University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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101 orld News WORLD NEWS: Manjil, Iran suffered from an earth- quake that resulted in over 6,000 deaths and total dev- astation late in July. In Harzevil, Iran, a nearby mountain village only about one hundred people of 2,500 residents survived the quake. Nelson Mandela, deputy president of the African National Congress, be- comes a lifetime member of the United Auto Workers Union. July found over 800,000 Muslims making a pil- grimage to Mina, Saudi Ar- abia for the three day cele- bration of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice in a part of the annual Hajj, the pilgrimage to holy sites of Islam. In July hundreds of thou- sands of miners walked off their jobs in support of the first-ever one-day political strike against the central government in Donetsk, USSR. Over 250 used medical sy- ringes were found on San Francisco ' s Ocean Beach. Almost a mile of the beach was closed while police conducted a thorough sweep after finding 200 needles in two wine bottles. Luzon in the Philippine Is- lands felt the force of an earthquake which regis- tered 7.7 on the Richter scale. In Cabanatuan City, a six-story school collapsed, killing more than 80 peo- ple. The quake also affected Baguio City, collapsing sev- 138 NEWS I 1 W ' 1 eral buildings and hotels and killing over 100 people in the city. Over 30,000 people sought shelter from the civil war in Liberia. In capital Mon- rovia, over 20 compounds are now dedicated to the sheltering effort. South Korean President Roh Tae-woo asked to end the Cold War on the Korean peninsula and proposed free travel between com- munist North Korea and South Korea. Monsoon season brought flooding in the Manikgonj district of Bangladesh, killing at least 65 people and leaving 2 million homeless for over one month. President George Bush meets with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on August 2 to discuss Eu- rope, but the meeting was called short with Iraq ' s in- vasion of Kuwait. President Bush called for Iraq to with- draw its troops from Kuwait and denounced the invasion as naked aggres- sion. In September, Hurricane Hugo struck Culebra, Puer- to Rico, destroying many homes in the area. Over 4,000 East German ref- ugees rejoiced over their re- lease from the West German Embassy in Prague on Oct. 1, after an accord between the Warsaw Pact and NATO nations. Ferdinand Marcos dies of cardiac arrest while in exile in Hawaii. In Manila, Mar- cos Loyalists gathered to urge the government to re- consider its decision to ban their former leader ' s body from being buried there.

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Sports Year in Review SPORTS NEWS: The World Cup games found England against Cameroon. The score was tied 2-2 in the final quarter, until Eng- land ' s Gary Lineker was fouled by Cameroon ' s Thomas N ' Kono and Ste- phen Tataw. Referees called a penalty. Lineker scored, winning the game for Eng- land but losing three days later in a 5-4 loss to West Germany. July 4th found choices for American and National League All-Stars final. The American League All-Stars were Cleveland ' s Sandy Alomar, Oakland ' s Mark McGwire, New York ' s Steve Sax, Boston ' s Wade Boggs, Baltimore ' s Cal Rip- ken, Jr., Oakland ' s Jose Canseco, Oakland ' s Rickey Henderson, and Seattle ' s Ken Griffey, Jr. The Na- tional League All-Stars were San Diego ' s Benito Santiago, San Francisco ' s Will Clark, Chicago ' s Ryne Sandberg, Cincinnati ' s Chris Sabo, St. Louis ' Ozzie Smith, Chicago ' s Andre Dawson, San Fran- cisco ' s Kevin Mitchell, and Philadelphia ' s Lenny Dykstra. Former Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose was sentenced in July to five months in a federal pris- on with an additional three months in a half way house after Rose failed to report income on his tax returns. Matt Biondi rejoices af- ter winning the men ' s 50-meter freestyle swimming competition at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle. Former Los Angeles Rams linebacker Carl Ekern was killed on August 1 in a single-car accident. He was thrown from the car and died from apparent head injuries. The same day, Kent Fer- guson soars to a silver medal with 636.96 points at the Goodwill Games with his diving Ben Johnson ' s two year suspension ends in Sep- tember. Johnson pre- dicts that he will still be able to compete with the world ' s fastest sprinters. 140 NEWS I