Astronaut workers rehearse orbiting construction on Atlantis
In space center Houston spacewalkers Sherwood Spring and Jerry Ross built and dismantled a 45 foot beam and 12 foot pyramid in Atlantis cargo bay during a five hour 32 minute activity. Ground experts praised their demonstration of future orbital outpost assembly. In Newark New Jersey about 25 000 people returned tainted turkeys to Foodtown after a recall but only 300 birds spoiled.
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Space Center
Houston
Atlantis
Newark
N.J
Foodtown
New York
Indiana
Shenandoah Products Corp
Marvin Reichenstein
Students Grouse Over New York Drinking Age Change
New York raises the drinking age from 19 to 21 starting Sunday to improve road safety, amid Washington’s threat to withhold $90 million in highway funds. Students say they will likely continue drinking, altering only how they obtain alcohol. University official Jane McAlevey notes behavior may not change.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Washington
Jane McAlevey
Student Association of the State University of New York
Memorial Proposed For War Protestors
Terry Choate of Phoenix seeks zoning approval and a building permit for a Jane Fonda Vietnam Victory Park west of Phoenix. The park would feature a 30 foot tower with the U S and Vietnam flags to honor antiwar protesters and remind future generations of the era.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.S
Vietnam
Terry Choate
Jane Fonda
North Vietnam
United States
Caesars Atlantic City Closes Gaming Tables Over Regulation Violation
Caesars Atlantic City shut its gaming tables from 10 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. today as a penalty for aiding a compulsive gambler who embezzled millions. The closure during a busy weekend could cost the casino $700,000 to $800,000 in lost receipts. It marks the Casino Control Commission’s first casino closing since gambling began in the resort.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Caesars
Oceanfront
Casino Control Commission
Bizarre Egyptair hijack ends with Malta raid
Questions mount after Egyptair Flight MS648 hijack from Athens to Cairo. An elegantly dressed man led to Malta, fired on passengers, leaving one dead and another on life support. Maltese commandos stormed the aircraft, triggering explosions and smoke as they entered the plane.
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Valletta
Malta
Egyptair
Athens
Greece
Cairo
Egypt
Emad Bahey
Libya
Tunisia
Hani Galal
Galal
Scarlett Rogenkamp
Oceanside
Calif
Nitzan Mendelson
Jackie Pflug
Pasadena
Texas
Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici
U S Jewish Leader Criticizes Israel Over Pollard Case
Kenneth Bialkin, head of the Conference of Presidents, urged Israel to apologize and repair ties after accusations that U S Navy analyst Jonathan Pollard stole secrets for Israel. He said recruitment was improper and called for an immediate, forthright apology if Pollard was compromised.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
U.S. Navy
Kenneth Bialkin
Jonathan J. Pollard
Bialkin
Pollard
Navy
Washington
United States
Conference of Presidents
Jerusalem
Shimon Peres
Peres
Uri Savir
ABC Television News
Daniel Elazar
Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs
Israel Radio Saturday
Soviet Union
China
Reagan vows to root out and prosecute more spies
President Reagan, speaking from his California ranch, pledged to root out and prosecute spies of any nation after a spate of arrests. He noted four Americans facing charges including Pelton Pollard and Chin, stressing the need to protect the United States as many nations spy on it.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Reagan
United States
Here
Reagans
California
Ronald W. Pelton
National Security Agency
Soviet Union
Jonathan J. Pollard
Navy
Israel
Anne Henderson-Pollard
Larry Wu-tai Chin
China
Pollard
Congress Moves To Fix Farm Credit System Crisis
Congress rushes to revamp the Farm Credit System and its regulators with two weeks left before adjournment. Senators Zorinsky and Helms push a bill while the House Agricultural Credit Subcommittee advances similar measures to restore investor confidence as the system issues over 2 billion in bonds amid rising funding costs.
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Washington
Congress
Farm Credit System
House
Senate
Administration
Edward Zorinsky
D-Neb
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
House Agriculture Credit Subcommittee
Wall Street
FCS
Vatican bishops hear calls to ordain women and end gender bias
At a Vatican news conference during the world synod, a former Belgian nun and an American nurse urged ordaining women and ending discrimination. Cardinal Malula and bishops from Colombia and India cautioned against democracy in church governance as the synod debates Vatican II reforms toward the year 2000. Cardinal Danneels called for deepening Vatican II as the Magna Carta for a church entering the third millennium.
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Vatican City
Belgium
Vatican
Colombia
India
Joaquin Navarro
Synod of Bishops
Navarro
Marie-Terese Sonmoy
Action and Research Institute For Women In Religion
Brussels
Babi Burke
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Joseph Malula
Kinshasa
Zaire
Aiken Standard Classified Contact and Pricing
Contact numbers for subscriptions and advertising are listed along with office hours and address. Pricing is shown for 3 6 and 12 month periods, with a mailing address in Aiken South Carolina.
Emergency numbers service notice from Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard provides emergency numbers as a public service. Published by Aiken Communications Inc. with mailing address P.O. Box 456 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29802. The note indicates second class postage paid at Aiken South Carolina.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Aiken
S.C
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Caracas
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Abused Persons Coalition
Aiken Comm
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