First B-1 Crash Probed at Edwards AFB
Edwards AFB Calif AP The first crash of a B-1 bomber killed chief test pilot T D Benefield 55 of Marshall Texas and injured Maj Richard V Reynolds 35 Hoquiam Wash and Capt Otto J Waniczek Jr 30 Seattle Wash as investigators studied the low altitude test flight near the Mojave Desert while Rockwell prepares the B-1B production model Critics question program cost and performance but officials say the crash should not halt the B-1 program with a formal accident board to be named soon.
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Calif
Air Force
Desert
Mojave Desert
Los Angeles
Rockwell International Corp
America
Washington
Ron Greer
Defense Department
Reagan
House
Senate
Pentagon
Robert Badham
Thomas J. Downey
D-N.y
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Nunn
CBS
T.D
Doug” Benefield
Marshall
Texas
Benefield
Rockwell
Vietnam
Richard V. Reynolds
Hoquiam, Wash
Otto J. Waniczek Jr
Seattle
Antelope Valley Hospital
Palmdale
Alan Sabsevitz
Iranian jet lands in Iraq. asylum sought by crew
An Iranian fighter landed at an Iraqi airport and the pilots requested asylum. A military spokesman read Iraqi state TV identifying the aircraft as American built. The plane’s crew were welcomed as guests of Iraq. Amid Lebanon mourning Pierre Gemayel, clashes erupt as Phalange militia fights Druse fighters near Beirut and rival Muslim militias clash in Tripoli, killing 23 over three days.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Beirut
Lebanon
Pierre Gemayel
Gemayel
Phalange Party
Druse
Tripoli
U S Embassy Workers Get Pollution Credit in Mexico City
U S Embassy employees receive extra retirement credit for service in Mexico City noting the city's severe air pollution. Embassy spokesman Lee Johnson says the policy is unique among U S posts and aims to compensate for the unhealthy post.
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Mexico City
U.S
State Department
Lee Johnson
Lymphoma Rising Among AIDS Victims in California
A San Francisco researcher says a fast growing and unusually lethal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is increasingly affecting AIDS patients and homosexual men. Dr. John Ziegler of UCSF notes the tumor as yet another disease preying on those with AIDS.
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San Jose
Calif
San Francisco
John Ziegler
University of California At
Givenchy to dress dolls in ultimate woman line
French designer Hubert de Givenchy will create a doll line with World Doll Inc starting next year. Dolls will feature his clothes and range from 100 to 2,500 dollars, with a 16 inch china porcelain model limited to 500 pieces priced at 2,500 dollars.
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Hubert DE Givenchy
Ken
Barbie
Givenchy
World Doll Inc
Jessie Josell
Josell
Montana Fires Roar Across 160000 Acres Amid Evacuations
Winds fanned 160000 acres of fires across Montana as 500+ people evacuated El Dorado Heights near Helena. Fire crews backed by 42 air tankers and 21 helicopters battled 18 major fires, with weather dictating progress and multiple homes lost.
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Helena
Mont
el Dorado Heights
North Hill
Paul May
Department of State Lands
Montana
Dick Guth
Forest Service
Hawk Creek
Don Kendall
Shepherd
Billings
UAW Targets GM and Ford for Possible Strikes
UAW President Owen Bieber says the union will target both General Motors and Ford as potential strike partners urging "start all over" proposals before the September 14 contract expiry. He cites no wage gains and job-security issues as central to the talks amid profit plans from Ford and GM.
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Dearborn
Mich
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Owen Bieber
Ford
Bieber
Mestic Auto
Teachers Strike Shrinks Classes Across Northwest Suburbs
North Chicago teachers reject a 10 percent raise and walk out amid strikes in Michigan Indiana Pennsylvania Louisiana Rhode Island and San Francisco disrupting start of classes for tens of thousands of students. In Rhode Island Exeter-West Greenwich regional district 56 teachers protest funds for a 7 percent raise causing 960 students to miss school.
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Chicago
Ill
Michigan
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Rhode Island
San Francisco
Thornton Community College
South Holland
College
North Chicago
Illinois
Vernell Whitaker
North Chicago Teachers Association
Rockford
Exeter-West Greenwich
Ronald L. DiOrio
National Education Association
Reagan pocket veto ruled illegal by appeals court
A federal appeals court ruled that President Reagan illegally used a pocket veto to kill a bill linking military aid to El Salvador with progress on human rights. The 2-1 decision favored Rep. Michael D. Barnes and 32 House Democrats challenging the veto during a congressional recess.
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Washington
Reagan
el Salvador
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Michael D. Barnes
D-Md
House
Barnes
Congress
U.S
Thomas Penfield Jackson
Spottswood W. Robinson II
Carl McGowan
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Hours
The Aiken Standard lists contact numbers for subscription and classified ads 648 2311 and 649 1555. Offices at 124 Rutland Drive are open 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday.
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Rutland Drive
Aiken Community Hospital
Jackson
Graniteville
Aiken County
New Ellenton
North Augusta
S.C. Highway Patrol
Wagener Fire
Wagener Police
Aiken Police
Salley Fire
Aiken
Salley
Coalition
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