Georgia’s leader flees capital in dawn siege end
President Zviad Gamsakhurdia and loyalists fled Tbilisi in military vehicles at 3:30 a.m. after a two week siege by rebels. Rockets and machine guns shattered Parliament, fire spread to a wing, and the leader left with family as fighters cheered. a referendum plan and stay-to-fight stance framed the exit.
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Castro to detail 1962 missile crisis in Havana talk
Fidel Castro plans this week to reveal for the first time a detailed account of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. He will describe the betrayal he felt as Soviet leaders ignored him at the crisis peak during a Thursday Havana gathering of Soviet, American and Cuban officials.
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Webb retires after 30 years at Bonwit Teller Philadelphia
On May 22 1990 Rosalind Webb marked her last day at the Bonwit Teller store in Philadelphia where she worked over three decades in the shipping department. The closure followed Bonwit’s parent company filing for bankruptcy protection as 14 branches, including the Philadelphia location, prepared to shut.
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Iraq and Algeria under fire over atomic bomb plan
The Sunday Times reports Iraq smuggled uranium and scientists to Algeria to form a nuclear axis for a potential atomic bomb. Iraqi technicians may be at Ain Oussera reactor south of Algiers. Western intelligence fear the alliance could bypass UN scrutiny and bypass Gulf War defeat.
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Arsenic Lost At Sea After Coastal Storm
A Coast Guard search for five cargo containers disappeared during a weekend storm between New York City and Baltimore. The 492-foot Santa Clara carried 540 drums of arsenic trioxide destined for Charleston, D C. Five containers held the toxic chemical. others were empty or non-hazardous.
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