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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1997
Page
2
Richard Bliss, 29, a field technician accused of spying in Russia, walked from a Lear jet to an awaiting crowd of family and friends. He said he plans to resume work after a few days with relatives.
In ACTEAL Mexico mourners escort 45 dead after a Monday massacre by gunmen linked to a paramilitary group. Police arrest 23 men from the truck as tensions flare on a mountain road. 18 more detained as federal authorities take over the case. Bishop Ruiz presides at a makeshift funeral scene.
In Cairo many blame a British plot for Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed's deaths in a Paris crash. A new movie by director Khairi Beshera will focus on Diana's life, while rumors of Islamic conversion and marriage persist despite officials calling the theories baseless. Investigators continue probing the crash.
South Korea's battered financial markets surged on opening day after news that the IMF and G7 will provide about 10 billion dollars by January as part of a 57 billion dollar bailout package. The benchmark index jumped 7.2 percent and stayed strong through the day.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reports at least three deaths on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Anderson residents Helen F. Johnson 57 and Richard T. Scottland 38 died in a two car crash on state Highway 81 about 14 miles south of Anderson Wednesday evening. Leonard Ray Elder 44 of Kershaw died on Christmas Day when his car struck a pole on US Highway 521 south of Heath Springs just after noon. The holiday toll covers 6 p.m. to midnight Sunday.
Spartanburg County jail inmate James Gregory Brooks 41 of Moore was found dead in his cell on Christmas morning. An autopsy found natural causes with no violence or foul play suspected. Brooks had been arrested on a public disorderly conduct charge and smelled of alcohol during intake.
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