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Press, 7 August 1985, Page 10

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Nine killed Nine Italian tourists were killed and 32 injured when their coach crashed after hurtling down a hill in northern Italy, police said. Eighteen of the injured were taken to hospital. The coach was taking the tourists to the sanctuary of Santanna Vinadio, in the province of Cuneo, when it swerved to avoid a car and went off the road. — Rome. Big crush Over-enthusiastic wellwishers mobbed the Queen Mother and almost trampled her in an effort to join in her eighty-fifth birthday celebrations. The incident happened after the Queen Mother arrived by helicopter at her London home, Clarence House, from the Royal country retreat at Sandringham, 130kms north-east of London. Well-wishers surged through police barriers towards the frail figure, shoving aside children waiting to present flowers to the Royal greatgrandmother. For several minutes, only two policemen stood between the Queen Mother and the crowd. Then, still waving graciously, she retreated unscathed into the house. — London. ‘Pimple’ removed President Reagan said a small growth removed from his nose last week was diagnosed as a carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer, and he would be required to stay out of the sun in the future. “This is the commonest, the least dangerous (form of cancer),” said Mr Reagan, who underwent colon cancer surgery on July 13. He described the growth on his nose, which was removed last Tuesday, as a “pimple.” — Washington. Drug raids About 2200 United States law enforcement officers used planes, helicopters, and four-wheel-drive vehicles in a campaign to locate marijuana crops and destroy the cannabis plants with fire or machetes. The raids brought destruction of 50,000 to 60,000 cultivated marijuana plants j in 12 states. — Washington. |

Shells explode Fires swept through a mountainous forest region near France’s border with Italy, sparking a series of explosions from World War II shells and grenades. Firemen said the intense heat ignited shells buried in the remote area since fighting between French and Italian troops in 1940. Firefighters were kept from the blaze by rugged terrain but no casualties were reported. After Italy’s declaration of war against France in June, 1940, there was heavy fighting in the region and hundreds of unexploded shells and grenades are thought to be still buried. — Nice. Body found The body of a girl, aged two, was pulled from the wreckage of a Delta Air Lines jet, bringing the death toll to 133. “She didn't have a ticket so we didn’t know about her,” said a Leita spokesman, W’ayne Schweitzer, adding that the girl died with her mother, brother and grandparents. The body was found under charred debris from the Lockheed TriStar that was bound from Florida to California. — Dallas.