Issue 153 – Mirror of Vladivostok News


Social life Remember the ruler
by Russell Working	10/30/97 01:07 PM
Recently while heading to lunch at a cafe just off the lobby of a local office building, my girlfriend and I happened into the middle of a funeral. Perhaps a funeral isn’t quite the word — there was simply a family seated around an open casket and an aged dead man in a blue suit decorated with medals.
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Social life US woman drums up medical aid
by Nick Wadhams	10/30/97 12:52 PM
A California woman’s recent trip to Primorye has anchored her medical relief organization in the region, and she will now train her sights on American coffers for supporting funds.
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Social life Maternity wards get cash infusion
by Russell Working	10/30/97 12:51 PM
The presidential representative to Primorye temporarily headed off a crisis in the health care system by securing 10 billion rubles ($169,491) from the federal government for maternity wards and children’s hospitals.
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Social life Water stores dwindle
by Nick Wadhams	10/30/97 12:45 PM
Workers at the water plant in Artyom are threatening to strike for eight months of back pay, a move which could cripple Vladivostok’s water supply for weeks, said plant director Sergei Kislitsin.
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Social life Thousands left broke as scheme fails
The Vladivostok News	10/30/97 04:05 PM
Angry investors in Vladivostok demanded their deposits back from a collapsed pyramid scheme that affected thousands of people throughout the region.
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