Roof Collapse Kills 12 at Uster Swim Complex
A four inch thick concrete and steel ceiling collapsed onto three indoor pools in Uster near Zurich. At least 12 people died and others were trapped, including children and a local swim club member. Rescue teams used jackhammers and their hands to access the submerged areas. One survivor was Fraenzi Nydegger, Swiss national champion in the women’s 200 meter breast stroke, shaken but unharmed.
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Chicago Robbery Ends Vacation for Kentucky Tourists
Estel Smith and his aunt, visiting Chicago, were robbed and beaten after getting lost near a housing project. The aunt, whose name is not released, was raped. A man who offered help led them astray, and three suspects face charges including attempted murder, aggravated battery, aggravated criminal sexual assault and armed robbery.
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Estel Smith
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Mill Creek
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Aurora
Papal Visit Faces Opposition and Threats in the Netherlands
Pope John Paul II begins a five day tour of the Netherlands amid liberal Catholic dissent and posters calling for riots. Dutch Catholics debate birth control, priestly marriage, lay Mass, women’s roles, and papal infallibility as tensions rise within a church described as in crisis.
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Belgium
Harrie Verhoeven
Pontifical Missionary Aid Works
Christian militiaman ousted as Beirut leader bows to Syria
In Beirut, Christian militia chiefs under Syrian pressure replace their pro-Israeli leader with Elie Hobeika who paid tribute to Syria. After his Thursday night election, cross line clashes eased slightly but continued. Police report sporadic sniping along the Green Line with over 250 dead since March 29 in the fighting between Muslim and Christian factions.
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Lebanon
Syria
Elie Hobeika
Hobeika
Israel
Business leaders predict only a short recovery ahead
HOT SPRINGS Va AP The nations top business leaders at the spring Business Council meeting warned the recovery may be short lived. They cited huge budget deficits and a swelling trade gap as key drag factors and doubted a recession this year or next. Growth in early 1983 slowed to 1.3 percent, the weakest pace since the 1981-82 downturn.
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U.S
Business
Business Council
Reagan
Edmund T. Bratt Jr
Pfizer Inc
United States
Wholesale prices rise in April energy surge boosts index
Washington AP reports sharp April gains in wholesale prices led by gasoline up 9.5 percent and heating oil up 10.2 percent. Energy costs helped push the energy index higher while other sectors fell. For 1985 year to date, wholesale prices up 1.7 percent, with March data influencing April readings. Business leaders urge budget tightening to offset trade deficits amid calls for protectionism.
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Labor Department
U.S
Congress
Reagan ends European trip with mission accomplished declaration
President Reagan wraps up a four nation European trek declaring mission accomplished. He says the United States must decide in the future whether to continue observing the unratified SALT treaty with the Soviet Union and will announce the decision openly and with Soviet awareness. He spoke near Queluz Palace before boarding Air Force One, noting strengthened Atlantic ties as he returns to Washington.
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