Fire traps miners in Noranda Copper Mine Quebec
In Murdochville Quebec a fire at the Noranda Copper Co mine trapped about 40 miners underground. Officials said 15 workers were unaccounted for while 25 took refuge in an underground cafeteria with water and air for days. Telephone contact was made but rescue teams could not reach the unaccounted miners.
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Murdochville
Quebec
Gaspe
Lionel Gleaton
Noranda Copper Co
Gleaton
Noranda Copper
Cigarette Demand Drops as Exports Rise in 1986
U S cigarette production fell about 3 percent to 643 billion with domestic consumption down 2 percent to 584 billion in 1986. ERS notes continued declines likely due to higher prices and stricter anti smoking rules.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Department
Economic Research Service
Nitze shifts on Star Wars test treaty meaning
Former U S negotiator Paul H Nitze says a 1972 Soviet treaty allows space based testing after reviewing arguments for a narrow interpretation. He spoke at Johns Hopkins SAIS noting a gap in logic and evidence in prior opposition. Also in Washington the Agriculture Department proposes tighter animal welfare rules for laboratory research and oversight committees to protect animals. Professors raised salaries 5.9 percent this year yet remain below 1970 purchasing power.
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Washington
U.S
Paul H. Nitze
Soviet Union
Nitze
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Agriculture Department
Bert W. Hawkins
Department
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Hawkins
American Association of University Professors
Association
PEER urges broader education rights after high court ruling
A PEER analysis says states must lead after a Supreme Court ruling narrowed civil rights protections in education. It notes 31 states have sex discrimination bans, but only seven have comprehensive Title IX style laws, signaling gaps in enforcement and coverage.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Project
PEER
Department probes FAA lab tests after Amtrak crash
The Transportation Department investigates the Civil Aeromedical Institute in Oklahoma City amid concerns of procedural irregularities in drug and alcohol testing. Secretary Elizabeth Dole says the inspector general will report findings soon as the field phase begins. The probe follows the discovery the lab may have botched tests on Conrail crew members.
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Washington
Transportation Department
Amtrak
Federal Aviation Administration
Transportation
Elizabeth Dole
Oklahoma City
Civil Aeromedical Institute
FAA
Conrail
U S Soldier and Wife Defect to Soviet Union
A U S soldier based in West Germany and his West German wife defected to the Soviet Union and were granted asylum on political grounds. The couple, William E. Roberts and P. Neumann, were living in Turkmenia after saying they faced persecution for their views. The report ties into an espionage scandal at the U S Embassy in Moscow with Marine guards implicated.
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Moscow
West Germany
Soviet Union
Foreign Ministry
Gennady Gerasimov
William E. Roberts
P. Neumann
Gerasimov
Presidium
The
Supreme Soviet
Liv
Ing
Turkmenia
Tass
Roberts
U.S. Army
Washington
Pentagon
Rex Gribble
Heidelberg
U.S
Arnold Lockshin
Lockshin
Houston
Texas
Lauren
Edward Lee Howard
CIA
Howard
Santa Fe
N.M
FBI
Pope Visits Chile Amid Protests and Tense Clash
In Santiago Pope John Paul II urged reconciliation as police fired water cannons and tear gas at demonstrators who chanted for the pope and against the government. Six officers were slightly injured with reporters noting several protesters struck by nightsticks during the airport procession.
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Santiago
Chile
John Paul II
Pope
Pope and Pinochet
Pope John Paul I
Arturo Merino Benitez
Augusto Pinochet
Widow of first black South Carolina Senator weighs flag fate
Ann P. Newman, widow of the late South Carolina senator I De Quincey Newman, says she did not seek political stardom but supports removing the Confederate flag from the Statehouse if people want it down. The Southern Heritage Association contends Newman approved a letter backing the flag and defends its actions amid black legislators' criticism.
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Columbia
Ann P. Newman
Richard Hines
Southern Heritage Association
Newman
Sen. I. de Quincey Newman
Association
Hines
The
Local Ads and Subscriptions Information
The notice lists contact numbers for subscription and classified ads at the Aiken Standard. It includes customer service hours from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sundays, plus options for weekly monthly and longer subscription periods.
Aiken Standard Emergency Numbers Notice
Emergency numbers provided as a service by the Aiken Standard. The paper is published weekday afternoons and Sundays by Aiken Communications Inc. in Aiken South Carolina with official mailing address and postage details.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Aiken, S.C
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