Four survivors found in Japan Air Lines crash debris
Rescue teams recovered four survivors and 50 bodies from Japan Airlines Flight 123 on a mountain peak near Tokyo. The Boeing 747 carrying 524 people crashed. among the Americans aboard were two Colorado men and a Korean American family. Survivors included Mrs. Hiroko Yoshizaki and her daughter Mikiko, Keiko Kawakami, and Yumi Ochiai.
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Kita-Aikimura
Japan
Japan Air Lines
U.S
Colorado
Los Angeles
Fujioka
Kyomi Shinozaki
Shinozaki
Tokyo
Japan Defense Agency
Offi
Cial
Hiroko Yoshizaki
Mikiko
Keiko Kawakami
Fuji TV
Yumi Ochiai
JAL
Methane Blast Kills 21 at Middelbult Coal Mine in Secunda
An underground methane explosion at the Middelbult coal mine 40 miles east of Johannesburg killed 21 miners and injured 27. Rescue teams labored overnight to reach the explosion area where gas and dust had accumulated, and vents were destroyed by the blast.
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Secunda
South Africa
Middelbult
Johannesburg
Carbide to Pay Medical Expenses in Institute WV
Union Carbide Corp offers to cover medical costs for 135 injured in a poison gas leak at the Institute plant. The company disputed a memo that compared the chemical to the gas in India. Officials said workers initially underestimated the leak and delayed notifying authorities. Six Carbide employees injured and 129 residents treated at hospitals as many were confined at home.
Pope John Paul II Urges Youth Faith and Parental Duty in Africa
In Douala, John Paul II urged African youth to trust the church while reminding parents to uphold their duty to educate. He stressed faith amid imperfections and warned against promises of an easy future, promoting responsibility and shared work during his seven nation tour.
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Douala
Cameroon
John Paul II
John Paul
Mandela house burned as South Africa unrest toll rises
In Johannesburg the home of Winnie Mandela was burned overnight amid continuing racial unrest. Her lawyer said she was not home and a police raid a week earlier damaged the house and a nearby clinic. The unofficial death toll reached 604 as four blacks died in Eastern Cape rioting.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Winnie Mandela
Cape
Nelson Mandela
Brandfort
Mote
Orange Free State
Ismail Ayob
Ayob
Mandela
African National Congress
Associated Press
Uni
Witwatersrand
Reagan Aides Plan Rigorous Fall Schedule
Reagan aides map a busy fall schedule with weekly presidential trips TV appearances and speeches after his July 13 colon cancer surgery at the ranch. White House Chief of Staff Regan says the president is in good health and ready to travel while Speakes outlines focus on budget tax reform and foreign policy.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Reagan
White House
Donald Regan
Regan
Los Angeles
Larry Speakes
Bell Indicted in Smith Death in Saluda Case
Saluda County grand jury indicts Larry Gene Bell on kidnapping and murder charges in the 17 year old Sharon Smith case. The prosecutor will seek the death penalty. Bell pleads innocent. Bell allegedly abducted Smith from Lexington County and killed her around June 1, with her diabetes requiring large water intake. Sheriff Booth and SLED agent Perry presented evidence at the courthouse. Solicitor Myers issued Bell a death penalty notice.
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Saluda (Ap
Saluda County
Larry Gene Bell
Sharonce Smith
Bell
Gilbert
Lexington County
Miss Smith
George Booth
James Perry
State Law Enforcement Division
Donald V. Myers
Emergency Numbers for Aiken Area Services
Local emergency contacts list includes Aiken Community Hospital and several fire departments police and EMS numbers. Includes grief support group lines and a note on long distance Sheriffs Fire or Ambulance contacts.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken County
Widowed Persons Association
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Englewood
Colo
Michael Hanson
Aurora
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S. Yoshida
Ward Wallach
Okja Kim
Scott Kim
Christopher Kim
Carbide
Pope
Africa
S. Africa
Speakes
Biltmore Hotel
Washington
Patrick Buchanan
National Security
Robert C. McFarlane
Smith
Elliott Office Supply
Laurens St. N.W
Aiken
Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
PBM
Aiken Standard Pbm
Poison Control Center
Aiken Police
Aiken Fire Crisis Line Coalition To
Crosby's
School OF Dance
Carl Crosby
Southeast
Aiken Civic Ballet
Europe
Canada
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Greenville
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