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...prison massacres bring an end to the violence that is becoming commonplace in Peru. On Wednesday a bomb concealed in a suitcase ripped through the roof of a packed train that was carrying tourists to the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu. Seven passengers were killed, including one American and three West Germans. As many as 40 other people were injured. Although no one claimed responsibility for the attack, it was widely seen as an attempt by the Shining Path to avenge the deaths of its imprisoned followers...
...natural ability that would have made him a consummate Celtic . . . The picture of health, the perfect athlete, 6 ft. 8 in. in his stocking feet . . . The best college player in America . . . One of the most happy people you'd ever want to see . . . He could jump through the roof." Like picks 1 through 17 in last week's draft, Bias was black. It is such a specious dream, to become a professional star and achieve unlimited wealth ("I'd like to buy a Mercedes," Bias declared first off in Boston). The thought of a young man dribbling almost...
...never "need no training up," so accustomed are they to one another's rhythms. "Say it loud and draw a crowd!" Bud Spires hollered as Jack Owens wailed, "You're tryin' to quit me now,/ But you don't know how." It began raining, and fat drops played the roof while the two friends played on: "Give me yoh money, baby gal,/ Let me use it for myself." Whiskey pints circled round and round and round the porch. In this fashion, the afternoon slid away, as did most necessary motor skills...
...been taking helicopter-flying lessons. In reality she was Nadine Vaujour, 34, wife of one of France's most carefully guarded prisoners, and she had learned her lessons well. At 10:45 last Monday morning, Nadine flew a rented chopper to Paris' Sante prison, dropped a rope onto the roof and picked up her husband Michel, 35, who still had 28 years to serve for attempted murder and armed robbery. In the confusion, another inmate was left behind. Minutes later, the helicopter landed in a nearby soccer field, where the couple jumped into a car and disappeared...
Reactors No. 1 and No. 2, shut down immediately after the accident, are in a separate building from No. 4. Soviet media accounts said the roof of the No. 3 reactor was damaged by fire, but that the third reactor itself was intact...