Identical Twins Tie Knot and Births in One Night
In Chesterfield England Pauline and Pat Collister identical twin sisters married identical twin brothers Peter and John Collister 27. The twins gave birth to a boy and a girl within an hour of each other at a local hospital making the babies first cousins by law but brother and sister genetically. Authorities note Britain may have no other such twin pairs.
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Chesterfield
England
Pauline
Pat Collister
This
North England
Britain
Peter
John
Reagan joke about bombing the Soviet Union questioned
White House officials stayed silent as reports circulated that President Reagan joked into a microphone Saturday that the United States would bomb the Soviet Union in five minutes. CBS and Gannett reported the quip during mic testing for his weekly radio address. Speakes called prior remarks off the record.
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Los Angeles
White House
Reagan
United States
Soviet Union
Gannett News Service
CBS Radio
CBS
Russia
Larry Speakes
Associated Press
Speakes
Family Found Nude On The Interstate In Ill
Four family members were found nude in the middle of an interstate in Vandalia Illinois with an injured six month old baby nearby. Mother Josie Mills 37 said clothes were cursed. Roosevelt Mills 43 charged with endangering a child. He posted 100 bond and was released. The baby remained in serious condition at St Johns Hospital in Springfield.
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Vandalia, Ill
Josie Mills
Harold Brooks
Cairo
Roosevelt Mills
Brooks
Mills
St. John’s Hospital
Springfield
Aggie Hayner
Car Prices to Rise on 1985 Models
American Motors Corp and Chrysler Corp plan price increases for 1985 models. AMC will raise Renaults and Jeeps about 4.1 percent on average, with the Encore hatchback up 3.5 percent to $5,959. Chrysler will boost minivan prices by 5 percent. Ward's Automotive Reports notes some standard equipment will be dropped on the Encore.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
AMC
Chrysler
Ward
Woman Haters Charged in Pittsburgh Student Killing
Charmaine Pfender 18 and Sara Mae Richardson 20 were charged with criminal homicide after allegedly shooting Turkish student Engin Aydin 24 on a double date. They were flown back from Virginia Beach and arraigned before a county official.
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Pittsburgh
Charmaine Pfender
Sara Mae Richardson
Imperial
Allegheny
Ji Bodack
Fred F. Bell
Virginia Beach
Unrealistic demand for one high school reading list
Three leading educators criticized a National Endowment survey proposing a universal high school reading list including Shakespeare the Bible the Declaration of Independence Twain and Homer. Maxwell Shuman and Miller argued such a uniform requirement ignores students varying abilities interests and realities.
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Chicago
John Maxwell
National Council of Teachers of English
R. Baird Shuman
University of Illinois
Champaign
James E. Miller
Association of Departments of English
National Endowment For the Humanities
Mark Twain
Maxwell
John Milton
Barbara Cartland News: New Children's Story and Royal Theme
Barbara Cartland, at 83, ventures into children’s literature with Princess to the Rescue, a 1200-word picture book dictated at Camfield Place. The book, published by Franklin Watts, features royal jelly and Beatrix Potter links to the era. Vanessa Williams begins TV work post pageant scandal. Colonel Tom Parker named honorary police chief in Tupelo where Elvis was born.
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Barbara Cartland
Miss Cartland
Camfield Place
Beatrix Potter
Peter Rabbit
Franklin Watts
Elvis Presley
Col
Tom Parker
Tupelo
Miss
Republicans Plan Streamlined Republican Convention
Dallas AP report says Republican leaders vow to keep the public informed and entertained with a streamlined convention. Reagan and Bush will be renominated in a single roll call with no challenges, as White House controls all details. the main hurdle is persuading voters to pay attention.
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Dallas
Reagan
George Bush
States
Bush
White House
Reagan says never say never on tax hikes
President Reagan says he should never say never to a tax increase while trying to reconcile divergent views within his administration. Mondale charges a hidden plan to raise taxes in a new term. He rules out personal tax increases but agrees with Bush to keep options open as a last resort to reduce the federal budget deficit.
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Los Angeles
Reagan
Walter Mondale
George Bush
Mondalepresses defense stance in radio address
Mondale accuses Reagan of foolish military spending and weak national security in a nationwide radio address. He met with former rival Gary Hart, a Senate Armed Services member, to highlight a plan for smart lean and tough defense spending.
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North Oaks
Minn
Walter F. Mondale
Reagan
U.S
Mondale
America
Gary Hart
Senate Armed Services Committee
Ferraro declines release of husband tax records
Democratic vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro said she will not release her husband John Zaccaro's income tax returns as part of her financial disclosure. She had attempted to persuade him to file the tax return with the family disclosure form next Monday.
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San Diego
Geraldine Ferraro
John Zaccaro
Classified and Advertising Contacts for Aiken Standard
The notice lists contact numbers for subscription 648 2311, classifieds 649 1555, news or feature ideas 648 2311, and display advertising 648 2311 for the Aiken Standard.
Emergency Numbers for Aiken Community Area
Aiken Standard provides emergency and service numbers including Aiken Community Hospital, Volunteer Fire Departments, Aiken County Sheriff, Emergency Medical Services, Grief Support Group, and contacts for police and fire in several towns. This compilation lists long distance lines and poison control in case of urgent needs.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken County
Elizabeth Taylor visits Richard Burton grave in Deligny scene
Liz Taylor appears at Richard Burton's grave in Deligny Switzerland sobbing and prayerful, supported by escorts shielding reporters. The visit follows Burton's Aug. 5 death from brain hemorrhage and comes amid her prior attempts to locate his grave and avoid media.
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Deligny
Switzerland
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Miss Taylor
Burton
Lake Geneva
Gstaad
Sybil Williams
Botswana
Coligny
Celigny
Pontrhydyfen
South Wales
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Aiken Standard
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