Nine Bodies Found in Utah Mine Trapping 27
In Orangeville Utah rescuers found nine bodies in the Wilberg Mine where 27 workers and officials have been trapped since a Wednesday fire. The bodies were located 200 feet from the blaze and away from a safe retreat chamber as search teams extended into the tunnel. Kenneth Blake escaped, while 18 others remain unaccounted for as crews inch toward the safe chamber. Autopsies will be conducted at Castleview Hospital.
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Orangeville
Utah
Bob Henrie
Emery Mining Co
Wilberg
Henrie
Kenneth Blake
Uate
Castleview Hospital
Price
Longwall
Holiday Closings Hit Aiken County And Area Services
Aiken County offices libraries museums and landfills close for Christmas with specific days. City of Aiken offices curb hours and garbage routes shift, North Augusta offices and sanitation pause, and postal banking and newspaper offices observe holiday closures with deadlines listed in the Aiken Standard.
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Aiken County
Aiken County Public Library
Aiken County Museum
City of
North Augusta
Postal Services
All Area Savings and Loans
South Carolina National Bank
Bankers Trust
Citizens and Southern National Bank
First Citizens Bank
Aiken Standard
Aiken Standard Daily
Warm Christmas Forecast Defies Winter Hopes
The forecast reads like a summer day with a 50s low tonight and a 70s high tomorrow. Partly cloudy tonight, showers possible tomorrow, and a 40 percent chance of rain. The Sunday to Tuesday outlook predicts rain ending Sunday, then decreasing clouds and mainly sunny skies Monday and Tuesday.
Ustinov, Soviet Defense Chief, Dies at 76 in Moscow
Soviet Defense Minister Marshal Dmitri Ustinov has died at age 76, officials say, with arrangements for lying in state expected at Moscow’s House of Unions. The Politburo member had not been seen publicly since late September and death details remain unconfirmed.
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Muscow
Dmitri F. Ustinov
Moscow
House of Unions
Ustinov
Defense Ministry
Politburo
Soviet Union
Anatoly Karpov
Garri Kasparov
Ferraro Plans Medley of Recollections in Campaign Book
Washington AP Geraldine Ferraro will reportedly receive about 1 million dollars for a memoir on her historic vice presidential bid. Esther Newberg says the book will cover feelings and reactions, with ghostwriter Linda Bird Francke editing Ferraro’s taped memories from the 1964 campaign era.
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Washington
Geraldine Ferraro
Esther Newberg
International Creative Management
New York
Newsweek
Linda Bird Francke
Linda
Ms. Ferraro
Ms. Francke
Giving Means Holiday Joy In Aiken County Fund Drives Rise
The Aiken Jaycees report 3549.25 dollars donated for the Christmas Shopping Tour at Wal Mart in Aiken, 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday. Salvation Army Christmas Cheer Fund totals 32090.97 dollars, Valley Empty Stocking Fund 11912.61, with donors urged to mail contributions to listed P O boxes or provide full address and contact details for aid letters.
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Aiken County
Aiken Jaycees
Salvation Army
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Wal Mart
Valley Empty Stocking Fund
Langley
Clearwater
Youth Reels From Fatal North Augusta Jeep Crash
North Augusta teens are numbered among the injured and dead after a late Thursday jeep crash on Five Notch Road near I 20. William Brannen Bryan, 15, died at the scene. John W. Williams Jr., 16, remains in critical but stable condition after surgery. Brent L. Zachow, 16, survived with a fractured thigh as investigators probe the wreck.
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North Augusta
John W. Williams Jr
Mealing Rd
William Brannen Bryan
Williams
Talmadge Memorial Hospital
Brent L. Zachow
Barbara
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Kenneth G. Blake
Blake
Trapper
Santas
Seaten
Santa Claus
Eugene
Ore
Santa
Marshal Dmitri F. Ustinov
Ferraro
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