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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1980

Page

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Hostage Letters On Way From Tehran By AP

American Indian activist John Thomas travels via Frankfurt to Tehran carrying 150 letters from U S hostages held by Iranian militants. He met Anna Holman in Frankfurt whose husband Sgt Donald Holman remains among about 50 Americans held since Nov 4 at the U S Embassy. The oldest hostage asked The Washington Post for help to free them.

Associated Press John Thomas United States Tehran Thomas Frankfurt West Germany Anna Holman Donald Holman U.S Holman U.S. Army Germany Liberation Movements Iran Washington Post

McCartney Held in Japan Over Marijuana Possession

Paul McCartney remains jailed in Tokyo as narcotics officials question him about a reported half pound of marijuana found in his suitcase. If convicted, he faces up to seven years in prison and fines. The ex Beatle arrived with Linda McCartney and Wings for a concert tour.

Tokyo Paul McCartney Clear Light Society Japan McCartney Linda Wings Central Narcotics Bureau

Mexico May Buy Grain From U S To Aid Soviet Embargo

Dale E. Hathaway announced Mexico will purchase just over 1 million tons of corn and wheat embargoed for the Soviet Union. He said the United States is studying selling more grain to other nations but did not name countries or amounts.

Washington United States Mexico Soviet Union Dale E. Hathaway Afghanistan Britain Pakistan Bore Lee Kabul

Wilkes County man to stand trial for sixth wife murder

Edward James Huggins 48 is ordered to face murder charges in the shooting death of his sixth wife Rose Lynn Williams Huggins 38 at the couple’s mobile home. Sheriff Gentry reopens probe into the unsolved fourth wife’s shotgun slaying and the fifth wife’s drug overdose as potential tied cases.

Wilkesboro N.C Edward James Huggins John Kilby Huggins Rose Lynn Williams Huggins Wilkes County Kyle Gentry Rose Lynn Huggins Wilkes General Hospital

Mike Douglas Replaced On Popular TV Talk Show

Group W Producers announce Mike Douglas will be replaced on The Mike Douglas Show after 18 years. John Davidson is named as a potential successor, with the contract set to end in June and a long-range plan into the 1980s cited as a factor.

Hollywood Mike Douglas Group W Douglas Ring Douglas John Davidson

Woman complains about eclair and fashion in warm weather

A young woman mutters she will apply an eclair to her hips amid a light warm day. Karen Clark notes someone wearing leather boots yesterday as temperatures rise past seventy.

Karen Clark

Afghans Order Reporters Out

Afghanistan's pro Soviet government orders expulsion of all American journalists accusing biased reporting. Reporters detained at Kabul Intercontinental Hotel and told to leave on first available flight. Diplomatic caution follows Iran's similar purge amid Soviet intervention and regional tensions.

Associated Press Afghanistan New Delhi India U.S Kabul Intercontinental Kabul Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Iran

Jaycees Kick Off Jaycee Week In Aiken

Aiken Jaycees begin Jaycee Week with an 8 a.m prayer breakfast featuring Jim Davis of Channel 6 at the Jaycee Fairgrounds site. Activities also include a state mock legislative session in Columbia and a Distinguished Service Award ceremony at the Jaycee Hut, followed by the Junior Miss pageant crowning after two nights of competition.

Jim Davis Channel 6 Highway 1 Columbia Jaycee South Carolina General Assembly Jaycees U.S. 1 North

Nuclear material missing at Savannah River Plant claims and GAO note

Savannah River Plant spokesman David M. Peek said no new information on plutonium losses and no diversion between reactor and separations areas. A GAO draft report questioned safeguards and noted unaccounted plutonium since 1955, with 145.5 kilograms unaccounted by 1978. The plant, run by Du Pont for fuel for weapons, reports stock differences in semiannual briefs.

Department of Energy Savannah River David M. Peek Government Accounting Office SRP Peek GAO DOE Columbia General Accounting Office du Pont International Atomic Energy Agency

New Du Pont SRP Manager Adopts Cautious Plan

John T. Granaghan leads Savannah River Plant with a goal to avoid drastic changes. A 1950 Auburn mechanical graduate, he plans modest operations tweaks and aims to raise public awareness of SRP contributions to national security. He expects one or two moves before retirement and notes a family with three sons.

du Pont Savannah River John T. Granaghan Auburn University Granaghan SRP Department of Energy du Pont Company Aiken the Granaghans Nancy John Granaghan Elizabeth Harrington

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