Detroit Ends Strike as City Readies Cleanup and Transit Service
Thousands of municipal workers return to work after a three week strike. About 75,000 tons of garbage will be collected and bus service will return to normal gradually over the next days. Union members approved a contract with an 8 percent raise over three years and year one 500 dollar bonus, year two 200 dollars, year three 400 dollars.
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Detroit
Coleman Young
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council
Missing climbers on Mount Baker face slim rescue odds
On Mount Baker two climbers remain missing after an avalanche hurled ice boulders the size of cars. The two rescued earlier were found by Canadian climbers near the 1939 six-death site. Rescue operations resumed after a Sunday suspension as heat loosened slopes and avalanches continued.
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Bellingham
Wash
Mount Baker
Bill Quehra
Whatcom County
No Decision Yet On Judging Rehnquist Chief Justice Nomination
Senator Joseph Biden says liberals lack a clear consensus on elevating William Rehnquist to chief justice. Biden, after grilling Rehnquist in confirmation hearings, has not decided how he will vote and notes liberals who want him off the court or not in chief justice role.
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Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Joseph Biden
Biden
D-Del
Rehnquist
Senate Judiciary Committee
Reagan
Abc-Tv
David Brinkley
Mubarak seeks lower US loan rate for Egypt military debt
President Mubarak asked Vice President Bush to cut Egypt's military debt interest from about 13 to 14 percent toward 7 percent. Bush and Mubarak met in Cairo after Mubarak's regional tour. Egypt owes the United States roughly $4.55 billion, with talks centering on economic relief alongside Middle East peace efforts.
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Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
United States
George Bush
U.S
Bush
Mubarak
Israel
Jordan
Middle East
Shimon Peres
Hussein
Islamic Jihad threatens hostages in new statement
A purported Islamic Jihad statement says the group will not negotiate with the pope archbishop of Canterbury or President Reagan for the release of American hostages. The note delivered to An-Nahar warns the hostages, at least three, will be killed unless demands are met and authenticity could not be confirmed.
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Lebanon
Islamic Jihad
Canterbury
Reagan
West Beirut
An-Nahar
Coat of Canterbury
Terry Waite
Fox Stakes Path to Parity as Fourth Network Gains Affiliates
Fox Inc announced 79 affiliation agreements for FBC, the fledgling fourth network, expanding potential reach to about 80 percent of the nation. Network President Jamie Kellner cautioned parity with ABC CBS NBC and the established nets will not come soon due to station disparities and viewer habits.
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Fox Broadcasting Co
ABC
CBS
FBC
NBC
Fox Inc
Jamie Kellner
Hogs Price Edge Steers in July in Midwestern Markets
AP reports preliminary July data show hog prices in the Midwest exceed steer prices for the second straight month. ERS economist Leland Southard says July averages may around 60 dollars per hundredweight, versus about 58 for Omaha steers, noting a rare 1970s-like reversal. Beef output up 5 percent, pork output down 14 percent year over year.
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Midwest
Agriculture Department
Leland Southard
Department
Economic Research Service
Omaha
Neb
Southard
Digging for General Arnold Ship Reveals Historic Wreck Off Plymouth
British divers assist in excavating what may be the Revolutionary War brigantine General Arnold sunk in a 1778 storm off Plymouth Massachusetts. Archaeologists cite hull shape location and recovered artifacts including cannon shot and seamen's shoes as evidence.
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Plymouth
Mass
General Arnold
Collin Millar
Tignabruaich
England
Richard Swete
Charles T. Sanderson III
Benedict Arnold
Swete
White Flat
Bomb in Suitcase Kills Two in East Beirut
A 15 pound bomb hidden in a valise exploded outside a cafe near a police station in Christian east Beirut. Two people died, 28 injured as debris trapped others. most casualties were Armenians. No immediate claim of responsibility amid a wave of bombings in four days.
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Lebanon
Christian East Beirut
Beirut Bridge
Bourj Hammoud
Army
Youssef Bitar
Civil Defense
Elie Hnein
East
Dora
Jal el-Deeb
Syria
Secret Service
Senate Moves to Adopt Sanctions Against South Africa
The Senate signals readiness to approve sanctions on South Africa, linking that action to pressure for aid to the Nicaraguan Contras. Dole argues the sanctions vote could exceed the two thirds needed to override a veto, while pressuring supporters of Contras to drop filibuster plans. Reagan seeks $100 million in Contra aid, already approved by the House.
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Washington
Senate
South Africa
Bob Dole
Nicaragua
Dole
R-Kan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Reagan
House
Group Urges End to Sexist Language in Writing
Washington AP reports a Project on the Status of Women guide advocates non sexist terms to replace words like businessman cameraman firefighter policeman and kingpin. The four page booklet from the Association of American Colleges promotes gender neutral plurals and paired pronouns to improve fairness and style.
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Washington
Weatherman
The
Association of American Colleges
Police
Oficer
Korean Heat Wave Leaves 30 Dead
In South Korea at least 30 people drowned as hundreds of thousands swelled beaches and river banks to escape a heat wave. The heat pushed temperatures to 95 degrees near Chinju.
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Seoul
South Korea
Yonhap
Chinju
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Hours
The notice lists subscription and advertising contact numbers plus news tips and display ads options. It provides customer service hours from Monday to Friday with Sunday hours, and gives the physical address at 124 Rutland Drive and mailing address Box 456, Aiken, SC 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Emergency Numbers Provided by the Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard offers emergency numbers as a service. The paper is published on weekdays and Sundays by Aiken Communications Inc. in Aiken South Carolina with mail and postage details.
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