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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 2000
Page
10
Police in Philadelphia on Friday charged several prominent activists with orchestrating violence and property damage during the Republican National Convention. Officers displayed seized items including gasoline-soaked rags and a rubber slingshot as evidence of planned mayhem. أخبار
United unions representing 85,500 Verizon Communications employees across a dozen states threaten a 12:01 a.m. Sunday walkout if negotiations fail to yield a contract. Key issues include pay, benefits, job security, working conditions, and access to nonunion labor in the wireless division.
Police in Tbilisi search for three Red Cross workers who vanished after setting off Friday for the Pankisi Gorge. Interfax cites they are foreign mission members who visited the Chechen settlement. authorities say no theories yet and radio contact was lost.
Entertainment notes capture Whoopi Goldberg asserting her revival of Hollywood Squares sparked renewed interest in game shows. She jokes about new formats while citing other titles like Survivor and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as part of the trend.
Choking smoke blanketed Hamilton and surrounding areas as dozens of wildfires scorched Montana and the West. Officials note record new starts and dry lightning feeding fires, with more than 300 homes evacuated and hundreds more possible in Bitterroot National Forest. Smoke shrouded the Capitol in Helena while a health alert urged residents to stay indoors.
Sgt. Brad Rhoden and nearly 600 Fort Hood soldiers joined 900 Marines and federal crews in Idaho as the largest Western fire season in 50 years strained resources. Trained for combat, the troops learn to cut fire lines, dig trenches, and create escape routes while firefighting a 20,000 acre blaze near McCall in Payette National Forest. The deployment frees Forest Service crews to tackle other fires as a Montana border blaze expands.
UN peacekeepers fanned out along the Lebanon Israel frontier completing a mission to stabilize a zone held by guerrillas since Israel left on May 24. Lebanese officials plan to insert 1,000 troops and police early next week with Israeli Prime Minister Barak welcoming the move for regional stability.
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal urged USC graduates to give back and pursue public service or other fields serving others. She spoke at summer commencement as honorary degree recipient, noting more than 1,400 degree candidates across eight campuses.
Renowned treasure hunter Clive Cussler plans to be in Charleston on Tuesday for the Hunley raising, a decades long pursuit since he began searching in 1980. He hopes to touch the Civil War submarine, describing the moment as thrilling and noting his two life goals, including the Bonhomme Richard.
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