James Brown Charity Concert Tickets Sell Slowly
Augusta ticket sales for Wrestle-Rock 88 featuring James Brown are weak with 41 sold as of Thursday. Brown and his attorney insist the show will proceed, despite low advance sales. Brown has paid $8,500 for venue rental and will cover other entertainers and wrestlers.
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Atlanta
Larry Rogers
Civic Center
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Weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow
Cold tonight with clear skies and a low in the upper 20s. Sunny skies tomorrow with mild conditions and a high in the mid 60s. Details on Page 11A.
Deaths of Sam Gardner and others noted on page five
Obituary brief lists Sam Gardner Aiken Eloise Jay Greenwood Ethel M McBride August William L Walker with details indicated on Page 5A, suggesting multiple death notices or obituaries for these individuals in this edition.
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Aiken
Eloise Jay
Greenwood
Ethel M. McBride
August William L. Walker
Florence
Fund Drives Grow Contributions For Salvation Army Reach
Salvation Army total contributions nationwide stand at $14 124 65 with funds raised through drives increasing. New reports for the Valley Empty Stocking Fund and the Jaycee Christmas Shopping tour were unavailable and readers are directed to Page 1B for details.
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Salvation Army
Valley Empty Stocking Fund
Jaycee
Jobless Rate Rises in November Amid Job Gain
Washington reports the civilian unemployment rate rose to 5.4 percent in November from 5.3 percent, despite a 463,000 rise in new jobs. The increase reflects a 560,000 gain in the civilian labor force, including those seeking work.
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Labor Department
Atlantis Launch Prompts Secret Mission Speculation
Cape Canaveral reports Atlantis and five military astronauts launched at 9:31 a.m. EST on a secret mission to deploy a radar satellite and guide a new stealth bomber. The countdown was clean, despite winds and a fuel leak prompting delays. a booster joint failure in 1986 is recalled as context.
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Earth
Soviet Union
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Air Force
Atlantic Ocean
Soviet Plane Hijacked To Israel
Gunmen seized a bus with 30 school children and a teacher in Ordzonokidze southern Russia and forced the Soviet authorities to provide a plane to fly to Tel Aviv. The jet, a Tlyushin 76, left Moscow after Ben Gurion Airport was placed on alert. Officials said the hostages are safe. the number of hijackers and weapons were not disclosed.
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Russia
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Novosti
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Tass
Vlasov
Ordzhonikidze
Menahem Eyal
Ben- Gurion
Eyal
Ministry of Civil Aviation
NPR Hearings Draw Few To Augusta
Anti-nuclear activists pressed their case at a scoping hearing in Augusta while supporters in Congress pledged backing. About a dozen spoke at the National Guard Armory, far fewer than 60 speakers at Aiken hearings. The DOE plans an environmental impact statement for a heavy water cooled reactor at SRP slated to open around 2000 with a backup at INEEL, costing about 6.7 billion dollars.
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Augusta
Savannah River
National Guard
Aiken
Department of Energy
Savannah
Columbia
DOE
Srp
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
Homeless Shelter Residents Face Eviction
Richard and Angie Jackson and nine others at the Guest House in Beech Island face eviction after a notice served the day before Thanksgiving. Richard, 21, was laid off from Mixon Construction, and Angie, 19, suffers epileptic seizures requiring new medical care. They moved from Maine with a six month old baby and fear becoming homeless without the shelter's temporary housing. The eviction hearing is scheduled for December.
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Beech Island
Mixon Construction
Richard
Department of Social Services
Jacksons
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