MX missile test flies 4200 miles to Pacific targets
The Pentagon confirmed the 13th MX test, launched from Vandenberg, delivering nine dummy warheads to two Kwajalein Range sites. Flight lasted about 30 minutes starting at 11:25 a.m. PDT. The program envisions 10 warheads per missile and 10 missiles at F. E. Warren by December, with Wyoming crews involved.
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Washington
Pacific
Pentagon
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Kwajalein Missile Range
Air Force
F.E. Warren Air Force Base
Wyoming
Aquino dedicates 11 foot statue of Benigno Aquino in Concepcion
President Corazon Aquino unveiled a life sized bronze statue of her assassinated husband Benigno in Concepcion Philippines. About 20 000 mourners attended as balloons rose to release the cloth from the 11 foot statue at a stairway site. Benigno Aquino former senator was shot on August 21 1983 at Manila International Airport returning from exile in the United States.
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Concepcion
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Benigno
Thatcher accepts invitation to visit Soviet Union
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher accepted an invitation to visit the Soviet Union and may meet Mikhail Gorbachev next year. Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze extended the invitation during a Britain visit. Thatcher would be the first British PM on a working Moscow visit since 1975, with an election stake in 1987 or 1988.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
Soviet Union
Moscow
Labor
Harold Wilson
Gorbachev
Konstantin Chernenko
Thatcher
Britain
May
NASA morale rises as Reagan orders shuttle replacement
President Reagan directs NASA to build a replacement for the destroyed Challenger, boosting morale. Critics warn about funding, noting a $2.8 billion program with $272 million for 1987 startup and the plan to fund remaining costs from within NASA and other agencies, risking revenue from exiting commercial satellite launches. Senate and House members demand funding without cutting NASA’s budget.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Reagan
NASA
James C. Fletcher
White House
Senate
House Space Committee
Mount Pleasant Officer’s Parents Awarded Benefits
The state Workers' Compensation Commission awarded about $95,000 in benefits to the officer's parents after Patrolman Vaughn Edward Kee died in a drunken driving crash on December 13. A claimed common law wife received no benefits. Kee was 25 and a Knoxville native.
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Charleston
State Workers’ Compensation Commission
Mount Pleasant
Vaughn Edward Kee
Knoxville
Tenn
Typhoon Wayne Fatal to 33 in Taiwan
Typhoon Wayne battered Taiwan with winds up to 82 mph and 10 inches of rain causing about 40 million dollars in damage. Authorities report 33 dead, 110 injured, eight missing as the storm moved toward Okinawa Japan.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Wayne
Central Weather Bureau
Okinawa
Japan
Botha defends South Africa vs East West pressure at Cape Agulhas
President P W Botha attacked both Western powers and the Soviet bloc over attempts to influence South Africa calling for readiness to resist. He unveiled a monument at Cape Agulhas noting the Cape sea route as a strategic prize and warned against a Marxist shift in the country.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
P.W. Botha
Africa
Cape Agulhas
Botha
Cape
South African Broadcasting Corp
Atlantic
Indian Oceans
Driver charged in motorcycle crash despite vow not to drive
Bobby Sims, 28, faces counts of driving without a license leaving the scene and failing to notify police after a motorcycle accident in Colorado Springs. He had earlier been sentenced in 1984 to five years for an alcohol related crash that killed three pedestrians and had signed an affidavit promising not to drive again.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Bobby Sims
Barney Zuppa
Sims
Peace talks set for Sept 19 in Sesori El Salvador
A communique announces the third round of peace discussions between El Salvador's U.S.-backed government and leftist rebels will start on September 19 in Sesori, an eastern Salvadoran farming town.
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Mexico City
el Salvador
Sesori
Governors Propose Educational Bankruptcy to Improve Schools
The National Governors Association calls for an educational bankruptcy system allowing state control of failing public schools in return for stronger accountability. The plan targets better parent reporting and possible state intervention while preserving minimum standards. Governor Alexander frames it as reduced regulation for improved results.
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Hilton Head Island
National Governors’ Association
Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
Association
Alexander
Ing
William Bennett
House
Senate
Governors’ Group
Drugs Seen as Top School Problem in Gallup Poll
The Gallup poll shows 28 percent naming drugs as the top concern for schools, with 24 percent citing lack of discipline. Adults favored expelling drug users, allowing locker searches, and a 49 to 44 split on urinalysis testing.
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Washington
Gallup
Phi Delta Kappan Magazine
Princeton
N.J
Administration Hints Flexible Peace Offer For Nicaragua
Reagan aides and congressional sources say Sandinistas could strike a settlement as an alternative to renewed Contra fighting. Key demands include Cuba adviser removal, halting Soviet support, and limiting regional military threats while allowing nonviolent opposition to participate in politics.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Cuba
Soviet Union
Reagan
United States
Aiken Standard Contact Information and Hours
Phone numbers for subscriptions and classifieds at 649-5316 649-1555 and 648-2311 plus news ideas. Office hours 8 30 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 8 to 10 30 a.m. Sunday. Office at 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Standard Emergency Numbers Notice
Emergency numbers service announcement from the Aiken Standard. Published by Aiken Communications Inc. details include mailing address in Aiken South Carolina and publication schedule.
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