Word: port
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another 1000 people gathered in the eastern Cape province city of Port Elizabeth, where former Mayor Graham Richards erected a homemade sign declaring Pollock Beach, reserved for whites for 35 years, was open...
Seven buses brought Black people from townships 10 miles north of Port Elizabeth. Many Black youths chanted and danced around the beach, some carried banners and placards. Whites paid them little attention and mixed freely on the sand and in the water...
...magistrate gave permission for the Port Elizabeth demonstration, which was rained out by midafternoon...
...three-story building near the Kent port of Deal in southeastern England housed young recruits, some only 16 years old, who were training for the famed Royal Marines marching band. Last week their music was silenced in a deafening explosion that leveled one of the barracks and rattled houses within a two- mile radius. The toll: ten dead, 22 injured. British Defense Secretary Tom King called the blast an "appalling outrage against young army bandsmen who work for charity and who have given great enjoyment to millions across the country...
...least two people were killed, said fire department Dispatcher Adam Krause. CBS News reported New York City Police confirming three deaths. The Port Authority also said it had reports of fatalities, but officials had no figures on possible injuries...