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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1979
Page
13
Government gunships circled the rebel held city of Saqqez firing at moving targets as troops and guards aimed mortars from the garrison. Eight Kurds were killed and 15 wounded while a school became an emergency hospital for civilians including women and children.
The Kurdish struggle for autonomy deepens as Saqqez becomes the third Kurdistan city in revolt. Rebel Kurds besieged the army garrison, firing heavy machine guns in a near nonstop assault. Iran's armed forces chief urged residents to defend the revolution and deter counter revolutions.
A Libyan Airlines Boeing 727 with 60 passengers and nine crew was hijacked over Benghazi, Libya and flown to Larnaca Cyprus where the hijacker surrendered and passengers disembarked unharmed. Identity and demands not immediately known.
Gold prices surged to record levels in early European trading with $315.625 an ounce in Zurich and London fixing around $314.70. The dollar strengthened in Tokyo as yen traded at 219.25, while prior records were noted at $311,625 in Zurich.
The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned the death sentence for Rudolph Tyner of Spartanburg, while upholding his murder conviction for the 1978 Moon couple killings at a Myrtle Beach area store. The case returns to Horry County for a new sentencing trial under capital punishment rules.
Circuit Judge John Grimball declined to release the State Ethics Commission's probe into USC computer services official Jack M. Cooper, citing public interest in keeping the personnel file sealed. The gag could lift if Cooper appeals in court. The commission allegedly found Cooper and IBM violated ethics law over a trip tied to USC's computer purchase.
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