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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1986

Page

2

Seven Hurt as People Express Jet Makes Emergency Landing

Seven people sustained minor injuries as they evacuated a People Express Boeing 727 after an emergency landing at Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Flight 147 from Jacksonville to Newark diverted due to a malfunctioning warning light in the auxiliary power unit. 150 passengers exited via slides and wings.

Columbia People Express Columbia Metropolitan Jacksonville Fla Newark N.J Bob Waddle Waddle Lexington County Hospital Jennifer Sullivan

Terrorists Reject All Negotiations Over Hostages in Beirut

A signed Arabic statement by Islamic Jihad in Beirut rejects any talks with the Reagan administration and with Pope John Paul II or the Archbishop of Canterbury. It threatens to kill the Americans held hostage if demands are not met and delivers a grim warning to the U S president.

Beirut Lebanon Reagan Islamic Jihad John Paul II Canterbury Satan an-Nahar

Widow slain in North Myrtle Beach by ballpoint pen

Police search for a suspect in the brutal murder of Agnes Hughes an 83 year old widow found stabbed more than 30 times at her Hughes Motel and Apartments home. A blood stained pen and a broken telephone were found at the scene as investigators call it one of the town's grisliest killings with no arrests yet.

North Myrtle Beach Agnes Hughes Myrtle Beach

JFK Home Had Anti-Black Covenant

The Washington home John F Kennedy bought in 1957 carried a covenant excluding sale to the Negro race. U S News reports the issue notes no evidence Kennedy knew of the clause. The piece also mentions Edward Kennedy’s disclosure about a covenant on William Rehnquist’s former Phoenix home barring non whites.

Washington John F. Kennedy U.S. News & World Report Magazine Kennedy Georgetown Supreme Court Edward M. Kennedy D-Mass William H. Rehnquist Senate Rehnquist Phoenix Ariz

Democrats Seek Bigger Tax Cuts Than Senate Plan

The House Democrats propose a broader tax cut than the Senate, with 80.5 million couples and individuals paying less, and 19.7 million facing higher taxes, averaging about 7.6 percent reduction versus 7.0 percent under the Senate bill, though passage is uncertain in an election year.

Washington House Democrats Senate

Few Black Diplomats in Top Foreign Policy Roles

Washington reports a scarcity of Black officers in high level foreign policy jobs. As of last December only nine of 613 top State Department career positions were filled by Blacks, with 250 of 4,023 full time foreign service officers Black. Deputy Assistant Secretary Clarence Hodges says there are too few at the top and notes waning commitment since Cyrus Vance’s tenure.

Washington Reagan South Africa State Department Clarence Hodges Department Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Cyrus Vance

East German denial of Braun’s escape tale

East Germany denounced Heinz Braun’s claim of fleeing to West Berlin in a station wagon disguised as a Soviet patrol vehicle by driving through a Berlin Wall checkpoint with three mannequin officers as a lie. ADN called the story a swindle and said Western interest in sensational tales persists.

West Berlin

Gorbachev Courting China Aims For Asian Role

Moscow reports show Mikhail Gorbachev courting China to widen Soviet influence in Asia. He offers troop cut talks with Peking while praising China's reforms and noting large Moscow trade exhibit crowds as Beijing relations warm after decades of tension and earlier breakups.

Moscow Mikhail S. Gorbachev China Soviet Union Peking Kremlin Nikita Khrushchev Gorbachev

Joliet Celebrates Priest Jenco Home After 19 Months

In Joliet Illinois crowds gather as Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco returns from captivity in the Middle East. He alights at Chicago Midway at 12 55 p m and heads to a hometown celebration with yellow ribbons, a giant greeting card and free party tickets.

Joliet Ill Lawrence Martin Jenco Chicago Middle East Washington Midway Airport Jenco Sheri Kropinski

Bombs End South Africa's Three-Week Bombing Truce

In Walvis Bay a meat market bomb killed four people and injured 24, with a second blast at a Cape Town post office wounding one. The attacks end a lull after 13 blasts across South Africa earlier in the month blamed on the ANC, though no claim was made. Walvis Bay is Namibia’s main port enclave under South African administration.

Johannesburg South Africa Walvis Bay Cape Town South- West Africa Namibia African National Congress ANC Bureau For Information Atlantic Windhoek Pretoria U.N South- West Africa People’s Organization SWAPO Dora Commercial East Beirut West Beirut Rashid Karami Gemayel

Bomb blows puncture Beirut suburb. five wounded

A plastic bag of dynamite hurled from a Fiat exploded in Jal el Deeb wounding five civilians and damaging windows as British Embassy visa section shut for the weekend. Police say a suspect was arrested. Gemayel's war-ending proposal sparks Muslim ridicule.

Beirut Lebanon Christian East Amin Gemayel John Gray Jal el- Deeb

Aiken Standard Subscription Rates and Contact Details

The notice lists subscription rates of 3 months 21 dollars 6 months 42 dollars and 12 months 84 dollars. It provides phone numbers for subscriptions advertising and news tips and states office hours and mailing address for Aiken Standard in Aiken South Carolina.

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Emergency numbers provided by the Aiken Standard

Emergency numbers listing services for police fire and medical aid include the Poison Control Center and local agencies. The Aiken Standard notes multiple contacts such as Wagener Fire Wagener Police Widowed Persons Association and sheriff and district lines.

Poison Control Center S.C Pat Salley Salley Police Sheriff's Abused Persons Coalition Aiken Emerg HCA Jackson New Ellenton New Holland North Augusta

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