VIC: Main stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-1998
VIC: Main stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE:

Page 1: Four men from the sunken yacht Winston Churchill were winched to safety late
yesterday; Sydney-Hobart yacht race organisers last night stood firmly behind their decision
to keep the event running despite its unfolding tragedy.

Page 2: How the Sydney-Hobart yacht race tragedy unfolded.

Page 3: Launceston neighbours Bruce Guy and Phil Skeggs lost their lives as ferocious winds
and mountainous seas transformed the Sydney-Hobart yacht race into a nightmarish fight for
survival.

Page 5: The families of young people in nursing homes were frustrated, bitter and sometimes
felt guilty about leaving their children with elderly and demented people.

WORLD: Iraq increased the pressure in its confrontation with the United Nations yesterday,
saying it would reject an extension of a UN-monitored program that feeds civilians and would
order aid monitors to leave; leading Republicans and Democrats say that president Bill Clinton
is certain to face an impeachment trial in the senate over the Monica Lewinski scandal.

FINANCE: Fosters Brewing Group has revealed it will make a new attempt to buy back and
cancel the controversial one-cent paid shares issued to senior executives in the 1980s; the
metals recycler Simsmetal is headed for a first-half loss after experiencing one of its worst
trading periods in many years.

SPORT: Steve Waugh's unbeaten 122, his seventh Test century, paced Australia to a 70-run
first innings lead over England; the sails were finally unfurled yesterday as the
Melbourne-Hobart and Melbourne-Devonport fleets headed through Port Phillip Heads.

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