Black Miners Threaten to Boycott White Businesses
Johannesburg AP reports black miners threaten boycott of white businesses if state of emergency is not lifted. Union plans Aug. 25 strike that could halt gold mining as 1,426 people detained under emergency powers since the measure began.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Pretoria
Cyril Ramaphosa
Retary
National Union of Mineworkers
P.W. Botha
Botha
Chamber of Mines
Clive Knobbs
Reagan Holds Mini News Conference On Domestic Economy
President Reagan, three weeks after cancer surgery and two after returning to duties, plans a brief White House press briefing. Administration spokesman Edward Djerejian says the president will discuss the economy and the budget and address other pre-adjournment legislation before taking questions from reporters.
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Reagan
White House
Press Corps
Reagan Administration
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Camp David
Cabinet Revives Deportations and Jailing in Israel
Israel's cabinet moves to revive deportations or jail terms without trial for Palestinians accused of terror in occupied territories. It plans expanded jail facilities in the West Bank and Gaza and to close Arabic newspapers that breach censorship. The measures follow killings of two teachers and a canteen operator in Afula and amid anti Arab protests.
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Shimon Peres
Yossi Beilin
Chilean Regime Arrests 12 as Mourners Clash at Cemetery
In Santiago police used tear gas and clubs to disperse mourners at a cemetery honoring three communist leaders. Six arrests reported, two journalists assaulted, amid a crackdown amid Pinochet warnings to uphold order. Authorities also raided the outlawed Communist Party, kidnapping a dissident’s daughter, Carmen Andrea Hales, a psychologist.
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Santiago
Chile
Augusto Pinochet
Communist Party
Carmen Andrea Hales
Alejandro Hales
Christian Democratic
Backers vow political war to clear Sheffield name
In Alaska Gov. Bill Sheffield faces accusations after a Senate committee hints at wrongdoing while withholding articles of impeachment. Democratic Sen. Vic Fischer calls it a war, and Sheffield spokesman Bob Miller argues the report implies guilt more than impeachment would.
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Juneau
Alaska
Bill Sheffield
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Sheffield
Vic Fischer
Anchorage
Bob Miller
Challenger astronauts revive sun telescope for last expedition day
Cape Canaveral AP Challenger astronauts transmitted the first sun pictures from a telescope deemed dead as they concluded their extended scientific voyage. John-David Bartoe watched TV images of a sunspot from the instrument measuring magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere. Acton and Mission Control praised the display as "fantastic" and "really great."
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Challenger
John-David Bartoe
Mission Control
Loren Acton
Estenssoro Re-Elected In Bolivia
Victor Paz Estenssoro, 77, wins a fourth presidential term in Bolivia after Congress backed him over Hugo Banzer. With 94 votes to 51 in a second-round ballot, Estenssoro faces a leftist bloc and must seek limited support to push through economic reforms including IMF deals and debt measures.
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Bolivia
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Congress
Paz Estenssoro
Hugo Banzer
International Monetary Fund
Banzer
Julio Garret Ayllon
Senate
Cham
Victor Paz Esténssoro
Hasworthis
Cellular phones go beyond cars in new uses
Radio telephones are moving into boats ambulances and taxis as portable cellular units spread. Seattle cab firms and Cincinnati Providence Hospital deploy direct dial phones to drivers and medical contacts while reporters and travelers use them at scenes. New Vector Communications plans a San Juan Islands transmitter to service boaters and calls switch cell to cell without dropouts. David Stoffel from Reston recalls locking himself out after using a portable phone for three days.
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Washington
Seattle
Cincinnati
Providence Hospital
New Vector Communications
San Juan Islands
David Stoffel
Reston
Aiken Standard Office Hours Given for Weekdays
The Aiken Standard announces its offices at 124 Rutland Drive are open from 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday. Carrier rates listed as 3.90 and 11 70.
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Rutland Drive
Aiken
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