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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1997
Page
2
Two Russian cosmonauts Vasily Tsibliyev and Alexander Lazutkin end a troubled six month stay aboard Mir marked by a fire and a severe crash. Russian media critics say safety issues marred the voyage while others call the crew heroic for keeping the station functioning.
The United Parcel Service and the Teamsters plan to resume mediation on Day 11 of the strike, but officials warn the meeting is only a discussion and progress remains unlikely. Labor Secretary Alexis Herman urged both sides to stay at the table until a settlement is reached as federal mediators continue guiding the talks. UPS, shutting down operations after 185,000 Teamsters struck August 4, had relied on mediation to avert deeper disruption.
Consumer prices rose 0.2 percent in July led by a 0.3 percent jump in food costs. The Labor Department noted the increase was the largest since February and measured the year’s pace at 1.5 percent. Jobless claims rose 12,000 to 316,000, while inventories jumped 0.7 percent to $1.026 trillion as sales kept pace.
A flash flood in Antelope Canyon swallows 12 hikers. only one rescuer survives. Officials expect to recover 11 bodies from the canyon or Lake Powell as search teams with dogs divers and two mini submarines resume at daybreak. Poncho Quintane 28 a TrekAmerica guide was treated and released. A helicopter spotted a woman’s body as rescue teams comb four miles of canyon and lake.
In Eagle Colorado search teams battle fatigue dehydration altitude sickness and severe weather to locate the wreckage of Air Force Capt. Craig Button s A 10 Thunderbolt near 13 000 foot Gold Dust Peak The recovery lead Brig Gen Don Streater says crews must gather as much of the airplane as possible quickly and safely while seeking bombs and flares.
U S Sen John Ashcroft R Mo says he is carefully considering running for president in 2000 during stops in Springfield and St Louis He frames the bid as sharing a vision for a strong America and later repeats seriousness at the Springfield appearance.
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