Train Bus Crash Kills and Injures Dozens Near Oporto
A commuter train hit a crowded bus at a Torrenhos crossing nine miles east of Oporto, dragging the bus 300 yards before derailing. At least 17 dead, with authorities expecting the toll to rise toward about 30 and 20 to 25 injured. An investigation was ordered by Portugal’s Ministry of Social Services.
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National Institute of Emergency Medicine
Torrenhos
Lisbon
Noticias de Portugal
Jose Maria Rocha Moreira
Karami Chosen as Prime Minister to Form Unity Cabinet
Lebanese President Amin Gemayel names Rashid Karami a pro-Syrian politician as prime minister to form a national unity government. Karami, 62, will invite faction leaders as ministers without portfolio while aides take key posts, aiming for a 50 50 Christian Muslim cabinet to end nine year civil war.
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Rashid Karami
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Rafik Hariri
Shafik Wazzan
Food-price riots in Dominican Republic leave 45 dead
Rioters and police clashed as rock throwing youths sparked a fresh round of violence in the Dominican Republic. President Salvador Jorge Blanco urged calm in a national address while reports said soldiers fired on crowds in Santo Domingo and several youths were wounded.
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Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Salvador Jorge Blanco
Chiropractor Charged In Death Of Wife Cut Up With Chain Saw
In Davenport Iowa police linked the disappearance of a chiropractor's wife to an unidentified torso found in the Mississippi River The husband who had threatened to “cut her up in tiny pieces” is jailed on 1 million bail charged with murder and cutting up the body with a chain saw after gene testing identified the remains.
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Iowa
Mississippi River
Pageant winners tour Hal lor n House in New York
Miss USA state winners posed atop the Halloran House in New York during a sightseeing tour yesterday. From left: Theresa Ring Miss California, Lynne Scale Miss Connecticut, Steffanee Leaming Miss District of Columbia, Stacy Hassfurder Miss Florida, Lavonne Ranae Misselle Miss Illinois, Deborah Neary Miss Massachusetts, Adriana Krambeck Miss Michigan, Saundra Percival Miss Missouri, Diane Everett Qualter Miss New Jersey, Caroline Flury Miss New York, Roxi Erwin Miss Ohio, Tina Albright Miss Pennsylvania, Laura Shaw Miss Texas.
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District of Columbia
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Florida
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Illinois
Deborah Neary
Massachusetts
Adriana Krambeck
Michigan
Saundra Percival
Missouri
Diane Everett Qualter
New Jersey
Caroline Flury
Roxi Erwin
Ohio
Tina Albright
Pennsylvania
Laura Shaw
Texas
CIA Officials Face Tough Questioning by Senate Panel
CIA leaders including director William Casey faced private grilling from the Senate Intelligence Committee over covert Central America operations. Senators pressed for candid, straight answers as Moynihan resignations and mining of Nicaraguan ports fueled calls for fuller disclosures.
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CIA
Congress
Senate Intelligence Committee
Central America
William Casey
Daniel K. Inouye
D-Hawaii
Sam Bouchard
Inouye
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
D-N.y
Moynihan
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Count Basie Dies at 79 in Florida Hospital
Count Basie legendary jazz figure and bandleader dies at Doctors Hospital in Hollywood Florida at age 79 after treatment for a severe ulcer. He rose from a $3 piano job in New Jersey to worldwide fame with Basie sound and hit tunes like One O Clock Jump and Jumpin at the Woodside. Basie was born William Basie in Red Bank New Jersey on August 21 1904.
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Fla
Count Basie
Doctors’ Hospital
Basie
Joan Meyers
Aaron
Dave Brubeck
New Jersey
Woodside
William Basie
Red Bank
N.J
Harvey
Lil
House Passes Bill Doubling Magistrate Salaries
The South Carolina House approved a bill to raise magistrate salaries and court fees to fund the hikes. The plan sets a $24,000 minimum for full-time magistrates, adds a $5,000 travel supplement for chief magistrates, and expands magistrate civil jurisdiction to $1,500. It would finance the increases by boosting magistrate court fees, with a $12.75 fine on convictions in addition to the existing $7.25 fee.
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State Court Administration Office
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The
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Jennings
Richland
Robert Sheheen
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Sheheen
D-Kershaw
Aiken Standard Classified and Advertising Contacts
The notice lists subscription and advertising contact numbers for the Aiken Standard. It also provides office hours at 124 Rutland Drive and mentions carrier rates of 3.90 11.70 23.40.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Emergency Numbers for Aiken Community Services
Aiken Standard provides a quick reference for local emergency contacts. Includes numbers for Aiken Community Hospital, volunteer fire departments, Aiken County Sheriff, and emergency medical services with long distance access and a toll free option.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken County
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