Strong quake hits Philippines 22 injured in central region
A powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake near Camiguin Island shakes the central Philippines injuring at least 22 as aftershocks follow. Officials report effects on Cebu Negros Mindanao and northern tip areas with calls for residents to seek higher ground near the coast.
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Manila
Filippines
Phili
Qatar
Geological Survey
Pat Jorgenson
Menlo Park
Calif
Jorgenson
Philippine
Camiguin Island
Bart Bautista
Phil Institute of Vulcanology and Seismology
Cebu
Negros Islands
Camiguin
Mindanao Island
Bautista
Efren Emnafe
Aiken Standard Classified and Subscription Details
Subscriptions and advertising contacts listed for Aiken Standard with phone numbers 649-5316 649-1555 and 648-2311. Rates shown include monthly three month six month and twelve month options with all payments to the Aiken Standard PBM Subscription, dated 1967 era postal details and address notes.
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Ise
Aiken Standard - Pbm
Aten Standard
Puta Ween Gayatamoors
Satay
Sundey Merings
Ian
Aken
Aiken
First child dies after world’s first lung assist implant
Melicia Mimi Harvey aged 6 of Arthur City Texas died four days after receiving the IVOX lung assist device at Salt Lake City hospital. The device, a 20 inch bundle of hairlike tubes, added oxygen and removed carbon dioxide with no reported clinical complications. Doctors said the operation had no alions and that implants will continue in up to 10 patients under federal approval. Mimi had been active student council vice and flutist at North Lamar High School. her death stunned classmates and prompted counseling by eight ministers.
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Saltlake City
Melicia
Mimi” Harvey
Arthur City
Texas
Harvey
Mimi
Ivox
Madden
LDS
J.D. Mortensen
CardioPulmonics Inc
Salt Lake City
Mortensen
Jord
North Lamar High School
Paris
Exas
Mim
Dropout Bill Heard By South Carolina Panel
A House panel heard Sen Hugh Leatherman and others discuss a bill to curb high school dropouts The proposal would require a driver’s license only for individuals with a diploma GED or who are still in school Administrators and lawmakers supported it as a tool to reduce the states dropout problem though they cautioned it is not a sole solution
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Washington
Health and Human Services
Louis Sullivan
Congressional Sunbelt Caucus
Sullivan
North Carolina
Pediatrics
Augusta
South Carolina
James Brown
Georgia
Brown
Gayle Hamrick
Hugh Leatherman
Florence
Elyi
Apo
House Education and Public Works
Sulute
Det
Language education push aims to boost U S foreign study
Rep George Sangmeister proposes 58 million dollars over five years plus matching grants to states for foreign language instruction. proponents argue early language work builds proficiency by high school while critics cite 30 million Americans as functionally illiterate and 2 million students leaving school with deficient basic skills each year.
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Washington
George Sangmeister
Laneros Te
Mona Meee Sei Sengmeiser
Gangmette
Bush
Congress Approves Panama Aid Package in Bipartisan Vote
Congress swiftly passed a 42 million dollar aid package to Panama, with House and Senate approval on separate votes. The aid, the first installment toward a possible 1 billion, funds jobs, public works, housing and police training, and awaits President Bush's signature. The bill also directs 10 million for Eastern European elections readiness and requires Panama to report progress by April 15 on money-laundering controls.
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Washington
Panama
Congress
House
Senate
Bush
U.S
Bob Dole
Dante Fascell
D-Fla
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bernard Aronson
State
Inter-American Affairs
el Salvador
Obert Byrd
D-W.va
Europe
United States
Guillermo Endara
William Broomfield
R-Mich
Democrats sharpen defense attack on Bush budget on Capitol Hill
Democratic leaders press for more details as the Bush Pentagon budget faces criticism. Cheney and Powell defend a 1991 request of 303.3 billion while Moynihan tax cut and peace dividend shape expectations. Dole and Leahy demand specifics on cutting commodity payments and overall defense funding. Panetta predicts defense may fall 7 to 10 billion short of inflation alignment.
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Sheney
Gen
Colin Powell
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Administration
Bush
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Dole
Clayton Yeutter
House Appropriations Committee
Darman
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Cheney
Powell
House Budget Committee
Soviet Union
Committee
Leon Panetta
D-Calif
Pentagon
Defense
Warm Temps Threaten Peach Crop In Allendale
Barney Chappell, longtime peach grower from Allendale, warns that January warmth accelerates fruit development and increases frost risk. He notes past years with similar warm starts brought cold spells that damaged crops, and fears extended warmth will leave peaches more vulnerable this season.
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Columbia
Barney Chappell
Allendale
Chappell
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Clearwater
Marshall Williams
Orangeburg
S.C. Senate
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