Immigrant AIDS Testing Rule Moves Forward
An order by Health Secretary Otis Bowen would test all permanent immigrant applicants for AIDS and add it to exclusions for permanent residency. Public comment for 60 days and White House approval are required before finalization. A Bamberg County shooting ends with the suspect’s suicide after wounding an acquaintance, Kinard.
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Los Angeles
United States
U.S. Health and Human Services
Otis R. Bowen
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
White House
Bamberg
Bamberg County
Stanley Patrick
Norman Kinard Jr
Patrick
Kinard
Search for missing A 6E intruder crewmen on swamp range
Helicopters and ground teams hunted an A 6E intruder and two crewmen after they failed to return from a practice run at a swampy North Carolina bombing range. The search was suspended and to resume with ground units and rescue helicopters.
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Norfolk
North Carolina
Navy
Cmdr
Jolene Keefer
Naval Air Force Atlantic
Ms. Keefer
Median weekly earnings rise for full time workers in 1985
The Labor Department reports a 4.8 percent year over year rise in median weekly earnings for full time wage and salary workers in the last quarter of 1985, to 351, outpacing 3.5 percent consumer price inflation. For 1985, the annual median reached 343, based on Census data from nearly 60,000 households.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department’s
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Census Bureau
States
District of Columbia
Construction Spending Rises 2.8 Percent in December
Washington reports December construction spending up 2.8 percent to a 354.6 billion annual rate, the sharpest monthly gain in 11 months. For 1985 total spending reached 343 billion, up 9.6 percent from 1984.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Goodyear executives killed in Chile crash
A twin engine plane carrying eight Goodyear officials including Bernard C. Thomas and his sons crashed into a hillside near Coihaique Chile. All eight aboard— four Americans and four Chileans— died. Thomas was managing director of Goodyear Chile and James Vocke was the marketing manager.
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Santiago
Chile
Goodyear
Coihaique
Bernard C. Thomas
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Bernard Jr
Sean Thomas
James Vocke
Earthquake Strikes Southeast of Tokyo
A major undersea quake near Chichijima island registered 7.1 on the Richter scale. No injuries or damage were reported initially as officials noted the quake occurred 612 miles southeast of Tokyo at 5 48 a.m. local time and 336 miles beneath the seabed.
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Tokyo
Chichijima
Central Meteorological Agency
Pacific
Guatemala震 earthquake rocks San Marcos province near border
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake centered in San Marcos struck western Guatemala at 9 13 a m causing minor damage to more than 40 houses in two villages and damaging adobe homes across the border in Mexico authorities said the epicenter lay about 118 miles from Guatemala City near the Mexican border.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Mexico
National Seismographic Institute
San Marcos
Postal Windows Extended Hours Under Flex Time Program
U S Postal Service tells postmasters some local offices will extend stamp and mail accepting hours under a flex time program starting in April. After testing varied hours at 17 sites, window service hours may stretch beyond traditional times to fit local conditions.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
OPEC Ministers face split on production vs price war
In Vienna, five member ministers dispute strategy as oil falls below 18 dollars a barrel. OPEC President Grisanti urges cooperation while Saudi Arabia backed by UAE Qatar Indonesia pushes for higher output. Libyan Algeria Iran and Iraq seek production cuts to lift prices.
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Vienna
Austria
OPEC
Arturo Hernandez Grisanti
Venezuela
Great Britain
Norway
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Indonesia
Libya
Algeria
Kuwait
Oil Ministry
Iran
Iraq
Grisanti
Ali Khalifa Al-Sabah
Mana Saeed Otaiba
Quassem Ahmed Taki Al-Otaibi
Subroto
Duvalier Denies Haiti Riots, Claims Provoked
President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier said protests were provoked by people with bad intentions. Soldiers moved toward Cap Haitien and Gonaives to quell rioting as curfews and show of force filled Port-au-Prince and nearby towns.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Port-au- Prince
Cap Haitien
Gonaives
U.S
St. Marc
Marcos challenges Aquino to national debate before election
President Marcos issued a surprise bid for a nationwide broadcast debate with Corazon Aquino in the final 36 hours of campaigning. Aquino rejected, proposing a live Nightline appearance with Marcos and an earlier broadcast to comply with election laws. She condemned reliance on a foreign network as a national disgrace.
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Manila
Philippines
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Corazon Aquino
Mrs. Aquino
Marcos
Abc-Tv
Nightline
Aquino
National Election Commission
Libyan Jet Intercepted by Israelis over Cyprus Flight
Libyan state radio says Israeli fighters intercepted a Libyan airliner en route from Libya to Syria and forced it to land at an Israeli airport. Turkish Cypriot airport sources corroborated the interception, and speculation mounted that Israel aimed to seize Palestinian guerrilla leaders aboard.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Libya
Syria
Ercan
Cyprus
Israel
Middle East
Tripoli
Pope John Paul II Mass at Himalayan Golf Course Draws 200000
Pope John Paul II paid tribute to Indian missionaries in a mass on the Golf Links course 330 miles northeast of Calcutta. About 200000 gathered including Kenyaka Naga tribesmen who trekked over 200 miles and had converted to Catholicism two years earlier.
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Shillong
India
John Paul II
Vatican
John Paul
Calcutta
Jesudah Fernando
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Details
Classified and news tips contact numbers are listed along with office hours and location at 124 Rutland Drive Aiken SC. Mailing address is P O Box 456, Aiken 29802. Subscription rates are shown as 1.14 4.90 14.70 29.40 98.80.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Emergency numbers service notice
The Aiken Standard provides emergency numbers as a community service. The paper is published weekday afternoons by Aiken Communications Inc with office details in Aiken South Carolina.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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First Boston Corp
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Hormel
Rudy Perpich
Duvalier
Pope
Aiken Bird Hunters Assn
Crounds
Aiken
New Ellenton
Chime Bell Church
OFEN
Skip Prettyman
Summerville
Jim Abrams
Mark Fulmer
Pres
Rt. 5
Home Delivery
Aiken Standard — Pbm
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
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Abused Persons Coalition
Aiken Comm
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Poison Control Center
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Salley Fire
Salley
Volunt Fire Departments
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