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...with honking processions of cars, samba bands and conga dancers who happily chanted "Bra-sit! Bra-sil! Bra-sil!" In Rio, fireworks exploded in the evening sky, while air-force jets trailing plumes of smoke swooped low over Copacabana Beach. The only untoward aspect of the celebration was the toll of dead and injured. Brazilian doctors had publicly warned heart patients not to watch the match on TV, but many did anyhow and died of overexcitement. Some celebrators blew off hands with firecrackers or were trampled underfoot in the streets...
...whatever they charge campers-a price that ranges from $2 to $6 per night. The fee can rise to $100 a week if the customer wants to rent a trailer, which some franchise holders offer as well. What KOA gives the franchise operator is national advertising, a toll-free telephone-reservations service, listing in its Kampground Directory and rigidly enforced standards. Minimum facilities include electrical hookups, sewage disposal, a grocery store and hot showers. KOA also gives generous amounts of advice. Sample from the operations manual: "If you don't have a flagpole, you should...
...supplies or rescue teams to help the stricken country dig out from the devastation wrought by the giant earthquake, which caused massive floods and landslides that left 100,000 people injured and 800,000 homeless. One Peruvian expert estimated that the damage would reach $500 million, and the death toll, which stood at 50,000, seemed likely to rise even higher. Rescuers were led by the stench to bodies buried beneath mounds of rubble...
Gradually, the full horror dawned on Peruvians. "Our losses," commented one newspaper, "will be greater than if we had lost a war." Indeed, officials speculated that by the time the last body is laid in a shallow grave and the last missing Indian villager is counted, the death toll might reach 50,000. If so, it will have been the deadliest earthquake in the recorded history of Latin America...
...toll of correspondents continues to rise in Cambodia. Last week eight more-three American, one Japanese -were added to the 15 already missing or captured. Another U.S. reporter, CBS's George Syvertsen, was killed...