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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1979
Page
3
Prunier Productions will crash a $500,000 DC 8 at Opa-Locka airport next week then return the jet unharmed to Concord International Airlines. The action, a film finale for The Pilot, shows the plane hitting a foam radar shack and exploding one engine.
A new state law from 1979 requires moving a mobile home into or within South Carolina to pay a five dollar moving permit fee plus a ten dollar building code inspection when ownership or tenancy changes. Local officials had fought tax dodges by moving across county lines.
Eight people died in South Carolina in New Year holiday crashes ending day one with three young men and a Hopkins woman among the victims. Catherine A Sumter 31 of Hopkins died in a wreck on S C 48 near Columbia while a two car collision on Interstate 9 in Jasper County Monday morning killed Mitchell B Risberg 20 of Baltimore Md.
Red shoes once worn by Judy Garland drew Goshen High School students to an auction staged by Sid Luft in Beverly Hills. The $375 purchase prompted letters to Luft and Garland daughter Liza Minnelli as the music teacher notes students value the item for cultural significance over private hoarding.
Australian TV crew’s video of UFOs prompts NZ air force alert while Mount John Observatory head says Venus, not extraterrestrials, explains the bright objects. British astronomer Lovell cautions satellites and meteors, and US experts note nocturnal lights can mimic UFOs.
Tehran airport operations were taken over by the Iranian military restoring limited commercial service after a workers strike halted traffic. A U S air force transport conducted a test landing and was to evacuate families of U S personnel while Pan American Lufthansa and private charters planned further departures for displaced travelers and foreign nationals.
Cambodian president accuses Vietnam of a large scale offensive deep into eastern Cambodia while Hanoi backed rebels claim Kratie town victory cutting Phnom Penh routes. Bangkok observers warn of an all out drive to topple the Cambodian government and may crown Kratie as rebel capital.
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