Mass East German Exodus Through Czechoslovakia Opens Travel Route
Hundreds of East Germans flee to the West after East Berlin allows travel through Czechoslovakia. An estimated 5,000 refugees camped at the German Embassy while others headed toward West Germany by car, bus, and train. West German officials noted crossings already underway and questioned how long the arrangement would last.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
West Germany
Havanna
East Berlin
Germany
Weather brief: weekend forecast hints at sun and clouds
A breezy Sunday with a mix of sun and clouds as the weekend outlook. Overnight low near 35 degrees with a slight warming trend inland and a high near 55 degrees expected later in the day.
Two multimillion-dollar Lotto prizes go unclaimed
New York state officials say two Lotto prizes worth millions remain unclaimed more than six months after the drawings. Authorities know where the tickets were sold but not the buyers. Unclaimed prizes revert to the state after one year, adding to state revenue over the years.
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Albany
New York
Lotto Division
George Yamin
Landmark building at Addis & Dey’s under review for preservation
The 96 year old landmark on South Salina Street faces razing for an $42 million eight story office tower and two story department store. The state Office of Parks Preservation will decide, weighing condition and economics, after talks with Mayor Young and Wilmorite Inc. City officials cite economic viability.
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Addis & Dey's
South
Salina Treet
State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Thomas Young
Wilmorite Inc
Tey
City Ball
Joe C. Marcane
Congressman cites CIA link in Pan Am Flight 103 report
Rep. James Traficant claims an insurance investigator’s report links the CIA to terrorists behind the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing. He alleges the CIA was tipped to a bomb on board and involved in a heroin swap for hostage release, a claim the CIA denies. The report reportedly ties CIA agents to locating American hostages in Lebanon and to alleged plots involving bomb experts and drug smugglers.
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Washington
CIA
James
Traficant
D-Ohio
Middle East
Bralicent
Mark Mansfield
Era
Hi Wen
Typhoon Sinks Unocal Ship Seacrest With 87 Aboard
A 251-foot drilling ship Seacrest carrying 87 people including seven Americans capsized in the Gulf of Thailand as Typhoon Gay lashed the coast. Rescue efforts found the upside-down hull but no survivors amid 6-foot waves and 15 mph winds. Six Thai fishermen were rescued after a life raft was dropped, while 64 missing on Seacrest are Thai.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Gulf of Thailand
Barry Lane
Unocal Oil Company
Lane
Siste Ru Radio Thailand Today
Gay
Seacrest
Lecarews
Unocal
Carol Scott
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Vhive College
Syracuse University
Town of Clay
Central New York College
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Wes Berman
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LACE
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