Philippines minister opens cease-fire talks with two rebel negotiators
Agriculture Minister Ramon Mitra announced a 32-hour meeting with communist guerrilla representatives Satur Ocampo and Antonio Zumel to begin cease-fire discussions ending a 17 year insurgency. The talks were held somewhere in Metro Manila with four unarmed bodyguards present. Mitra briefed President Corazon Aquino on the session on Malacanang grounds. Ocampo was accompanied by his wife Carolina Malay, a former journalist who joined the guerrilla movement during Marcos era.
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Manila
Philippines
Ramon Mitra
Satur Ocampo
Antonio Zumel
Metro Manila
Mitra
Malacanang
Corazon Aquino
Ocampo
Carolina Malay
Zumel
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Iowa protesters staged sit in at Branstad office
Thirteen people were arrested for criminal trespass after staging a sit in in the waiting room of Governor Branstad's Des Moines office to protest an Iowa National Guard unit's deployment to Honduras. Three refused to move, were dragged out in handcuffs. others escorted to a police van. Branstad supported the training mission by a guard medical unit from Iowa City.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Iowa National Guard
Honduras
Iowa City
Abrams Defended Amid Helms Chile Information Claims
State Department defends Elliott Abrams after Sen. Jesse Helms accuses him of falsely alleging Helms and aides provided secret Chilean information. Helms, alarmed by charges of sharing data on a covert U S operation, says the allegations were malicious and prompts Senate committee action.
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Washington
State Department
Jesse Helms
Helms
R-N.c
Government of
Chile
U.S
Elliott Abrams
Senate Intelligence Committee
Edwin Meese
Scalia Hearings Sidetracked by Rehnquist Document Fight
Senate confirmation hearings for Antonin Scalia may be delayed as Democrats seek Justice Department memoranda by William Rehnquist from 1969 to 1971. The documents reportedly cover domestic wiretapping and plans to handle Vietnam protestors.
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Senate
Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
William H. Rehnquist
Scalia
Senate Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Rehnquist
John Mitchell
Nixon
Two climbers buried by Mount Baker avalanche not recoverable
Mount Baker avalanche leaves Ian Kraabel and Steve Raschick buried beneath car sized ice blocks at 8800 feet on Roman Wall. Rescue teams deem search too dangerous and say they will likely never be found while Kurt Peterlin and Tom Waller were rescued.
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Bellingham
Wash
Mount Baker
Rich Murphy
Bellingham Mountain Rescue
Ian Kraabel
Seattle
Paul Kraabel
Steve Raschick
Enumclaw
Suspected Hijacker Told To Get Attorney
Daniel Lester Brannon 27 of Arkadelphia appeared before U.S. Magistrate William Catoe Jr. on a charge of interfering with a flight and was ordered held on 50000 dollars bond. Brannon admitted drinking before the Atlantic Southeast Airlines incident and said he had no lawyer. The magistrate urged him to obtain legal counsel calling the charge serious.
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Greenville
Daniel Lester Brannon
Arkadelphia, Ark
U.S
William Catoe Jr
Brannon
Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Catoe
Oil Industry Analyst Lundberg Dies
Dan Lundberg, 73, noted for his biweekly nationwide gas price surveys and a early forecast of the 1979 oil crisis, died Sunday after illness in a Torrance hospital following a spell on Santa Catalina Island. His wife Mesa confirmed the death.
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Los Angeles
Dan Lundberg
Lundberg
Torrance
Santa Catalina Island
California
Mesa
Middle East
Baby Calvin Home After Experimental Heart Transplant
A 2 month old in Louisville named Robert Dean Cardin, who received a donor heart on June 13 at Kosair's Children Hospital, is now home. Doctors say he has a new beating heart and the family plans to treat him as normal, though guardians will watch for rejection.
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Louisville
Robert Dean Cardin
Calvin
Kosair’s Children Hospital
Constantine Mavroudis
Wendell
Patricia Cardin
Robert
90 Year-Old Hulda Crooks Plans Mt Whitney Ascent
Hulda Crooks, 90, prepares for her 23rd climb of Mt. Whitney, the continental US highest peak, aiming for at least three more ascents to reach two ascents overall. She has climbed since age 66 and remains hopeful and fit.
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Loma Linda
Calif
Hulda Crooks
Mt. Whitney
United States
Britain Isolated Over Sanctions At Commonwealth Summit
At the seven nation Commonwealth meeting Britain resisted broad sanctions on South Africa, while six nations including Australia and Canada pressed harsher steps. The communique urged substantial measures, and Thatcher pledged only limited actions saying further sanctions risked unity and could be counterproductive.
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London
South Africa
Britain
Margaret Thatcher
Australia
Bahamas
Canada
India
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Thatcher
Commonwealth
Reagan Aims To Aid Drugs From Society
President Reagan outlines a six point program to reduce drug use including a drug free workplace school outreach and intensified law enforcement while noting no decision on mandatory federal worker testing and asking corporate America to expand testing for safety sensitive roles. He favors voluntary cabinet self testing and seeks international cooperation in anti drug efforts.
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Washington
Congress
Reagan
America
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Mother Charged In Death Of Baby On Cruise Ship
A Detroit woman, Carol Ann Washington, faces murder aboard the Emerald Seas after investigators say her 18 month old daughter Paige Washington was killed on the ship during a recent fire. The infant was found in the mother's cabin as authorities probe the death.
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Miami
Carol Ann Washington
Detroit
Paige Washington
Ms. Washington
FBI
Judge OKs Early Release of 150 Inmates in SC Prisons
Federal appeals judge Clement Haynsworth approves the early release of 150 nonviolent inmates in South Carolina due to severe overcrowding. The inmates were slated for Sept 1 release after a court order requiring a 530-inmate reduction within two months, with temporary barracks and other steps cited to ease numbers.
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Greenville
Clement Haynsworth
South Carolina
Haynsworth
Larry Batson
State Department of Corrections
Travis Medlock
U.S
C. Weston Houck
William Leeke
Aiken Standard Subscription and Contact Details
Aiken Standard lists phone numbers for subscriptions and classifieds and provides office hours and address. It notes subscription rates for 3 6 and 12 months with advance payment to Aiken Standard P B M Subscription.
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Aiken Standard — Pbm
Emergency numbers and local services listed by Aiken Standard
Emergency numbers provided by the Aiken Standard include 1-800-922-9709 for insurance, 648-6811 for Volunteer Fire Departments, 564-5555 for Wagener Fire, 564-5411 for Wagener Police, and 649-7505 for Widowed Persons Assn. The paper notes its long history since 1867 and its publication details in Aiken, South Carolina.
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Wagener
Wagener Police
Aiken Standard
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Emerg
HCA
Jackson
New Ellenton
New Holland
North Augusta
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