16 Apr 1986
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1986
Page
1
Divers have retrieved more pieces of the Challenger crew cabin and radio messages suggest more astronaut remains may be found. A coded reference to Tom O Malley by the USS Pierce hints at recovered remains as salvage crews resume work after weathered debris buried the cabin.
Irish police freed socialite Jennifer Guinness from a Dublin house after a five hour siege ending about 6 30 am. Three men were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping her for eight days and seeking a 2 million pound ransom. no money was paid.
Weather outlook calls for sunny skies and a warming trend toward seasonable temperatures later in the week. Tonight will be fair and cold with lows in the mid 30s. Highs tomorrow near 60s, with brisk 10 to 15 mph winds. Weekend mix of partly cloudy skies and a chance of showers Sunday. highs in the 70s and lows around 40 to 50.
Obituary notices for Sam S. Cumbee Martinez Faye B. Atkinson Mary L. Scott Delmar M. Rabin Carl Rankin Johnson Seago appear in the section with details to follow on Page 10A.
The Associated Press reports a USA Today poll of 690 Americans finds more than eight in ten support another U S attack on Libya if linked to terrorism and 61 percent fear it could widen Middle East war. A separate NBC News Wall Street Journal poll shows two thirds supported the strikes.
Reports from Tripoli described heavy gunfire and rocket exchanges around Khadafy's compound as reporters on a bus saw rounds ricocheting near the city. Libyan officials claimed Khadafy was alive and in control despite attacks that killed Hana Muafa, with higher Western estimates of casualties.
Relatives of two American airmen report hope for Capt. Fernando Ribas-Dominicci of Puerto Rico and Capt. Paul Lorence of San Francisco as air and sea searches off Libya yield no survivors. Pentagon says no sign of survivors. families express pride and resolve for peace through strength.
A U S Embassy communications technician was shot in the head on a Khartoum residential street near the Libyan mission and is in critical condition after a car ambush. The embassy closed and was placed on high alert as protests surged. no claim of responsibility reported.
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