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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1985
Page
5
Civilian casualties mount as Christian and Moslem militias fire artilery rockets and tank cannon through Beirut. At least 42 killed in 24 hours with 280 dead and 876 wounded overall amid intensified shelling including an attack on Middle East Airlines at Beirut airport.
Sikh political leader Harchand Singh Longowal who was assassinated in Punjab was cremated in Longowal village amid roses and marigolds. A motorcade of 200 vehicles carried his body as about 200000 mourners lined the route and security was tight across Punjab and New Delhi.
A decomposing body of a homeless man, seen alive Friday as John Doe No. 171, was found near a flagpole by the county heating plant close to City Hall. Investigators note many transients die unseen on LA streets, with autopsy planned and about $46 recovered.
Japan National Police will investigate possible criminal negligence in the Aug. 12 Boeing 747SR crash that killed 520 people. The Transport Ministry also to probe the airline and its maintenance records as recovery work is hindered by fog and rain on a mountain ridge 70 miles northwest of Tokyo.
A fire in a cache of millions of pounds of explosives near a missile test silo at Lake Air Force Range forced evacuation of about 40 workers and diverted military flights. No injuries were reported and officials said the blaze would burn out on its own with no danger to the public or civilian air traffic.
A 1,800 pound bull killed two people at a farm in Salem Kenosha County. William Guffey was killed Tuesday after entering the barnyard and farmhand Raymond Fox died Wednesday from head injuries after the bull threw him against a cement wall. Authorities killed the bull named Henry.
In Manila and nine cities, more than 60,000 protesters rally against President Marcos with anti government chants while Corazon Aquino leads demonstrations. In Cebu clashes leave 16 demonstrators and 6 others injured as troops disperse rioters with water hoses.
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