Fires Kill Six Children In Ohio And An Infant In Chicago
A Friday night fire in Pleasantville Ohio killed six children asleep with their mother in a duplex while a Chicago blaze claimed an infant and a woman. Officials cited overloaded space heaters and a jury rigged illegal wiring system bypassing a power meter as contributing factors.
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Ohio
Chicago
Pleasantville
William Hammond
Pleasant and
Walnut Township
Jerry Lawrence
Commonwealth Edison Co
Explosion at Greenville auto shop kills worker
One man died and another is critically burned in a Friday night explosion at Blandin's Clean-Up Shop in downtown Greenville. The blast tore through the shop minutes before closing, with glass and debris spilling onto the street. Firefighters contained the fire in about 10 minutes as Shannon Hawkins, 21, was airlifted for burn treatment. the deceased worker's identity was withheld pending relatives’ notification.
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Greenville
Blandin
Shannon Hawkins
Greenville Memorial Hospital
Humana Hospital
Augusta
Hawkins
James S. Blandin
State sues AT&T for 35 million over state telephone system
Columbia AP reports the Budget and Control Board filed a countersuit seeking 35 million alleging AT&T misrepresented and concealed costs of the state owned telephone system and violated its contract. The board says the state saw no matching savings as promised in 1984 though AT&T had forecast 11.6 million in seven years.
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Columbia
At&t
State Budget and Control Board
Queen to denounce IRA violence in Christmas broadcast
London reports say Queen Elizabeth II will break tradition by condemning the Irish Republican Army in her annual Christmas Day message. The forecast 10 minute address to about 100 million viewers will focus on ending worldwide terrorism and specifically cite the Enniskillen bombing that killed 11 civilians.
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London
Elizabeth II
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
IRA
Daily Mirror
Commonwealth
the Mirror
Elizabeth
Enniskillen
Man Receives Jarvik Heart Transplant In Louisville
Walton Jones Jr a 60 year old Louisville retiree remained in critical condition after the Jarvik J 7 artificial heart was removed and a human heart transplant begun following 15 days on the artificial device Doctors cited ongoing bleeding and fluid retention as key complications while monitoring for infection or respiratory issues.
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Sam Yared
Louisville, Ky
Humana Hospital
Audubon
Walton Jones Jr
Roland Girardet
DeVries
United States
Federal Drug Administration
Gan
Jones
Girardet
Last Second Bug Scrubs Shuttle Booster Test
In Brigham City Utah a full scale test of the redesigned space shuttle booster was scrubbed at countdown with ignition system failure. NASA and Morton Thiokol officials said a safe and arm device or its fire control circuit caused the halt and a reschedule decision would come Sunday afternoon.
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Brigham City
Utah
U.S
Allan McDonald
Morton Thiokol Inc
Shuttle Engineering
McDonald
John Thirkill
Space Operations
Thiokol
Thirkill
Morton Thiokol
Worker Killed At Mack Plant In Winnsboro
A maintenance electrician, George F. McGinnis age 54 of Chester, was crushed when a jammed three panel garage door fell on him at the Mack Trucks plant in Winnsboro. He died at Fairfield Memorial Hospital at 6 14 p.m. Thursday. Fluor Daniel Co. of Greenville staffed 200 workers at the plant.
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Winnsboro
Mack Trucks
George F. McGinnis
Chester
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Fairfield County
Joe Silvia
Silvia
Contaminated Mackerel Tied to Whale Deaths Off Cape Cod
Nine whales found dead along Cape Cod beaches carried stomachs with contaminated mackerel. Marine pathologist Dr Joseph Geraci said the paralytic shellfish toxin from red tide algae appears to be the direct cause, linking the deaths to recent strandings.
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Boston
Cape Cod
Joseph R. Geraci
Aiken Standard Classified and Subscription Rates
The Aiken Standard lists contact numbers for subscriptions and ads. It shows monthly 3 6 12 month rates and mail rates, office address, delivery hours, and payment instructions, noting the newspaper history and postal details. All advance payments should be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription.
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Aiken Standard - Pbm
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Boesky
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Ivan F. Boesky
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Jarvik
NASA
Shuttle
Mack Plant
New England Aquarium
Aiken
Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
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Aiken, S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
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Greenwood
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