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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1986
Page
2
President Reagan ruled out a June meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev over nuclear navy size concerns and renewed charges of Soviet cheating on arms control. He indicated June is "just about out now" after tentative talks in Geneva last November.
In Hanoi the communist government transferred 21 casketed remains believed to be missing Americans from the Vietnam War to U S officials. Uniformed servicemen saluted as the aluminum caskets were loaded onto a C 141 cargo plane headed for Honolulu. Vietnamese officials also provided six identification tags and several identification cards of servicemen listed as missing in action.
In New York AP report researchers describe an experimental vaccine that fuses smallpox vaccine with an AIDS virus gene to induce some immunity to AIDS in mice. Scientists caution it is only an early step toward a human vaccine and safety and effectiveness remain to be proven.
Spain summoned its ambassador from Libya for consultations after Muammar Khadafy warned of attacks on U S interests in Spain and Western Europe. Foreign Minister Fernandez Ordonez said the envoy Ricardo Pedro Conde was recalled to Madrid to explain the Libyan leader's statements while stressing Libya’s claimed desire for better relations. US officials noted NATO bases in Spain and plans to position at least two aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean amid possible action against Libya.
In Washington AP reports Rep Harold Volkmer leader of NRA backed measures says victory is near after two test votes in the House. Opponent Rep William Hughes sought to preserve gun controls while other lawmakers split on interstate handgun sales and dealer regulations.
A bomb exploded at 5:40 a.m. in front of Air France's Lisbon office on Avenida de Liberdade, damaging the ground floor and nearby nightclub, with no casualties. The Australian Embassy windows were blown out. no immediate claim of responsibility.
Gary Blake, a 43-year-old East Liverpool factory worker, died at Presbyterian University Hospital when doctors disconnected his Jarvik-7 after a lung infection and total systemic organ failure. A Penn State artificial heart recipient was listed as in critical but stable condition in Hershey with signs of an inflamed pancreas.
At Fort Stewart near Hinesville Georgia two Army helicopters crashed during routine training killing eight soldiers aboard. A CH 47D Chinook with six crewmen and an AH 1S Cobra with two crewmen went down about 9 p m in a wooded swampy area near a training zone. Investigators from Fort Rucker Alabama were to lead the official inquiry while an internal post review began. Names of the dead were withheld pending relatives' notification.
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