Aiken All-Stars Eliminated From Dixie Youth World Series
The Aiken 13-14 year Dixie Youth All-Stars were knocked out in Gonzales Louisiana by Virginia 13-11 after outhitting 13-5 but committing four errors and one walk. The team is set to arrive in Aiken tonight at H Odell Weeks Activities Center. Gregg Park has returned from Texarkana after Pre-Majors World Series elimination.
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Virginia
Aiken
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Texas
General Mills cereal Benefit faces FDA health claim dispute
General Mills says Benefit is just a breakfast cereal able to lower cholesterol, while Procter & Gamble seeks FDA action to pull it off shelves and require drug‑style testing for health claims. FDA review is pending with an expected response soon.
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General Mills Inc
Procter& Gamble Co
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General Mills
Craig Shulstad
FDA
Procter & Gamble
Chris Lecos
Benefit
Golden Valley
Local names listed for page six include Aikman Carlton Foreman Norman Scarboro Sharp Sharpton Smith and Wells
A group of individuals with ties to Georgia and South Carolina are listed in a notice directing readers to Page 6A for full details. Names include Steven R. Aikman Grovetown Sadie Lee Carlton Orangeburg Frank O Foreman Aiken Jeanette Norman Aiken Virginia J Scarboro Dearing Ga George T Sharp Edgefield Leola M Sharpton Belvedere Willie Smith North Augusta B Wells Bath.
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Steven R. Aikman
Grovetown
Sadie Lee Carlton
Orangeburg
Frank O. Foreman
Aiken
Jeanette Norman
Virginia J. Scarboro
Dearing
George T. Sharp
Edgefield
Leola M. Sharpton
Belvedere
Willie Smith
North Augusta
B. Wells
Bath
Convict frees hostages then kills self at McCormick prison
McCormick Correctional Institution inmate Thomas Walden held two hostages and a prison worker for hours before fatally shooting himself at 10 26 p.m. after releasing the worker and another inmate. Walden, serving life for murder and armed robbery, complained of prison conditions and possible transfer. Authorities investigate how the pistol entered the facility and note Walden spoke to a brother and former mother in law before the fatal act.
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Enin
Jalden
Perry Correctional Institution
Greenville County
Actice
Arden
Department of Corrections
Francis X. Archibald
Archibald
Walden
State Department of Corrections
Parker Evatt
Evatt
U S Panama and Military Standoff at Fort Amador
U S forces blockaded Fort Amador after Panamanian troops arrested two American soldiers. The standoff ended three hours later with a troop exchange. Noriega condemned U S actions while Panama accused U S forces of provocation.
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Panama
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Manuel Antonio Noriega
United States
Panama Canal
Noriega
99 Die As Train Falls Into Mexican River
A Mazatlan to California border milk run derailed after torrential rains weakened rails near Los Mochis. At least 99 killed and 107 injured as engine and two cars plunged into the San Rafael River 59 miles southeast. Rescue workers, aided by helicopters, recovered bodies amid mud and wreckage.
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Mexico
Mazatlan
California
Jose Pena Galanza
The
Pacific Railway
Notimex
San Rafael River
Shuttle Flight Under Cloak Of Secrecy In Military Mission
Cape Canaveral report says Columbia crew worked through day three of a secret mission with NASA and Defense Department silent on activities aboard. They monitor research experiments and tests to gauge astronauts as space observers. NASA later said a Sunday landing window of 9 a.m. to noon EDT at Edwards AFB was expected and that the crew is well and the shuttle performing satisfactorily.
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Edwards Air Force Base
California
Du Pont Will Not Debate Watkins On SRS Safety
Du Pont spokesman Clif Webb declined to debate Energy Secretary James D. Watkins about SRS safety and restart of three idle reactors. He cited 39 years of safety records at Savannah River Plant and said results speak for themselves. Watkins faulted Du Pont training and oversight, while Westinghouse now runs the site under government constraints.
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Savannah River
U.S. Energy
James D. Watkins
SRS
Clif Webb
Energy Department
Watkins
Westinghouse
Energy Secretay
Enjoy The Cool Because It May Not Last Long
Cooler air has given relief from heat with daytime highs dropping about 20 degrees this week. Climatologists caution the cooler pattern may not endure, noting a continental air mass over the South and a disturbed front near Florida that could clear by weekend. Temperatures in 1986 reached record lows for August, underscoring how unusual the current pattern could be.
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Wes Tyler
South Carolina
Florida
Tyler
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