Soweto Riots Anniversary Sparks South Africa Violence
On the fourth Soweto anniversary, police opened fire on mobs in mixed race townships near Johannesburg and Bloemfontein, wounding at least 35 people including children. tear gas preceded shotgun fire as buses and police vehicles were set ablaze. Authorities report 20 wounded near Johannesburg and 15 in Orange Free State townships.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
Noordgezicht
Bloemfontein
Orange Free State
Angelican
Desmond Tutu
South African Council of Churches
Espiritu Santo Rebels Block Airfield in New Hebrides
Rebel leader Jimmy Stevens and followers block Espiritu Santo airstrips with oil drums and trucks to thwart government negotiators. Port Vila reports say the runway was closed and landing refused without permission from the Vemerana Republic as talks near military options.
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Port Vila
New Hebrides
Espiritu Santo
Vemerana Republic
Jimmy Stevens
Stevens
Wall crack threatens Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper
A six foot crack in the wall of the Santa Maria delle Grazie church in Milan endangers Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. Monitoring devices detected the shift and experts say the damage started inside the wall and now appears on the painting surface. The work, painted 1494 to 1499, has long required delicate preservation efforts amid past restorations and wartime damage.
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New York Times
Rome
Church of
Santa Maria Delle Grazie
Milan
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo
Army Sees Decline in Heroin Use Among GIs in West Germany
U S Army officials report heroin use among about 200000 troops in West Germany is down by half from six months earlier, with 2 percent counted as frequent hard drug users. Investigations in Hanau and Nuremberg led to nearly 150 arrests, while soft drugs remain more widespread and harder to detect. Rex Gribble, spokesman for U S Army Europe in Heidelberg, notes unclear impact on combat readiness.
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Bonn
West Germany
Rex Gribble
U.S. Army, Europe
Heidelberg
America
Hanau
Nuremberg
Bears snub West Virginia census as bears remain elusive
State wildlife officials run a bear counting program using scent stations but imagine no bears at 112 stations. Biologist Reiffenberger notes bears avoid humans and scents, with initial lures attracting foxes and other wildlife. If further scents fail, the plan may be scrapped.
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Charleston
W.va
Joe Reiffenberger
Department of Natural Resources
State Department of Natural Resources
West Virginia
Reiffenberger
Washington
Supreme Court patents living bacteria step forward in biology era
Scientists hail a Supreme Court ruling that living bacteria can be patented as a milestone in biotechnology. The decision validates gene-splicing advances, enabling bacteria to be engineered to produce human proteins like growth hormone and insulin, while raising questions about future patent applications and ethical caution among researchers.
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Harold M. Schmeck Jr
New York Times
New York
Supreme Court
General Electric
Ananda M. Chakrabarty
Stephen Turner
Bethesda Research Laboratory
Turner
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