Beatifications and disasters cross global headlines
Pope John Paul II beatified four founders of religious orders including Mother Theodore Guerin and four priests, lauding meek faith. In Washington state, a Moses Lake plant explosion left a worker dead and five injured from hydrogen chloride exposure. A Cape Hatteras sailboat found adrift with 15 Caribbean travelers reported one death, four hospitalized. In Cairo a grand mufti urged abortion rights for unmarried rape victims and hymen reconstruction.
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John Paul II
John Paul
Theodore Guerin
Zefirmo Agostini
Faustino Miguez
Antonio de Sant’Ana Galvao
Cairo
Egypt
Sheik Nasr Farid Wasel
Taiwan typhoon Babs devastates Taiwan and Hong Kong
Typhoon Babs drenched Taiwan with torrential rains and floods cutting roads and closing airports. In the Philippines 156 dead across Catanduanes and Camarines Sur, with 400000 displaced. Hong Kong faced 64 mph gusts and shelters opened as seas and winds intensified.
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Taiwan
Hong Kong
Philippines
Hong Kong Observatory
Office of Civil Defense
Babs
Catanduanes Island
Camarines Sur
Feingold campaigns on money curbs amid close Wisconsin Senate race
Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold criticizes costly ads as negative and ill suited to his campaign. Washington backed off and halted ads against Republican rival Mark Neumann. The race remains tight as Democrats seek to protect Social Security and curb political spending. Feingold also opposes late term abortion bans and a constitutional flag burning ban. Neumann pledges limited government, Social Security protections, and a GOP education agenda.
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Wis
Washington
Russ Feingold
Wisconsin
Feingold
Mark Neumann
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Nevada
South Carolina
North Carolina
California
New York
Neumann
Gas well explosion in Louisiana kills seven workers
BRYCELAND La AP A seventh worker died Sunday from injuries after a natural gas well explosion. Six bodies were recovered and five others were found charred in the wreckage. The blast happened Saturday with 18 workers present as they prepared to pump gas. The blaze burned above 100 feet, and crews cooled the site to retrieve bodies. One additional victim died early Sunday at LSU Medical Center. Bienville Parish near Shreveport 45 miles east. Officials expected an extended firefight and delayed investigation until bodies recovered and fire out. The company spokesman said authorities would first retrieve the bodies then kill the well safely.
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LSU
Bruce Connery
Sonar Exploration Co
Connery
Governor Won't Endorse Slain Candidate's Widow
Nashville Tenn AP Democrats attack Republican Gov Don Sundquist for declining to endorse Charlotte Burks widow of slain state Sen Tommy Burks and write in Democratic candidate two days after his funeral. Burks was found Oct 19 shot in his Monterey farm pickup.
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Tommy Burks
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Byron
Monterey
Middle Tennesse
Burks
Beth Fortune
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GOP
State Senate
Hurricane Mitch lashes Jamaica with 150 mph winds
Hurricane Mitch, a Category 4 storm, lashed Kingston with 150 mph winds and heavy rain causing church cancellations, street flooding, and near standstill as seaports closed and transport ceased. Warnings extended to eastern Cuba with potential reach to Cayman Islands and Honduras.
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Jamaica
Mitch
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Honduras
Colombia
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U.S
National Hurricane Center
Grand Cayman
Oklahoma City bombing memorial ground is broken
Vice President Al Gore digs the first dirt at the Oklahoma City site to honor 168 victims. Janet Reno and other officials attend as a 24.1 million memorial takes shape with a reflecting pool, museum, 168 stone chairs and part of the fence kept as a shrine.
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Rebecca Denney
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Oklahoma City
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Gore
Janet Reno
Clint Seidl
Secret Service
Clint
Diane Leonard
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Adel Ahmed
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