Sands Near Death as Hunger Strike Enters 58th Day
In Belfast and London protests flare as Bobby Sands, on his 58th day without food, sinks toward death. Police arrest 20 senior National H Block Committee members backing Sands status bid for IRA prisoners. Doctors report Sands in extreme danger with fading eyesight and hearing while at Maze Prison.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Bobby Sands
London
Sands
Sinn Fein
Irish Republican Army
Tom Cahill
Lurgan
Armagh
Londonderry
Associated Press
Maze
Reagan Delays Saudi Radar Plane Sale For Congressional Input
President Reagan pauses the proposed sale of advanced radar planes to Saudi Arabia to allow Congress to shape a likely different package. Senate leader Howard Baker says action will be delayed to at least fall, with broad opportunities for congressional consultation before final submission.
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Washington
Reagan
Saudi Arabia
Congress
Senate
Howard Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Baker
CBS
Girl Scout Camp Brings Humor and Tales at Fort Gordon
Betsy McDonald 10 of North Augusta forgot her chapstick during a Girl Scout encampment at Fort Gordon where about 56 troops from 15 counties camped out for a few days of outdoor activities. Evelyn Bland of Aiken recalls her son Wally’s past escapes from a backyard child-proof fence, joking about him being her first born.
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Fort Gordon
Betsy McDonald
North Augusta
Evelyn Bland
Aiken
Wally
Wallis
Aiken High reads Desire Under the Elms aloud in class
Parent Sam objects to reading aloud Eugene O Neills Desire Under the Elms in English at Aiken High School citing explicit sexual matter. Principal James A Taylor says literature should be available but sensitive material must be reviewed by district officials Ted Willis and Beecher Morton to decide if the play stays in the curriculum.
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Eugene O’neill
Sam
Aiken High School
James A. Taylor
Taylor
Ted B. Willis
Area 1
Beecher Morton
Momentum Shifts Toward Reagan Economic Plan
Congress returns from recess to a surge of support for President Reagan's tax and budget-cutting program. Reagan prepares a national address from Camp David outlining his appeal for action. Senate Republicans plan a budget vote to reassure conservatives, while House Democrats show growing backing for a modified plan aimed at balancing the budget by 1984.
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Washington
Congress
Reagan
House
Senate
Camp David
White House
Larry Speakes
Reagan Lifts Grain Embargo Without Kremlin Concessions
U S officials say the Reagan admin lifted the Soviet grain embargo with no quid pro quo from the Kremlin. Commerce Secretary Baldrige and Secretary Haig noted no deals and warned a Soviet invasion of Poland would trigger a broad U S Soviet trade ban. Haig stressed the move would be harshly viewed if force against Poland occurred.
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Washington
Reagan
Kremlin
Red Army
Poland
Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Associated Pres
Haig
Baldrige
ABC
Chemicals Finally Moved From Hazardous DNP Site in Aiken
Sonneborn Refractories and Chemicals and Continental Trading faced a court deadline and completed moving 134 drums of 2 4 dinitrophenol to DOT approved containers. The material was loaded for shipment to McKay Chemical in Charleston around 6 15 Friday evening. Contaminated soil from the transfer must be removed and disposed of in a hazardous waste landfill.
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Sonneborn Refractories and Chemicals Inc
S.C. 302
Department of Transportation
McKay Chemical Company
Charleston
James Burckhalter
Aiken
Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Sonneborn
McKay
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Patsy
Ral
Victory
Aiken County
Dear Abby
Erma Bombeck
Louis Rukeyser
Jeanie Seamster
U.S
Doug McLeod
EMS Prep
Mobile
Ala
Southern Cross
Ginny Southworth
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