Beirut blast hits crowded east Beirut as third bombing toll rises
A powerful bomb exploded at a busy commercial center in east Beirut near the Solemar building in Dora district causing fires. No casualty figures were given. The attack follows two car bombings earlier in the week that killed 57 people. Lebanon's president proposed an emergency parliamentary session to discuss a power sharing formula. Civil defense teams rushed to the scene and no further details were available.
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Lebanon
Voice of Lebanon
East
Amin Gemayel
Eastern Plans Layoffs and Cutbacks in Major Cost Drive
Eastern Airlines says it will implement layoffs and cutbacks in two cities as part of a 100 million dollar cost reduction effort after reporting 44 million dollars in losses in the second quarter. President Joseph P. Leonard noted the number of jobs affected is not yet determined.
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Eastern Airlines
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Joseph P. Leonard
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Texas Air
Leonard
Price Of Vodka Rises As Kremlin Keeps Clampdown
The price of vodka and other strong drinks will climb 20 to 25 percent today as the Kremlin tightens controls on alcohol use amid revenue losses. Nikolai Glushkov, head of the state price committee, announced the hike in a Tass release, with widespread price cuts on many everyday goods of 20 to 30 percent.
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Kremlin
Nikolai Glushkov
State Price Committee
Tass
Glushkov
Inn Where Van Gogh Died Sold for Tourist Plans
A businessman, Dominique-Charles Janssens, bought the inn in Auvers sur Oise for 357000 dollars with plans to convert it into a tourist site by the 1990 centennial. The previous owner Micheline Tagliani will vacate by October 31, keeping Van Gogh’s room and staircase unchanged by order of the Culture Ministry.
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Auvers-Sur-Oise
France
Vincent van Gogh
Dominique-Charles Janssens
Paris
Micheline Tagliani
Regine
van Gogh
Culture Ministry
Craxi Forms Italy's 45th Postwar Government
Socialist Bettino Craxi becomes premier forming a five party coalition to revive the government. He presented the cabinet to President Francesco Cossiga as the prior administration had held power 34 months and a confidence vote was planned for next week.
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Bettino Craxi
Italy
Craxi
Francesco Cossiga
Digeal
OPEC Hopes For More Cuts In Geneva Meeting
OPEC ministers met with a new committee to set binding quotas for 13 members. Eleven members pledged to cut production by about 10 percent, aiming to steady prices that have fallen from 32 to 8 per 42-gallon barrel. Ministers planned a full session later.
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OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Reagan advisers urge NASA shuttle ban on commercial payloads
Reagan aides propose stopping shuttle use for launching commercial and foreign satellites when flights resume. The Challenger disaster spurred a debate on the program’s future with implications for contracts and a planned fourth orbiter. A decision could delay Star Wars plans and shift military satellite launches to unmanned rockets.
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Reagan
NASA
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Air Force
Edward Aldridge
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Aldridge
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Recommenda
U.S
Discovery points to hepatitis B binding site for vaccine hope
Scientists report identifying a segment of the hepatitis B virus surface protein as the binding site that attaches the virus to liver cells. They say targeting this unchanging site could lead to cheaper hepatitis vaccines and possible AIDS vaccines, pending further research and validation.
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Calif
Cell
New York Blood Center
California Institute of Technology
Blood Center
A. Robert Neurath
Neurath
Democrats Accuse Rehnquist Of Harassment Testimony
Senate confirmation hearings focus on allegations that William Rehnquist harassed minority voters in Phoenix in the early 1960s. Democrats seek memos Reagan invoked executive privilege to hide. Kennedy cites a discriminatory Phoenix home covenant as part of the scrutiny.
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Senate
William H. Rehnquist
Reagan
Rehnquist
Arizona
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ilege
John Mitchell
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Phoenix
Republican Party
Canada Presses Tough Line on South Africa at Commonwealth Summit
Prime Minister Mulroney vows tough economic sanctions if fellow Commonwealth nations reject joint action against Pretoria. He warns Canada may sever diplomatic ties over apartheid as Thatcher opposes sanctions and allies weigh trade links. Wood says pre-summit talks seek a ban on South African farm goods and air links, with Canada already embargoing air travel.
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Canada
South Africa
London
Brian Mulroney
Pretoria
Margaret Thatcher
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United States
West Germany
France
Mulroney
Bernard Wood
Thatcher
Zambia
Aiken Standard Classifieds and Contact Details
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