Millionaire Pays $2.5 Million Tax Amid Amnesty Program
An apparent New York City resident and likely millionaire sent a record check for 2.5 million dollars to cover one year's income taxes plus interest under an amnesty program. Officials refused to identify the person due to confidentiality laws. clerks initially thought the check was a joke before confirming its authenticity.
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Albany
N.Y
Department
New York City
Tax Department
Madeline Lewis
Coca Farmers Surround Bolivian Police Camp in Cocaine Country
About 17 000 coca farmers surrounded a camp housing 245 anti drug police units engaged in arrests and disruption of processing plants deep in Bolivia's cocaine country, according to police and U S agents.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
U.S
Federal Judge Blocks Condor Capture
A federal judge ordered the government not to capture any of the remaining five wild California condors until hearings. The Fish and Wildlife Service recalled biologists from wild country 100 miles north of Los Angeles and directed them to bring in equipment as the endangered bird faces rapid decline and a plan to move the last six to zoos in Los Angeles and San Diego where 21 birds are in captivity.
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Washington
California
Fish and Wildlife Service
Los Angeles
North America
San Diego
Penicillin Resistant Gonorrhea Cases Rise Nationwide
Federal health officials report a penicillinase producing strain of gonorrhea doubling in 1985 with 6 020 cases in nine months, up from 2 973, fueled by a major Florida outbreak. The disease appeared in all 50 states, with New York Los Angeles and Florida accounting for 71 percent of cases.
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Atlanta
Florida
National
Centers For Disease Control
New York
Los Angeles
Measles Cases Rise for Second Straight Year
The CDC reports 2704 measles cases in 1985 up from 2534 in 1984 and 1497 in 1983, signaling a continued delay in eradicating the disease in the United States.
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Atlanta
United States
National
Centers For Disease Control
Vandals Target Home Of Convicted Spy Walker
The vacant Norfolk Virginia residence of John A. Walker Jr. has been vandalized multiple times since June. Police report bullets through two windows and a hammer and sickle symbol sprayed on the front wall, with the Communist emblem marked nearby.
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Norfolk
John A. Walker Jr
Amerika mini series postponed after Soviet warning
ABC said production of the 16 hour Amerika mini series on a Soviet takeover of the United States was postponed after a Soviet threat to jeopardize Moscow news operations. David Burke of ABC News cited a Moscow bureau discussion of their displeasure with the program.
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New York
Amerika
United States
Moscow
ABC
David Burke
ABC News
Burke
ABC Moscow
Walter Rodgers
Meghalaya offers bounty for man-eating rogue elephant
Authorities in Meghalaya offer a reward of 2000 rupees to anyone who kills a rogue elephant that killed five people last year and attacked 10 villages near the Bangladesh border. Wildlife officials seek reasons for the carnivorous behavior as experts study the abnormal pachyderm.
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New Delhi
India
Meghalaya
United News of India
Bangladesh
Delta jet emergency landing injures no one at Memphis
Delta Air Lines said a Boeing 727 with 35 passengers and crew returned to Memphis after a warning on landing gear. The gear partially collapsed and dragged a wing tip about 50 feet while the jet halted. passengers exited via emergency doors and continued to New York later.
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Memphis, Tenn
Delta Air Lines
Bill Wright
Delta
Memphis
New York
Farm Population Drops Sharply in 1985 Census Shows
U S farm population fell 7 percent in 1985 to 5.355 million from 5.754 million in 1984 amid debt and asset decline fears. Census Bureau and Agriculture Department data also note farm family median income of 18 925 in 1983, well below non farm earnings, with one fifth in poverty. The 1916 peak was 32 5 million.
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Washington
U.S
Census Bureau
Agriculture Department
Asso
USDA
Kodak Flooded With Refund Requests
More than 12 000 callers overwhelmed Kodak switch boards after the company offered refunds or stock to 16 million owners of its discontinued instant cameras. A Boston court order halted instant photography, ending a nine year dispute with Polaroid. The toll free number remains open until December 31 with options including a new disc camera, film packs, rebate coupons, or Kodak stock.
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Rochester
N.Y
Eastman Kodak Co
Charles Smith
Kodak
Wats Marketing of America
Omaha, Neb
Smith
Ber
Boston
Polaroid Corp
Aya Zobel
Polaroid
IRS Uses IRS to Seize Tax Refunds From Loan Defaulters
Washington AP The government says 750 000 federal loan defaulters will have overdue amounts withheld from tax refunds this year. Total default debt stands around 1 6 billion dollars with most owed to the Education Department. The IRS will also pursue amounts for SBA Agriculture HUD and Veterans Affairs.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Budget Office
Education Department
Richard Hastings
AIDS Costs Estimated At 6.3 Billion For First 10 000 Cases
Researchers estimate the first 10 000 AIDS cases have caused hospital fees and lost income exceeding 6.3 billion dollars. The study projects 1.47 billion in hospital costs, 189 million in disability losses, and 4.69 billion in earnings lost from early deaths, with CDC input.
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Chicago
Ann M. Hardy
National Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Shultz says U S closer to using arms against terrorism
Secretary of State George Shultz told reporters the United States has exhausted economic options against Libya and may resort to force. He warned force may be necessary though not preferred and cited Libyan sponsorship of terrorists including attacks on Rome and Vienna airports. Senator Metzenbaum floated Khadafy assassination, quickly dismissed by White House as not government policy.
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Washington
George Shultz
Libya
United States
Shultz
Rome
Vienna
U.S
Reagan
Defense Department
Howard M. Metzenbaum
D-Ohio
Muammar Khadafy
White House
Edward Dj
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Details
Aiken Standard provides phone numbers for subscriptions ads and news tips. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday, at 124 Rutland Drive with mailing address Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Emergency numbers service notice from Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard provides emergency numbers as a paid service. The paper notes its establishment in 1867 and publication details by Aiken Communications Inc. in Aiken, South Carolina.
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