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Reagan added further to his problems by dispatching longtime Aide Michael Deaver to West Germany to find a suitable concentration camp or synagogue for the President to pay his respects to the Nazi victims. Deaver, who had directed the arrangements for the visit from the start, swept into Bonn with an entourage of 20, leading some members of Kohl's staff to complain privately that Deaver travels with more aides than the Chancellor does. While many West Germans view Kohl as a genial but often bumbling politician, they see the men around Reagan as undignified novices who are ill-equipped...
P.R.I. claimed to have won the seven state gubernatorial races. Although some P.R.I. officials initially said the party had also swept all 300 contested seats in the national Chamber of Deputies, P.A.N. later announced that it expected to win as many as 37. An additional 100 seats will be apportioned among P.A.N. and other minority parties...
...ground, followed by a cloud of white dust that some mistook for smoke. "I thought it was an earthquake," said one survivor. "The mountainside exploded." Less than a mile north of the village, a pair of earthen dams had suddenly collapsed. An avalanche of water, mud and debris swept through Stava, scarring the mountainsides, destroying three hotels, burying homes and scattering bodies in its path. The deluge, some 100 ft. high and 150 ft. wide, left between 200 and 250 people dead and more than 100 injured...
...cousin Lucio Deflorian, a carpenter: "He was coming down the road in a truck with his two sons, Umberto, 18, and Clemente, 24. Right away he guessed what was happening. He yelled, 'Get out! Get out!' The two boys escaped by running into the forest. The father was swept away. He disappeared." But another cousin, Lucia Volgang, remains optimistic he will be found. "We are still hoping for a miracle." --By Jay D. Palmer. Reported by Roberto Suro/Rome
After Penn took a 10-9 lead with less than 10 minutes to go, junior midfielder Allie Kaveney fed the ball to sophomore attack Liz Gamble, who swept across the crease, firing a shot across her body to tie the game at 10. A critical save by Cahow against an unguarded Quaker attacker kept the Crimson’s hopes alive as the game went to overtime...