Cuba Executes Four Former Officers in Drug Smuggling Case
Four former Cuban officers were executed for drug smuggling, including Gen. Arnaldo Ochoa and Col. Antonio de la Guardia Font. A Havana court-martial sentenced them after findings they aided smuggling cocaine into the United States. Ten other defendants received prison terms from 10 to 30 years.
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Miexico City
Cuba
Prensa Latina
Havana
Arnaldo Ochoa
Antonio de la Guardia Font
Armado Padron
Jorge Martinez
United States
Communist Party
Ochoa
Fidel Castro
When Smiths Meet Everybody's Same
Washington AP reports the Jim Smith Society hosts its annual summer gathering at Hyatt Regency Bethesda with about 50 members named Jim Smith expected to attend. The society, created by James H. Smith Jr. of Camp Hill Pennsylvania, counts 1302 members from across the states and abroad, founded two decades ago.
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Washington
Hyatt Regency
Bethesda
Jim Smith
Jim Smiths
Jim Smith Society
Jim ‘Smiths
James H. Smith Jr
Camp Hill
Weekend Forecast Calls for Thundershowers and Heat
Partly cloudy tonight with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms and a low in the mid 70s. Friday brings considerable clouds and a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms with a high reaching the 90s. See Page 6A for details.
Deaths List in Aiken and Ridge Spring Areas
Rosalyn Pearson Ellen W Robinson Ethel Scott Bernice G Sisk and Grethren D Smith are noted. Details are on Page 6A.
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Rosalyn Pearson
Aiken
Ellen W. Robinson
Ridge Spring
Ethel Scott
Bernice G. Sisk
Grethren D. Smith
Ridgeway
Southern Growth Board urges tech worker retraining
The Southern Growth Policies Board calls for forgiven educational loans in key tech fields and using unemployment funds to finance retraining across 12 states and Puerto Rico. It argues underinvestment in human resources hinders the region as global production shifts, urging policy that boosts technological proficiency to spur southern economic development. Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer notes the shift from cheap labor, while board chair Governor Carroll Bell says states must innovate as federal action cannot.
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Hilton Head Island
Southern Growth Policies Board
Puerto Rico
Tion
Louisiana
Buddy Roemer
South
Corporation
For the Development
Board
Gov
Carroll Bell
Kell
Reassessment Appeals Piling Up For Assessors
About 1 804 taxpayers filed appeals with Aiken County for reassessed property values. Tax Assessor Sally Fox said the number is modest given roughly 70 000 reassessment notices mailed. Citizens like Bob Brown and Patrick Shanahan voiced concerns over land versus dwelling values and fair taxation.
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Aiken County
Sally Fox
Bob Brown
North Augusta
Sessor
Brown
Patrick Shanahan
Optimistic Bush Joins Paris Gala
President Bush attends a Paris 200th anniversary gala with Francois Mitterrand to honor the Declaration of the Rights of Man. He voices hopes reform spreads in Poland and Hungary as leaders gather for a seven-nation summit and a formal lunch follows the ceremony.
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Paris
Bush
Europe
Andary
Poland
Hungary
Francois Mitterrand
Place du Trocadero
Mitterrand
Leaders See No Woes On Summit Eve
Paris hosts the seven nation leaders for the 15th annual economic summit amid bicentennial celebrations. Woes from oil crises and inflation ease as focus shifts to environment and Third World debt. Dollar surge cooled by central bank intervention. Brady voices optimism.
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Paris
France
U.S. Treasury
Nicholas Brady
Soybean Nosedive Shocks Growers After Futures Order
A giant station operator denied attempting to corner soybeans and said a Chicago Board of Trade liquidation order undermines contract reliability. Prices nosedived after the unusual move aimed at correcting a contract-supply gap. Growers in Aiken County and Jackson, S.C., weigh options from forward contracts to storage as local farmers assess potential long-range price effects and rebound prospects.
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Station Agricultural
Chicago Board of Trade
Commodity Exchange
Aiken County
Jackson
Roya.steen Jr
Chicago
Sue
Steed
Exchange
Raymond Carmichael
Chicago Sun-Times
Ferruzzi Spa
Europe
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