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“1 O’O C Associated Press 1 lCW3 Ly Ifiiva l Edited by Bob Nelson wmmxtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammBatmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 90 killed in Chinese train wreck Premier calls for increased safety measures BEIJING — An express train de railed early Sunday in the mountains of southern China and 90 people were killed and 66 others seriously injured, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. It was China’s sixth major trans portation accident n a month. A total of 314 people have been killed. The No. 80 Kunming-Shanghai express derailed and overturned at 1:35 a.m. as it traveled between Qiewu and Dengjiacun stations, 220 miles from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, Xinhua quoted the Ministry of Railways as saying. The cause of the derailment was not known, Xinhua said. The report did not say how many cars derailed, how many passengers were on the train or in whicn direction the train was going. It was not imme diately known whether any foreigners were among the dead or injured. Acting Premier Li Peng ordered army and police to the scene to main tain order. Army units and local medical workers took the injured to hospitals. The accident took place in Yunnan close to its border with Guizhou prov ince. The remote region is among China’s least developed areas. Xinhua reported the train derail ment with unusual speed, about 21 hours after itoccurcd. It issued a story on Monday’s plane crash about 12 hours after it took place, but it fol lowed a report from Japan’s Foreign Ministry. In the past, China’s state-run media often has taken days or even weeks to report accidents. Xinhua said officials of both prov inces rushed to the scene and Yunnan Gov. He Zhidiang and two other offi cials were appointed to head an inves tigation. The derailment came six days afler a domestic airliner with engine trouble crashed near Chongding, kill ing 108 people. Two trains collided head-on in northeast China’s Hei longjiang province Jan. 17, killing 19, and 34 people died when paint thinner caught fire on a train in central China’s Hunan province. A bus fell into a stream in coastal Zhejiang province Jan. 18, killing 14 people. Forty-nine people died Dec. 30 when an overcrowded bus tumbled off a bridge into a dry river bed . On Friday, Li issued an emergency directive calling on transportation authorities to increase safety meas ures. In three weeks, China will cele brate its biggest holiday, Spring Festi val or Lunar New Year, during which 750 million people are expected to travel to hometowns for the festivals. School Pressures giving you a headache? Choose the YMCA for fast relief. College can be a fast track with plenty of pressure. Fortunately, when you need relief there s the YMCA At the Y you can swim, run, play racquetball, lift weights, enjoy exercise classes, and many other exciting activities. So when you need relief from school pressure, or any kind of pressure, don't reach for the aspirin Run over to the YMCA Our iniation fee is a painless $35.00 and $ 15.00 for each month following. Relieve that pressure even more with our nautilus equipment for only $4.00 per month additional. ot Call either YMCA for more Student Membership information. Y Downtown at 11th & P Streets Northeast at 2601 N. 70th Street 475-9622 464-7481 February 17,1988 is the Deadline! All applications for the Student Health and Accident Insurance must be received by February 17, 1988. Brochures and information are available at: UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER or call 472-7437 Check these points: • Am I still eligible for coverage under my parent s plan? A. Is there an age limit? Most policies limit the age for dependent coverage to age 23. B. Are you thinking of marriage? Most policies exclude a dependent after he becomes married. • Have I declared financial independence from my 0 parents by receiving financial aid, and no longer eligible as a dependent under their plan? 3 • Would a medical emergency deplete funds set set aside for my education? London AIDS summit to attract 145 countries LONDON — Health officials from 145 countries are gathering in London this week for a world AIDS summit at which they will plan a global assault on the deadly epidemic. The three-day conference, which opens Tuesday, will be the largest meeting of government ministers ever held on a single health problem, according to the world Health Organization. The U.N. agency, based in Geneva, and the British government are co-sponsoring the event. “The conference, we believe, is going to mark another critical turning point in the global Mobilization against AIDS,” Dr. Jonathan Mann, the American director of WHO’s Special Program on AIDS, said in an interview with The Associated Press. University professor wins Junta-run elections PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — University professor Leslie Manigat won Haiti’s presidential election with more than 50 percent of the vote, election officials said. _ The junta led by Lt. Gen. Henn Namphy has promised to turn over power to an elected president on Feb. 7. The three-man junta has ruled this impoverished Caribbean nation since dictator Jean-Claude Duval ier fled to exile in France in February 1986. Shamir says he’s ready for talks with Arab leaders JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir told visiting U.S. Jewish leaders Sunday he was ready to meet Arab leaders “openly or secretly” but persisted in his opposition to an international Middle East peace conference. In the occupied West Back city of Ramallah, hundreds of Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli soldiers and one Arab was seriously wounded, the army said. But a fragile calm held in other parts of the occupied territories, seized by Israel during the 1967 Middle East war. Snamir has said accepting an international conference would be tantamount to agreeing to a Palestinian state and Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory, which his right-wing Likud Bloc opposes. Officer killed with own gun DALLAS — A man seized a policeman’s gun and fatally shot the officer in the face as he pleaded for h is life as some spectators yelled “shoot him,” authorities said. Officer John Chase, 25, who last month switched from an evening to a day shift to spend more time with his bride of three months, was attacked Saturday as he was writing a traffic ticket. The suspect, Carl Dudley Wil liams, 34, was shot by off-duty offi cers who responded to the call. The man died a few hours later at Park land Memorial Hospital, police said. A crowd of about 30 people gath ered around the officer and his assail ant, a homeless man with a history of mental illness, according to police and witnesses. “The officer was saying, ‘Don’t shoot me. I’ll help you whatever way I can.’ But the guy shot him in the head,” witness Mclitha Johnson said. “One girl said that people in the crowd were saying, ‘Shoot him, shoot him again,”’ said Police Lt. Jerald Calanc. Witnesses said the attacker then strolled down the street, dangling the gun from his hand. Investigators said they knew of no motive for the shooting, but Chief Billy Prince and some of his officers blamed recent criticism of the depart ment by some City Council members for creating a dangerous environment for the police. “This is very tough on the officer on the street,” Prince said at a news conference. “Constant bashing” of the department created a volatile situ ation, he said. The Daily Nebraskan incorrectly listed a dateline as coming from Durango, Calif, instead of Durango, Colo. The Daily Nebraskan regrets the error. 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