Mandela moved to prison farm quarters near Cape Town
Nelson Mandela, leader of the outlawed African National Congress and jailed since 1962, has been transferred from a clinic to a house on a prison farm outside Cape Town. Officials say release is not imminent and restraints will be eased in stages while access is granted to his family.
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South Africa
Nelson Mandela
African National Congress
Cape Town
Mandela
Winnie
Civilian War Death Toll Tops 1,700 in El Salvador
The Independent Human Rights Commission of El Salvador reports 1,747 civilians were killed and 231 disappeared in political violence from January to November. Witness testimony cites 140 disappeared individuals abducted by government troops, with no clear attribution for the rest. The report excludes combat casualties from the 9-year conflict.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
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Aiken Standard Subscription Rates and Contact Info
Aiken Standard lists subscription rates: $4.90 monthly, $14.70 for 3 months, $29.40 for 6 months, and $58.80 for 12 months with all payments in advance to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription. Public contact numbers cover classified, display ads, news ideas, delivery, and customer service. The paper dates back to 1807 and lists P.O. Box addresses in Aiken South Carolina.
Shuttle returns bruised but ready for next launch
Atlantis came back from a four day secret mission with heavy damage to up to 175 thermal tiles mostly along the right fuselage. NASA says the damage is not a major concern and won’t delay the April 28 launch to Venus.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantis
NASA
Conrad Nagel
Nagel
Venus
Pickering Testified On Iran Contra Courier Role
Former diplomat Thomas Pickering told Senate investigators in July 1987 that he acted as a courier for a private group planning to supply weapons to the Nicaraguan Contras. He carried a document to Oliver North while serving as ambassador to El Salvador and said he believed the plan involved weapons with a multi million dollar value and did not view it as a violation of prohibitions on aid to the Contras.
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George Bush
United Nations
U.S
Thomas Pickering
Senate Select Committee
Iran
Pickering
Oliver North
el Salvador
North
Autopsies inconclusive in Blue Ridge deaths case
Marion NC two women fell from Blue Ridge Parkway overlook with autopsies inconclusive on whether death was accidental or due to foul play. James Clifton Gibbs charged with first degree murder in deaths of Helen Marie Gibbs and Susan White Haire. Bodies found Oct 17 in gorge below Cheston View Overlook. Court-ordered autopsies took over six hours. Gibbs's relatives urge release for paternal involvement.
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N.C
Blue Ridge Parkway
John Butts
James Clifton Gibbs
Fayetteville
Helen Marie
Susan White Haire
Ladson
S.C
Cheston View Overlook
Butts
McDowell County
Gibbs
McDowell Superior
Shultz Pushes for More Soviet Cuts in Europe
In Brussels Secretary of State George P. Shultz urged NATO allies to seek further Soviet troop reductions beyond Gorbachev’s offer. He noted Warsaw Pact armies outnumber Western forces, while the United States plans no immediate withdrawal of 335,000 troops in Western Europe despite calls from some analysts for sharing the burden.
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Belgium
George P. Shultz
NATO
Europe
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Shultz
U.S
Uni
Western Europe
Rural Infant Health Slipping in Poor Rural Counties
Public Voice for Food and Health Policy reports that infant health in the nation’s 332 poorest rural counties worsened in 1980s, with low birthweight rising to 8.8 percent in 1985 from 8.3 percent in 1980. The study notes rural areas suffer higher low birthweight and infant death rates, worsened by Reagan-era funding cuts and physician shortages, with Rep. Roy Rowland citing potential deaths prevented if national averages applied.
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Washington
Public Voice For Food and Health Policy
Roy Rowland
D-Ga
Congress
National Commission
Rowland
Hartnett Seeks Top Posts in Bush Admin Plan
Former South Carolina congressman Hartnett eyes secretary level posts in Bush administration. He leads 49 southern campaign leaders to discuss patronage, naming Van Hipp and others like Bill Workman Linton Pickett and Dickie Jones as potential appointees. Hartnett aims to promote new faces and will meet Bush Jr. and Atwater separately.
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Tommy Hartnett
Air Force
Navy
George Bush
Hartnett
To- Jay
Bush
Carroll Campbell
Washington
Greenville News
Spartanburg
William Taut
Texas
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Tower
Ball
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Lee Atwater
South Carolina
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South
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