Gunman surrenders after eight hostages freed at Yellowstone
A gunman aged 18 surrendered to rangers at Yellowstone National Park after releasing eight hostages from the Old Faithful visitor center. Hartley held five men and three women for about three hours before leaving voluntarily following negotiations. No injuries were reported. Presidents Bush and Lujan were set to visit Yellowstone to inspect forest-fire damage.
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Yellowstone National Park
Pat Rangers
Hansom
Brett Hartley
Joe
Jackson
Wyo
Park
Joe Evans
Hartley
Evans
Shelton Johnson
National Park
Old Faithful Geyser Complex
Johnson
Ary Panter
West Jordan
Utah
Painter
Bundy Phillips
Phillips
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Bush
Manuel Lujan
Assassination of Salvadorean presidential adviser shocks nation
Jose Antonio Rodriguez Porth aged 73, top civil adviser to the new Salvadorean president, was killed as he left his ranch house near the city’s upscale district. Officials blamed leftist guerrillas amid a wave of targeted municipal and government officials attacks. No group claimed responsibility. The president had named Porth nine days prior as minister of the presidency. Meanwhile in New York the United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel’s policies in the occupied territories. The vote was 14 to 1 with the US blocking the measure. In Bangladesh, a bus plunging into the Daralona River near Bagerhat left 30 feared dead and 15 missing after it tipped onto a ferry. Police reported about 48 passengers aboard.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
United States
Jose Antonio Rodriguez Porth
Alfredo Mshi
United Nations
Security Council
Israel
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Daralona
Bagerhat
Denver area rivers tainted by Rocky Flats plant actions
An FBI affidavit accuses the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant of dumping toxic chemicals into creeks feeding Denver suburbs and illegally burning hazardous wastes on site. The Department of Energy and Rockwell International allegedly covered up the contamination by claiming compliance with environmental laws. The plant, processing plutonium, sits 18 miles northwest of Denver.
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Denver
Rocky Flats
FBI
Department of Energy
Rockwell International Corp
Bush clears Stealth bomber for takeoff
Bush administration to proceed with the Stealth bomber program despite cost and opposition. Secretary Donald Rice and Pentagon officials say 132 bombers in the mid to late 1990s would cost over $70 billion, with major budget and arms control implications for the administration amid tight growth.
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Washington
Bush Administration
Air Force
Donald Rice
Pentagon
Brighter outlook as storm hits Philadelphia and Camden
A tornado cut through Philadelphia Society Hill causing damage to homes and one death in Delaware County. Rescue crews reported a 50 yard wide funnel, with a man injured and a 15 year old girl found after an incident near Cobbs Creek. Washington area weather forecasts predicted improving conditions by Sunday with cool nights and near 70 degree highs, aiding local events such as a hot air balloon festival.
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Jamesville Beach County Park
National Weather Service
Hancock Airport
New York
Cobbs Creek
Upper Darby
Ron Lavin
Society Hill
University of Pennsylvania
Michael Beren
Peer Bane
Weather Service
Camden
Camp Trinidad
Camden County Red Cross
Storms bring heavy rains and damage across multiple states
Thunderstorms soaked the eastern seaboard with strong winds in Florida and Nevada reports of 53 mph at Desert Rock. Lake Arthur near Roswell was struck by golf ball sized hail. Buckhead Ridge Florida suffered damage from fierce winds. Showers and storms lingered in New England New Jersey New York Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia while scattered activity occurred across Texas Oklahoma Colorado and other western states. Flood watches in southeastern New York were canceled.
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Minn
Phoenix
Seaboard
Florida
Desert Rock
Nev
New Mexico
Lake Arthur
Roswell
Hall
Buckhead Ridge
Fla
Palm Beach
New York
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Utah
Nevada
Montania
Washington
Chinese criticize U S radio report over Beijing deaths
The article describes Chinese officials denouncing a U S VOA broadcast as irresponsible while defending the crackdown in Beijing. It cites death toll estimates ranging from hundreds to thousands, with figures from doctors, Red Cross and student unions, and notes widespread demonstrations across Chinese cities after martial law.
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Voice of America
U.S
Radio Beijing
Tiananmen
Liberation Army
Vision and Radio
Beijing
Thousands flee China as U S citizens depart after crackdown
Thousands of Americans left China amid the crackdown on pro democracy protests after Secretary Baker advised departure The State Department said about 1500 Americans remained in a population of one billion with prior estimates around 8800 amid deadly violence described as an armed camp.
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Washington
China
James A. Baker III
U.S
State Department
Margaret Tutwiler
Tutwiler
Bening
Ethnic clash in Soviet Uzbekistan leaves dozens dead
In Kolkand, Uzbekistan, five thousand armed attackers outnumbered Soviet troops in a sixth day of violence. At least 80 killed and about 800 wounded, many Meskhetian Turks, amid claims of widespread gunfire and organized attacks on state and Meskhetian targets.
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Kolkand
Uzbekistan
Afghanistan
Yuri Shatalin
Interior Ministry
Kokand
Ferghana
Josef Stalin
Shatalin
Isvestia
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Harold Marsh
Binghamton Burial Vault Co
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Worcester
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
Albany
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Marald Co
Bex
W.Y
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Bex MS
Sweseienniert Saith
York State
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Twister
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Delaware
New Castle County
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Delaware River
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Toca
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VOA
British Broadcasting Co
Official Tele
Io EK
Tiananemen Square
Soviet
Cox News Service
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