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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1987
Page
2
Beir ut reports a gravely ill American hostage among eight held in Lebanon may be released soon. The piece notes uncertainty over the claim and mentions 12 other foreigners missing since 1985, amid pro Iran factions.
A NASA task force warns U S space leadership is eroding amid weak oversight and interagency tensions. EPA will investigate lead contamination in electric drinking fountains, with officials noting many school fountains show elevated lead levels.
A note scribbled on an airsickness bag by fired PSA/USAIR employee David Burke addressed to ex-supervisor Raymond Thomson threatening vengeance. Investigators linked a .44 caliber pistol found at the crash site to Burke, with evidence suggesting an explosion and gunfire destroyed the Los Angeles to San Francisco flight killing 43. Burke had been fired for theft and later bought a one way PSA flight ticket. a finger id linked Burke posthumously.
A car bomb outside a Civil Guard barracks in Zaragoza Spain killed six and injured thirty, with authorities blaming ETA Basque separatists. The blast at 6 am buried victims under rubble as two assailants fled in a parked explosive car. Three deceased include a sergeant, a corporal and his daughter, plus two girls and a woman.
Govan Mbeki, 77, ANC leader and Mandela associate, new restrictions bar him from leaving Port Elizabeth magisterial district and from speaking to journalists. The order cites the Public Safety Act of 1953 as police claim to curb his statements amid apartheid tensions.
A self-styled Marcos supporter confessed to making 14 bombs and 250 sticks of dynamite used in attacks that injured four people near the Manila airport and Makati. He said the devices were to be picked up at pro Marcos demonstrations. Marcos denied involvement from exile in Hawaii.
In Vienna after two days of debate OPEC leaders wrestle with how to set 1988 production quotas and prices Iran seeks an $2.70 rise to $20.70 a barrel but others push to keep the $18 level. Officials warn a failure could trigger a price collapse next year.
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