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...This tremor, lasting for at least a minute, toppled some already weakened buildings but caused few new injuries. Mainly, it made the rubble bounce and rekindled fear among the city's residents, thousands of whom had spent the night in parks and other open spaces. President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado took note of the "panic" provoked by the second shock, but assured Mexicans that "the damage was much less than the first." Earlier, in appealing for calm, he had told his countrymen that "we are living through a great tragedy that affects all Mexicans...
Following a personal inspection of some of the worst-hit parts of the city, President de la Madrid declared a state of emergency and proclaimed a three- day period of national mourning. Ronald Reagan tried to reach De la Madrid by telephone from Washington; like countless others in the U.S., the President was unable to get a connection. Instead, a message from Reagan was relayed by radio to the U.S. embassy and then delivered to De la Madrid. It offered U.S. condolences and help. But Mexico, which has historically resisted outside assistance following natural disasters...
President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado is scheduled to address the U.N. General Assembly this week. If he is able to keep the appointment, he will probably renew an appeal he made three weeks ago during his annual state-of- thenation speech, when he asked for a new round of negotiations to ease repayment conditions. He can only hope that lenders will listen--and respond favorably...
...expert on the "nuclear winter" theory, which holds that an atomic war would bring about a new ice age by raising dust that would block out the sun's rays, Alexandrov was last seen in Madrid on March 31. The Soviets have also lost an official from their embassy in Rome, Vitali Yurtchenko, who vanished without trace earlier this month. There are no signs that either man has defected to the West. Under discussion at the seminar is a plan to study the consequences of the use of nuclear weapons. The project would require a freer exchange of information than...
...signing, terrorists struck first in Madrid, killing an army colonel and his driver. Less than two hours later, an attendant in a garage below a Madrid department store spotted the terrorists' white Renault with a suspicious package inside. Police evacuated 8,000 people, but before the bomb could be defused, it exploded, killing a policeman. Later in the day, an ETA gunman fatally shot a naval petty officer in the Basque city of Bilbao. Declared Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez: "Some people are determined to stain a day of festivities with blood and mourning...