Bridge on the Kwai Tour Sheds Light on War and Healing
Denis D Gray reports that forty years after Japan's surrender tourists ride the Death Railway for about 55 cents and stay near the Bridge on the River Kwai. The site, once a brutal POW labor camp, now draws Australians Britons Dutch and Americans seeking balance between memory and tourism.
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River Kwai
Thailand
Japan
Burma
Pierre Boulle
Takashi Nagase
Kwai
Nagase
Associated Press
Tokyo
The
Edward Dunlop
Dunlop
Melbourne
Australia
Stanley Wilner
Bangkok
Kanchanaburi
Ronald Smith
King’s Own
Scottish Border Regiment
C.G. van den Hoek
River Kwai Village
Nicaraguan rebels gain private U.S. aid and growth
Rebels opposing the Sandinistas have drawn up to 25 million dollars in private and foreign contributions from sympathetic individuals and groups in the United States and abroad. CIA aid ended last year, yet the Democratic Force has expanded to about 16,000 to 17,000 fighters with thousands more in related groups.
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Washington
Nicaragua
United States
Congress
John K. Singlaub
Nicaraguan Democratic Force
Nicaraguan
National Guard
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
United
Nicaraguan Opposition
Fidel Castro
Guer
Rilla
UNO
United Nations
Palestine Liberation Organization
Costa Rica
Eden Pastora Gomez
Opposition Bloc of the
South
BOS
Pastora
Democratic Force
Alfredo Cesar
Somoza
Adolfo Calero
Honduras
Singlaub
Calero
Freedom Fighters
National Security Council
Administration
Europe
Latin America
U.S
Adolfo
Council
Coco River
Phoenix Based
Nicaraguan Freedom Fund
Nicaraguan Refugee Fund
Americares of
New Canaan
Treasury
William E. Simon
Hai Hberie
Americares
Eberle
Springsteen hits Chicago crowd with $10,000 food bank gifts
Bruce Springsteen donated $30,000 across three Midwestern food banks after urging 70,000 fans at Soldier Field to match his support. The recipients, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Second Harvesters of Wisconsin, and Steelworkers for Steelworkers in Gary, Ind., reported few fan inquiries but prepared to honor the rock icon.
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Chicago
Bruce Springsteen
Soldier Field
Springsteen
Milwaukee
Gary
Ind
Greater Chicago
Gary Local 1014
United Steelworkers of America
Boss
Sainthood
Slaying suspect freed then surrenders again in Boston
A man who claimed he killed two elderly women was released after failing to locate the crime scene. He surrendered Monday night following pleas from his sisters as the victims were found. Une A Guest, 37, faces two murder counts in Dorchester District Court with warrants issued after his release. He had earlier arrived intoxicated at police headquarters and led officers on a futile search for a non existent address.
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Boston
Une A. Guest
Dorchester District Court
Kevin Foley
Guest
Dorchester
John Barry
Mary Evans
Caputo Draws Democrat Top Ballot Position Again
Essex County Clerk Nicholas V. Caputo, in a 41st time of 42 draws, selected the Democrat slot atop the ballot amid a Republican lawsuit alleging irregularity. The state Supreme Court found no fraud but urged procedures to bolster public confidence. Caputo conducted the drawing in a courtroom with deputies, officials, and reporters present, as his deputy retrieved the party slip.
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Newark
N.J
State Supreme Court
Essex County
Nicholas V. Caputo
Caputo
Hall of Records
Patricia McGarry Drake
Heat sensors blamed for shuttle shutdown
An official says three brittle, broken thermal sensors caused near abort of the Challenger flight by sending false overheating signals. Flight director Cleon Lacefield overruled readings, allowing launch. the three sensors removed after landing August 8 were defective due to sensor wire and tube twisting during manufacture.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cleon Lacefield
Dominic Sanchini
Rocketdyne
Rockwell International
Sanchini
Four students injured in DC science lab explosion
Four elementary students were hurt at March Elementary after a chemistry experiment using gunpowder-like materials exploded in a school laboratory. Two were critically injured as witnesses described yellow smoke and a loud blast. Police said the students were participants in a summer program for gifted pupils making sparklers.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Janis Cromer
March
Drug raid halted by tiger at Oregon home
Law officers raiding a house on drug charges faced a declawed tiger that hissed before the suspects Leland Glasco 33 and Doris Glasco 35 were arrested Monday on possession of a controlled substance. Authorities seized a small amount of methamphetamine and more than $50000 in cash.
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Wave Junction
Ore
Leland O. Glasco
Doris L. Glasco
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Children’s Hospital of
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