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...tidal wave rolled on, submerging the neighboring village of Santuario (pop.: about 1,400) and two other small communities. To the west, on the opposite slope of Nevado del Ruiz, a second avalanche broke loose and headed for Chinchiná, a city of about 34,000. Some 200 families fled the area. Chinchiná, six miles from the base of the volcano, escaped major damage, but civil authorities estimate that 1,090 people died in the immediate area...
...Imelda, 56, appeared in the corridors of Malacañang Palace. Smiling and greeting the delegates, Mrs. Marcos whispered to one visitor, "I leave it up to you to take care of the President and to deliver the votes." The reply: "We will give the opposition zero, ma'am." Imelda broke into laughter. "But you will make the foreign press angry. That's one thing the Western mind will never believe and understand...
...largest, was a guarantee of college tuition for 61 pupils at P.S. 121. Lang was making a sentimental visit to his old school, and in the middle of what he recalls as a paralyzingly dull, rehearsed speech to the graduating sixth grade, the inspiration came to him. Suddenly he broke off and told the astounded youngsters that he would give them each $2,000 toward college tuition, with more where that came from, if they stuck with their books and finished school. Later he followed with a letter to every pupil, declaring "I will keep my promise...
...going has been remarkably smooth for a team that sorely missed its trademark power hitting in the early season. Stepping up against Yale, nonetheless, was Harvard captain Schuyler Mann, who broke out of a 2-for-12 skid by driving home 7 RBI during the weekend. His final two at-bats in Game 2 almost single-handedly won the game...
Junior Josh Klimkiewicz’s end-of-the-bat flare with one out broke the scoreless tie, and Wilson’s rocket double down the left field line brought the rest of the runners home...