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...least 100 people have been reported killed in the crush at the precipitous Hai Van pass. A student and a policeman got into an argument and the student went over the edge, reported a New Zealand relief worker who interviewed refugees. One truck carrying at least 30 people was squeezed off the road and toppled over the precipice, which drops 1,000 ft. in some places...
...Dublin summit of Common Market government leaders who granted concessions to make Britain's continued participation more acceptable. They approved renegotiated terms that could give Britain an annual refund of up to $300 million on its contributions to the Community budget and allow it to import New Zealand butter at low duty rates...
...used to sit back at their old pace and say, 'Wow, this fool is going to drop dead on the third lap.' " Trouble was, Bayi never did. He began to make a habit of leaving astonished stars behind him. Last year at the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand, Bayi atomized Jim Ryun's seven-year-old 1,500-meter world record with a time of 3:32.2-equivalent to a 3:49.2 mile. This winter, in his debut on the U.S. indoor circuit, he has kept up the pressure. Although the smaller indoor ovals have forced...
...diners. Son of a London hotelkeeper, he started helping in the kitchen at six, studied hotel management in England, ran a 15th century coaching inn with his actress-wife Treena (now his producer), then moved Down Under, where he served as chief catering adviser for the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He later began extolling eating on radio and TV, first in Australia and then in Canada. He now teaches at Cornell University's renowned school of hotel administration...
Died. Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, 82, commander of the Royal Air Force fighter group that fought off the German blitz on London in the summer of 1940; in Auckland, New Zealand. After the Battle of Britain, Park successfully defended Malta, then moved on to the Middle East and Southeast Asia, where he commanded the Allied air forces...