Buchanan resigns as Reagan adviser effective March 1
Patrick J. Buchanan, Reagan's chief of communications and outspoken conservative advocate, resigns effective March 1. His exit follows William Casey's replacement by Robert Gates at the CIA. Buchanan says he can influence 1988 issues and the conservative movement from outside the White House.
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Patrick J. Buchanan
Reagan
White House
William Casey
Robert Gates
CIA
Marlin Fitzwater
Buchanan
Republican Party
Brezhnev's grandson-in-law Yuri Churbanov arrested on corruption charges
Moscow reports Yuri Churbanov, son-in-law of Leonid Brezhnev, and former deputy interior minister, has been arrested on corruption and bribe-taking accusations. The Foreign Ministry said an investigation is under way while details on charges, arrest location, and detention remain unclear.
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Yuri Churbanov
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Foreign Ministry
Gennady Gerasimov
Churbanov
Gerasimov
Galina Brezhnev
Communist Party
US Navy Wreck USS Kearsarge Found by Film Crew
A movie team from Hollywood Adventure Films and Galleon Hunters Corp discovered the wreck age of the USS Kearsarge in Colombian waters while researching sunken Spanish treasure ships. The Civil War era sloop fought CSS Alabama in Cherbourg, with 26 of 147 crew lost. The ship ran aground 2 February 1894 on Roncador Reef in the Spanish Main, about 300 miles north of Colombia.
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Steven Edward Morgan
Hollywood Adventure Films
Galleon Hunters Corp
Roncador Reef
Spanish Main
Cherbourg
France
Aid Flexibility Criticized Overmilitary Diversion Risk
GAO warns U S economic aid can be diverted for military use despite laws banning such use. Rep Lee Hamilton notes over 60 percent of FY 1986 aid, about 2.4 billion dollars, was cash transfers hard to monitor by AID. One Somalian case involved jeeps sold to a buyer who resold them to the military.
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General Accounting Office
U.S
Lee Hamilton
D-Ind
Agency For International Development
Aquino Nominated For Peace Prize By Dutch Official
A Rotterdam newspaper reports Premier Ruud Lubbers nominated President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines for the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize in a letter to the Nobel Committee. Lubbers and Foreign Minister Hans van den Broek reportedly sent the nomination. sources refused comment.
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Corazon Aquino
Philippines
Nrc-Handelsblad
Lubbers
Hans van den Broek
Aquino
Oslo
Norway
Foreign Ministry
Public housing cuts blamed for worsening rent crisis
Washington AP reports a housing official warns President Reagan's proposed cuts to public housing would worsen conditions for low income renters. Melvin J. Adams, head of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, notes prior 70 percent reductions in assisted housing funding since 1981 and upcoming expiring subsidies.
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Reagan
Melvin J. Adams
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
Wallace's third wife seeks divorce after retirement
former Alabama Gov George C Wallace does not contest the divorce filed by Lisa Taylor Wallace a week before his retirement. District Judge William E Robertson approved the divorce the same day in Talladega County. Wallace, 67, and Lisa Taylor Wallace married in 1981. Wallace Jr. said he knew nothing of the proceedings.
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Joe Ingram
Wallace
Iran Fires Long Range Missile At Baghdad In Retaliation
Iran claims the 26th attack on Baghdad since 1985 targeted civilian areas killing and wounding residents. Iraqi reports say 6:10 a.m. blast shook the capital as ambulances and smoke filled the streets.
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Iran accuses WSJ reporter Seib of spying for Zionist regime
Iran's official radio said Wall Street Journal reporter Gerald Seib is held as a spy of the Zionist regime after being detained outside his Tehran hotel. The station cited a U S request for release and offered no details. The Journal notes Seib has covered the Middle East since 1985 and his wife Barbara Rosewicz is also a WSJ reporter.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
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United States
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London
Iraq
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Phillips
Advocates Set To Battle NRA Over Handgun Waiting Period
In Washington lawmakers press a seven day waiting period for handgun purchases led by Sen. Howard Metzenbaum and Rep. Edward Feighan. Law enforcement groups back the measure while the NRA plans counterproposals including cross‑state handgun purchases and revocation of last year’s machine gun ban. Biaggi also introduces a bill to ban non metallic guns. The Metzenbaum Feighan bill would route a purchaser form to local police for a background check decision.
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Howard Metzenbaum
Edward Feighan
Ohio
Barbara Lautman
Handgun Control Inc
National Rifle Association
NRA
James Baker
Mario Biaggi
D-N.y
Greyhound Offers 59 Cent Rides in Atlanta Promotion
Greyhound will sell one way fares to 12 000 U S destinations for 59 cents during a one hour promotion at its Atlanta downtown terminal from 12 to 1 PM on Wednesday. Anyone in line during that hour can buy the tickets spokesman Sherard Robinson said.
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Greyhound
U.S
Sherard Robinson
Aiken Standard Classifieds and Subscriptions Info
Contact numbers for subscriptions advertising and news tips are listed. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 6 30 p m Monday through Friday and 8 a m to 10 30 a m Sunday at 124 Rutland Drive in Aiken South Carolina.
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Aiken, S.C
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Aiken
S.C
Emergency numbers page notice from Aiken Standard
Readable lines list emergency contacts including Poison Control, S C Highway Patrol, Salley Fire and Police, Sheriff's Office, and local volunteer departments. Includes publisher line for The Aiken Standard with address and postal details.
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Poison Control Center
S.C. Highway Patrol
Salley
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