South Poverty Rate Rises in 1983 Study Says
The Southern Regional Council reports 18.2 percent of Southerners lived in poverty in 1983, with blacks facing about 39 percent and single mothers' families over 60 percent below poverty. The study cites lagging state economies and reduced federal aid as key factors.
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21 Sentenced in Vietnam Subversion Trial
In Ho Chi Minh City 21 Vietnamese men were sentenced from death to eight years in prison after a trial ending the biggest subversion case since 1975. They faced charges of espionage and treason for alleged plots to attack targets in Ho Chi Minh City and to kidnap or murder foreign consular officials to influence world opinion.
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Schroeder Recovers Spirit After Multiple Strokes
In Louisville a heart transplant recipient William Schroeder, 52, Jasper Indiana, faced further health concerns after tests showed three small strokes rather than one. Doctors fear lingering stroke damage while family and caretakers hope for improvement as Schroeder receives companionship and care in a private room.
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Louisville, Ky
William Schroeder
Jasper
Ind
Schroeder
Allan
Bhopal Gas Crisis: Recovery After Plant Cleanup
Communist protesters faced Rep. Stephen Solarz of New York as he arrived in Bhopal to assess safety rules for abroad operations. Officials said half of the methyl isocyanate at the Union Carbide plant had been safely converted to pesticide, with shops reopening and residents returning home after the disaster killed over 2,000.
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India
U.S
Stephen J. Solarz
D- N.Y
Union Carbide
City
Soviet Leader Gorbachev Visits Westminster Abbey
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev toured Westminster Abbey with Dean Edward Carpenter during a break from talks on arms control. He was also slated to meet parliamentary leaders in the Houses of Parliament later today.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Westminster Abbey
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Edward Carpenter
Slayings Linked to Homosexual Remark In Bank Robbery
Comanche County DA says a bank employee remark that two men were gay may have sparked a deadly robbery and massacre at a Chattanooga bank. Four killed, three women stabbed repeatedly. two suspects arrested in San Francisco. Charges and death-penalty action contemplated.
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Daily Oklahoman
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Neill
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Oklahoman
Westmoreland Libel Suit Seeks Crile Admission Of Errors
In New York the Westmoreland libel case against CBS producer George Crile enters another stage as Crile refuses to admit mistakes in The Uncounted Enemy documentary. The trial features Rostow testimony and disputes over enemy force estimates and Johnson’s awareness, with Judge Leval barring the Rostow interview as evidence.
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George Crile
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Walt Rostow
Johnson
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Rostow
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
Pierre N. Leval
Benjamin
Burt
Crile
Santa Signs In To Deaf Children At Dayton Mall
David Shaffer a Sinclair Community College student uses sign language to communicate with deaf children while playing Santa at Salem Mall Dayton He learned signing to cheat in high school now aids the deaf and hearing impaired during Saturday visits.
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Dayton, Ohio
Santa Claus
David Shaffer
Sinclair Community College
Shaffer
Paul Schiffer
Salem Mall
Schaffer
New Astronaut Breed To Man Secret Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla A new breed of astronaut the military engineer will handle a classified satellite on the next shuttle flight with countdown kept secret Maj Gary Payton first from the Manned Space Flight Engineer Corps will join four NASA astronauts aboard Discovery Pentagon and NASA brief reporters on the mission outlining strict ground rules for military shuttle coverage The launch is set for Jan 23 with exact time undisclosed to deny adversaries information about military cargo Payton joined the corps in 1980 at the Air Force Space Division in Los Angeles and will fly with Commander Thomas Mattingly Pilot Loren Shriver and mission specialists Ellison Onizuka James Buchli. about 20 percent of the next five years shuttle flights will be military oriented
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Manned Space Flight Engineer Corps
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Rock Island
Ill
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Abel
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Loren Shriver
Ellison Onizuka
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U S Plans 47 Million Aid to UNESCO Gap
The Reagan administration will fund 47 million dollars in educational scientific and communications projects to fill the UNESCO aid gap after withdrawing from the 161 nation agency. Formal confirmation of withdrawal is expected this week. An observer mission in Paris may be headed by Leonard H. Marks as the head of the mission.
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U.S. Information Agency
Aiken Standard Office Hours Stated
The Aiken Standard lists its offices at 124 Rutland Drive and notes hours from 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday.
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Rutland Drive
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