Mount Pinatubo eruption forces mass evacuation near Clark Air Base
The US evacuated 15,000 Americans from Clark Air Base as Mount Pinatubo threat rose. Troops, airmen, and families fled to Subic Bay, with operations at Clark paused except for skeleton crews. Officials warned ash could reach Angeles city, home to 300,000, if winds shift.
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Subic Bay Naval Base
Pacific Stars and Stripes
U.S
Pilippine
Clark Air Base
Manila
Western Pacific
Indian Ocean
Persian Gulf
Clark 13
Subic Bay
Navy
Sted
Clark Air Force Base
Mount Pinatubo
Subic Naval Base
Convoy Heads to Addis Ababa From Assab Port
Forty trucks carrying fuel relief and fertilizer depart Assab as a road link to the Ethiopian capital reopens. The port 400 miles northeast handles most imports and the nation’s drought relief stockpiles. it was unclear if any of 40000 tons are in the convoy. The trucks left Sunday and were to reach Addis Ababa by today or Wednesday, according to Ethiopian radio.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Red Sea
Assab
U.N
Jordan King Hussein Hospitalized For Irregular Heartbeat
Jordan's King Hussein, 34, was hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat and is in satisfactory condition according to a royal palace statement carried by Petra News Agency. He was admitted to Hussein Medical City at 10 p.m. Monday, and the release notes his condition as stable and recovering.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Petra
Hussein Medical City
Killer Bambi seeks refugee status in Canada hearing
Law yer argues before refugee hearing tribunal as Lawrence Bembenek known as Bambi, convicted of 1981 Milwaukee murder, escapes prison in July, flees to Thunder Bay Ontario, and faces a history of persecution claims amid a US national context of no successful refugee status rulings.
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Toronto
Lawrencia (Bambi) Bembenek
United States
Milwaukee
Canada
Thunder Bay
Ontario
Blood type beliefs in Japan clash with Gulf War critique
In Japan blood type thinking dominates culture while scientists doubt its reliability. Psychiatry professor Tadao Miyamoto notes little scientific basis, yet many view it with humor or belief. The piece cites Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu as a cited example amid Gulf War criticism.
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Tokyo
Tadao Miyamoto
Jichi Medical School
Toshiki Kaifu
Racial attack suspect surrenders in Long Island case
A fifth suspect surrendered to Nassau County police over the Atlantic Beach beating of 17 year old Alfred Ewell. David Donahue 18 Bayside Queens turned himself in on Monday facing second degree attempted murder first degree assault and weapon possession charges.
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Atlantic Beach
Long Island
David Donahue
Bell Blvd
Bayside
Queens
Bruce Benson
Nassau County Police
Donahue
University of Michigan
Benson
Air Force unveils Stealth lineup in Washington event
At Andrews Air Force Base a Stealth Week kickoff showcased the F-117 and F-22 fighters, the B-2 bomber, and the stealth cruise missile. Air Force leaders framed the display as a cost effective way to address defense needs amid budget pressures, noting two B-2s cost 1.3 billion and eight F-117s achieve similar tonnage.
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AIR Force
John Hesterman
K.S. Boyer
John Savidge
Andrews Air Force Base
Andrews
Washington
Maj
Richard Cole
Ely
Moscow
Iraq
Stephen Crocker
Strategic-Forces
Tribute and Scouting Disputes Highlight 2 Tales
Stevie Wonder shares the funeral service for Temptations singer David Ruffin at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit with about 2000 mourners. In Chicago an eight year old, Mark Welsh, challenges Cub Scout admission over belief in God, filing suit with his father claiming public-group discrimination.
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Stevie Wonder
Temptations
David Eli Ruffin
Detroit
New Bethel Baptist Church
Ruffin
Motown
Chicago
Mark Welsh
Mark
Elliott Welsh
Boy Scouts of America
Cub
Judge allows racial remark in Rodney King case evidence
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Bernard Kamins ruled that a policeman's joke likening a black domestic dispute to Gorillas in the Mist may be admitted as evidence against four white officers charged in the Rodney King beating. He said race could be part of the motive for the videotaped incident.
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Los Angeles
Rodney King
Superior Court
Bernard Kamins
Gag Order Dispute Declares Rape Case Proceedings
In Palm Beach County, attorneys in the William Kennedy Smith rape case clash over Judge Mary Lupo's gag order. Both sides failed to draft a single written version by Monday, as Lupo sought to curb jury pool contamination.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
William Kennedy Smith
Palm Beach County
Mary Lupo
Polish woman undergoes extended facial reconstruction in Buffalo
A 20 year old Polish woman, Margaret Orlowska, survived eight hours of facial reconstruction after a severe auto crash. Surgeon Dr Geoffrey Meilman extended the planned time. She remains in stable condition at Ene County Medical Center, with final results and future skin graft maturation expected over a year and follow up surgeries in the United States.
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Buffalo
Margaret Orlowska
Brian Rusk
Polish American Congress
Rusk
Buffalo-area
Orlowska
United States
Jeffrey Meilman
Ene County Medical Center
Missing Lotto Ticket Found in Drawer in Lackawanna
Audrey Dziechciarz, 60, discovered a winning New York Lotto ticket in an upstairs dresser drawer. The $4.75 million prize from the April 20 drawing had gone unclaimed for 30 days after a deli in Lackawanna, a Buffalo suburb, sold the winning ticket. She verified the numbers at a news conference amid astonishment.
Two Teens Arrested in Buffalo Drive-By Shooting
Two 16 year old boys Sydel Jones and James Blair were arrested after a drive by shooting on Buffalo's east side injuring five. They face first degree assault and firearm charges along with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance. Witnesses described a bottle thrown before shots. Yolanda Mitchell in critical condition and Rafer Turner treated for non life threatening wounds.
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Buffalo
Sydel Jones
James Blair
Anthony Labedz
Buffalo Police Department
Labedz
Erie County
Yolanda Mitchell
Buffalo General Hospital
Michael Shaw
Rafer Turner
Shaw
Polo
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Burnet Ave
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Mineola
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