Gorillas In Danger Advocate Dian Fossey Slain In Rwanda
American naturalist Dian Fossey who spent years living among Rwanda's mountain gorillas was killed by unknown assailants at her cabin in Virunga Volcanos National Park. Fossey advocated gorilla protection and founded habituation efforts that boosted tourism and drew global attention to poaching threats.
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Nairobi
Kenya
App
Dian Fossey
Rwanda
Ms. Fossey
Central Africa
Gregoire Karambizi
Associated Press
Radio Rwanda
Kigali
Fossey
Monterey
Calif
Mont Visoke
Volcanoes National Park
Coco
Pucker
International Wildlife Community
Zaire
Uganda
National Geographic Society
Board of Trustees
Washington
Africa
Louis Leakey
California
Cambridge University
Britain
Alain Monfort
Monfort
National Geographic Magazine
California return of Domino’s murders suspects cited
Mitchell Carlton Sims and Ruby Padgett, linked to the Glendale and Hanahan Domino’s killings, are in custody in Glendale awaiting arraignment on murder and robbery charges. The couple, captured in Las Vegas after fleeing, face torture and murder counts with potential death-penalty implications.
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Glendale
Calif
Domino’s Pizza
South Carolina
California
Mitchell Carlton Sims
Domino’s
Ruby Padgett
Las Vegas
Nev
Los Angeles
Burbank
Ron Allison
Tom Thate
Sims
Hanahan
S.C. Hanahan
Ms. Padgett
Babe
John S. Harrigan
Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
Pho
Anderson Officials Link Death to AIDS in County
An Anderson Memorial Hospital patient suspected of AIDS died this week. DHEC reports 47 confirmed AIDS cases in South Carolina since 1982 with 15 related deaths. officials note other Upstate AIDS deaths have occurred.
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Anderson
Anderson Memorial Hospital
Dan Corrigan
Anderson County
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Corrigan
DHEC
South Carolina
Ludwig Lettau
Greenville Memorial Hospital
Upstate
Clemson Trustees Urge More Endowed Scholarships
Clemson trustees urge the university to secure more endowed scholarships, notably for minorities, with plans to involve Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt in raising about 1 million dollars. They back using athletic revenues for scholarships but stop short of proposing a football ticket surcharge.
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Clemson
Clemson University
Buck Mickel
Charlotte, N.C
Harvey Gantt
Gantt
Clemson Athletic Council
J. Donald Elam
Galivants Ferry Man Proposes in Local Paper
John Gardner 23 of Galivants Ferry ran a half page ad in the Field and Herald Christmas Eve asking Carol Ann Richardson 23 daughter of Aynor mayor elect McKinley Richardson to marry him. The $216 notice announced the question and drew local curiosity. Carol Ann accepted.
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Conway
Conway Field and Herald
John Gardner
NBC
Ahmad Rashad
Phylicia Ayers-Allen
Gardner
Galivants Ferry
Field and Herald
Carol Ann
Carol Ann Richardson
Aynor
McKinley
Aynor and
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Myrtle Beach
Palmetto Federal
Palmetto
Carolina
FSLIC
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
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