Escapee killed in Nashville shootout after restaurant escape
Arizona prisoner Latimer sought for armed robbery and kidnapping died in a gun battle as he tried to flee a crowded Nashville restaurant. Investigators check if a police officer wounded FBI agent Purser and a bystander woman during the confrontation. Ballistics tests ordered.
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Girl Helps Catch Wilder in Nationwide Stalking Case
A 16 year old girl Dawnette Wilt endured near fatal stab wounds after being abducted in Indiana and driven across the country. She provided thorough information within two hours at Soldiers and Sailors Hospital that led Yates County Sheriff Jan Scofield to identify Christopher Wilder as the suspect. Wilder, responsible for a nationwide spree, died in a police scuffle after the chase.
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Bomb attack kills two U.S. officials in South-West Africa
Two American officials monitoring South Africa’s troop withdrawal from Angola were killed when a bomb exploded at a gas station they stopped at 25 miles from the Angolan border. A Western diplomat said the attack did not appear aimed at the Americans and they were killed while en route to a briefing.
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Feldstein warns on deficits if Congress delays action
Chief White House economist Martin Feldstein says he would worry a great deal if Congress fails this year and next to confront the soaring federal budget deficit. He warns the nation will face slower growth and rising interest payments unless the deficit reduction package is approved.
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Martin Feldstein
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Khomeini Votes in Iran’s First Post Revolution Election
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini appeared among the first to vote in Iran’s parliamentary elections the first since the 1979 Islamic revolution. About 20 million of Iran’s population could vote for 250 deputies from over 1,500 approved candidates. Results were expected within a week.
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Gas Prices Rise in First Quarter 1984
Los Angeles AP reports gasoline prices rose 1.06 cents a gallon in the first quarter of 1984 with potential 10 to 12 cent hikes by late June if trends continue. Analyst Dan Lundberg attributes the rise to fewer refineries and higher motorist demand. nationwide average hits $1.206 a gallon, up from $1.193.
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GM Insures Seatbelt Wearers At $10000 Per Life
General Motors announces life insurance of 10000 dollars for each occupant wearing a seat belt in new GM cars and light trucks. The policy covers fatalities during the first year of ownership and certificates are included with every new vehicle sold in the United States and Canada.
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F. James
McDonald
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Ruckelshaus Calls for Nonpartisan Environmental Policy
EPA head William Ruckelshaus warned that environmental cleanup must be insulated from politics and cycles. He urged institutional buffers to shield long term environmental commitments from two and four year political timelines.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
William Ruckelshaus
Klan Nazi Defendants Acquitted in Greensboro Gunfight
In Winston-Salem AP report Grand Dragon Virgil Griffin and eight Klansmen and Nazis were acquitted of civil rights violations tied to the 1979 gunfight that killed five anti Klan demonstrators at a Greensboro housing project. An all white jury found no conspiracy to provoke the violence.
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Winston-Salem
Virgil Griffin
Griffin
Louisburg
Greensboro
Communist Workers Party
Billy Martin Arrest Leads to Public Drunkenness Booked
Former Yankees manager Billy Martin, 55, spent four hours in a public drunk tank after a shouting match with a woman on a home lawn. He was booked for investigation of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct and released on $100 bail around 4 a.m. Saturday. Police said witnesses described him as obviously intoxicated and shouting.
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New York Yankee
Billy Martin
Martin
Gary Bruton
Yankee
Mass slaying shocks New York as 10 killed
A baker following a screaming neighbor found ten people shot in the head in a New York apartment including three women, one teen, and six children. Police say no signs of panic, no forced entry, no clear motive, and no suspects. Neighbors report gunshots around 5 30 p m. Mayor Koch calls it a massacre.
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Patrick Murphy
LeSchack
Eileen Bell
Lucy Marrero
Edward Koch
Elliot Gross
Gross
Robert Burke
Carmine Rossi
Rossi Bread
Aiken Standard Advertising and Office Contact Info
The notice lists subscription and classifieds contact numbers for the Aiken Standard and provides office hours and location at 124 Rutland Drive. It also includes carrier rates in a brief line.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Emergency Numbers for Aiken Community Services
Aiken Community Hospital and local emergency services provide numbers for public safety. Includes hospital 649 7911, Sheriff and Fire lines 648 6811, EMS and Police, and the Crisis Line 1 800 922 9709 for abuse assistance.
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Aiken County
Aiken Police
Aiken Fire Crisis Line Coalition To
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