Amanda the Panda plans visit to S C on Jan 7
Amanda the Panda, a Des Moines charity figure, will travel to Lexington South Carolina on January 7 to visit a leukemia patient after receiving 22 letters from Oak Grove Elementary School in Lexingto n. JoAnn Zimmerman, who has portrayed Amanda since 1980, read the letters but says her budget prevents out of state visits.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Amanda the Panda
South Carolina
Lexington
Natalie Spence
Oak Grove
JoAnn Zimmerman
Amanda
Mark Bunderick
Amanda Panda
Gene
Mark
Ms. Zimmerman
Weather Outlook For Aiken Area
Clear skies and cool temperatures forecast for the Aiken area tonight and tomorrow. Lows in the low 30s with a high Friday reaching the mid 50s. Details on Page 6A.
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Aiken
Deaths Allen P. Staley and Wagen Effie Jackson Storey
Obituary notices summarize the deaths of Allen P. Staley and Wagen Effie Jackson Storey. Details appear on page 6A.
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Allen P. Staley
Wagen
Effie Jackson Storey
Aiken
Suspects Named in Pan Am 103 Bombing Probe
The article lists Abu Nidal as the leading suspect in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing alongside other Palestinian factions, pro Iran Shiite groups, Northern Ireland Protestant extremists, anti U S forces in Europe factions, and Mafia for hire. Experts say Abu Nidal is top due to capability, viewing the attack as a message to Arafat and the United States.
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PLO
Yasser Arafat
Pan Am
Ian Geldard
Institute For the Study of
Abu Nidal
Fatah Revolutionary Council
Ara
Crash Probe Focuses On Bomb Used
Investigators seek details on the plastic explosive type and placement of the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland. Security tightened at Heathrow, with U S carriers ordered to boost baggage checks after the December 21 attack that killed 259 aboard and 11 villagers. A $500000 reward is offered for information leading to those responsible. Authorities pursue leads on how the bomb was placed and who carried it.
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Lockerbie
Scotland
Heathrow
U.S
State Department
Phyllis Oakley
Washington
Ae Er Oetiat
Enid Tolag i
WeinSig
Price
Heathrow International
British Airways
New York
BAA
British
Gatwick
London
Manchester
England
Prestwick
Pan Am
TWA
Miami
FBI
Scotland Yard
West Germany
Frankfurt
the Nation
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Ahmed Jibril
Popular Front
Tel
Report Urges Closing 86 Military Bases
A government commission proposed closing 86 bases and partially shut five more to save 5.6 billion dollars over 20 years, with 54 bases realigned. Myrtle Beach Air Force Base was not slated for closure. Cochairs Ribicoff and Edwards urged Congress not to interfere and to accept the commission’s obsolete-base conclusions.
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Washington
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Congress
Jack Edwards
Alabama
Ribicoff
Defense
William H. Taft IV
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Sam Nun
Aspin
One Dead in Sinking of Atlantic Ship
Four seamen were rescued from the 250 foot Lloyd Berman after it sank 160 miles south of Nantucket. One died on arrival at Falmouth Hospital and seven others remain missing. Coast Guard crews battled heavy seas and winds up to 45 mph as two men were saved by helicopter and another was spotted in a raft. The captain issued a distress signal at 7 10 p m and lost contact five minutes later.
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Boston
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Greg
Paul Wolf
Falmouth Hospital
Kathy Correia
Lloyd Berman
J.g. Jonathan Trumble
Nantucket
New Jersey
Trumble
Election and Earthquake Lead Year’s Top News Stories
The AP year end poll ranks the 1988 headlines with the U S presidential election and the Armenian earthquake at the top. Editors and broadcasters tallied points, noting U S Soviet detente and Gorbachov’s troop cuts as major follow ups amid Afghan withdrawal and Reagan Gorbachov talks.
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Soviet
Armenia
Associated Press
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Afghanistan
Moscow
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Middle East
Yasser Arafat,” Geldard Said. On Tuesday, Abu Nidal’s Group Said From Teirut
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Istanbul
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D-Okla
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