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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1983
Page
2
Government Troops Advance On Rebel Held Berlin City
In Berlin El Salvador government forces about 1500 troops moved on the city from two directions as rebels may skip defending the agriculture center. Berlin population 30000 was the rebels largest captured city in the 39 month civil war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvador City
Berlin
el Salvador
Agencies Report Starvation Among Expelled Immigrants
Relief agencies say starvation and other hardships have killed at least 30 West Africans among refugees trekking home after Nigeria expelled hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens. The mass eviction took effect Tuesday and drew criticism from the opposition and some foreign governments. The OAU urged President Shagari to allow more time for the exodus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagos
Nigeria
Organization of African Unity
Shehu Shagari
Optimistic Reagan Says Recovery Under Way
President Reagan states the economic recovery is underway and he hopes it will exceed predictions. He notes interest rates must fall and spoke aboard Air Force One during a trip to St Louis to visit a Chrysler plant and address a business luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reagan
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Air Force One
St. Louis
Chrysler Co
Cranston Enters Presidential Race Pledging Nuclear Disarmament
Sen. Alan Cranston the Senate Democratic Whip formally announced his bid for the presidency in Washington. He vows to make ending the nuclear arms race his dominating goal and will outline an economic program during the campaign, with disarmament taking precedence over all other issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Alan Cranston
Cranston
Groundhog predicts early spring after shadowless reveal
Punxsutawney Phil, emerged in rain at Gobbler's Knob, did not see his shadow signaling an early spring for the nation. About 300 spectators, mostly students, watched the 97th ceremony as Phil, damp and shivering, gave the prediction to James H. Means, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney, Pa
Punxsutawney
Phil
Gobbler
James H. Means
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Market Basket Comparison Graphic Shows Grocery Prices
An AP Laserphoto graphic highlights a price comparison across grocery items at Market Basket. The image juxtaposes usual items to illustrate cost differences for shoppers.
Pope Elevates 18 Cardinals in Rome Consistory
Pope John Paul II elevates 18 cardinals at a formal consistory in the Apostolic Palace and Paul VI Hall. The group includes Archbishop Jozef Glemp of Warsaw and Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago, with Lustiger of Paris noted for his conversion. Bernardin leads U S church anti nuclear campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
John Paul II
Poland
U.S
Rome
College of Cardinals
Jean-Marie Lustiger
Paris
France
Apostolic Palace
Paul VI
John Paul
Roman Empire
Jozef Glemp
Warsaw
Bernardin
SS Plan Passage Urged
Washington AP a chief architect of the 168 billion Social Security rescue plan warns that Congress failure to pass the package could unsettle financial markets, raise inflation and interest rates. Alan Greenspan testifies that there is little room to alter the bailout plan, which includes higher payroll taxes a six month benefit freeze and taxation of some retirees benefits to raise 168 billion over seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Alan Greenspan
National Commission On Social Security Reform
House
Ways and Means Committee
Commission
Ways and Means
Jobs Bills Work Starts Amid Budget Clash
Washington AP reports lawmakers from both parties press public works jobs programs to cut 10.8 percent unemployment despite Reagan objections. House Speaker O Neill cites 14 million out of work urging relief recovery and reconstruction. Senate Leader Baker signals emergency jobs bill as 98th Congress opens. The president proposes training and extended benefits with little direct federal hiring funds while advisers push deficit reduction to end the recession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reagan
House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Senate
Howard Baker
98Th Congress
Violence flares on South Carolina interstates amid truckers strike
The Associated Press reports gunfire during the independent truckers strike in South Carolina. A Georgia trucker Robert Buchanan escaped injury when bullets hit his cab on I-26 near Newberry. two 18 wheeler radiators were shot at a Colleton County truck stop off I-95. Trucker Favion Proveaux Jr. vows to return to the road after being shot in the head near Roanoke Rapids NC. The strike prompts highway safety measures as the Independent Truckers Association protests higher highway fees and a nickel tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Robert Buchanan
Hartwell
Newberry County
Newberry
Tom Summer
Colleton County
Highway Patrol
North Carolina
Favion Proveaux Jr
Roanoke Rapids
N.C
Columbia
Independent Truckers Association
Summer
Buchanan
Greenville
Atlanta
S.C. 121
Grocery prices show little change in January AP survey
An Associated Press market basket survey finds January bills at a checklist store in seven of thirteen cities rose on average 3.1 percent, while six cities saw a 3.6 percent drop. Overall monthly change was a slight decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Snow Storm Heavy Toll Across Regions
A powerful blizzard swept the Great Lakes region after heavy Texas drifts, closing western Oklahoma highways and causing 13 deaths including a truck train collision. Tornadoes lashed the Deep South as Florida boats flew and Mobile streets flooded. Amarillo saw 10 foot snowdrifts and Liberal Kansas ordered street closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Deep South
Florida
Mobile
Ala
Amarillo
Tex
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
ABBA SINGERS TO PRODUCE SOVIET CHESS MUSICAL
Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson travel to Moscow to study chess culture for a new stage musical with Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. They met performers including Alla Pugacheva and described Russian players as simple yet unusual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bjorn Ulvaeus
Benny Andersson
Sweden
Moscow
Alla Pugacheva
Ulvaeus
Andersson
Tim Rice
Andrew Lloyd-Webber
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Pack
Marketbasket Comparison
Boston
Os Angeles
New York
Philadelphia
Salt Lake City
Josef L. Bernardin
Charleston
S.C
The
Panhandle
Kevin McLain
Rich Kistern
Liberal
Kan
People
Eve Arden
Miss Brooks
Adironack Mountains
Arthur Bicknell
Steven Spielberg
Directors Guild of America
E.T
Taylor Hackford
Wolfgang Petersen
Sydney Pollack
Richard Attenborough
Gandhi
Los Angeles
Guild
Steve Spielberg
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