Blunt, 20, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Sunday shooting of Neil Vernon Davis Jr., 21, a junior. Four other athletes and a former athlete face misdemeanor charges. The six were at a party near Davis’s home when the incident occurred.
In a Moscow cafe scene a sobbing woman signals rising hunger amid Russia’s post crisis shock. With ruble devaluation and loan default, average incomes have fallen two thirds while free meals from the Center for Humanitarian Aid Salvation Army and Orthodox parishes expand, yet demand outstrips capacity. Ethiopian immigrant Nemerud Negash led aid efforts, noting meals rose from 130–150 daily to about 200 as winter nears.
A World Bank official cites water scarcity as the top emerging risk to food production and human health over 25 years. The atlas, financed by the US and Japan, maps rainfall, sun, soil, and irrigation potential to guide farmers and planners, with Sri Lanka fully mapped and online access planned by December.
Dozens of Mexico City judicial police raided an auxiliary police station, arresting about one hundred officers in ski masks with rifles. A senior official cited serious crimes including potential homicide but gave few details, highlighting upheaval in the day to day patrol force. In Burundi, rebels killed five in an ambush near Makamba and soldiers killed one attacker amid ongoing Hutu rebel activity.
Saddam Hussein's deputy Izzat Ibrahim narrowly escaped a grenade attack in Ker bala, a Shiite holy city. Several bodyguards and bystanders were wounded. The report also notes Jordan and Syria agreed on an early warning system for Yarmouk River water quality and to revive plans for a $214 million dam.
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