Allendale alligator attack injures Barnwell teacher
Margaret Zeigler a 34 year old Barnwell Elementary teacher was attacked by a 7 foot alligator while swimming in Three Runs Creek near Allendale County. She suffered a broken arm and was treated at University Hospital in Augusta in fair condition. Wildlife officials shot the alligator and recovered the carcass the following day.
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Allendale
Barnwell
Savannah River
Mike Creel
South Carolina Department of Wildlife and Marine Resources
Margaret Zeigler
Creel
Inflation Threat: Budget Deficit Hinders Policy Tools
A House subcommittee warns that failing to cut the federal budget deficit could limit how much monetary policy can curb inflation. The report notes inflation may not be transitory as CPI rose 5.6 percent in five months, with higher risks if deficits persist.
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Washington
Congressional
House Subcommittee On
Group seeks penalties against GM over lost Fiero records
The Center for Auto Safety urged NHTSA to impose civil penalties on General Motors for failing to retain engine fire documents from a 1984 Pontiac Fiero task force. The group asked for a probe of possible criminal violations if records were destroyed after the NHTSA investigation began. GM spokesman Don Postma said the documents could not be found but that GM reconstructed and supplied available information.
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Washington
General Motors Corp
Center For Auto Safety
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA
Don Postma
Detroit
Panel Criticizes FDA Handling of Merital Approval
A House Government Operations report says the FDA did not adequately weigh foreign experience before approving Merital, an anti depressant later withdrawn after serious allergic reactions. The drug, approved December 31, 1984, was produced by Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals Inc. and withdrawn about a year later.
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Washington
House
Food and Drug Administration
United States
House Committee On
FDA
U.S
Hoechst-Roussel Pharmaceuticals Inc
New Jersey
Man Dies After Apologizing in Louisiana Electric Chair
Celestine, 30, calmly faced execution in the electric chair after apologizing to the Richard family for raping, beating, and strangling Marceline Richard, 81, six years earlier. Witnesses included Robert and John Broussard, Sister Helen Prejean, and defense attorney Millard Farmer. Celestine died seven minutes after the chair was activated.
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Angola
Willie Celestine
Louisiana
Marceliane Richard
Richard
Celestine
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Hilton Butler
Robert
John Broussard
Helen Prejean
Millard Farmer
Atlanta
Medicare rehab payments questioned over eligibility
A GAO report finds insufficient documentation in 9 percent of outpatient rehabilitation cases raising questions about Medicare coverage of speech and physical therapy. The agency notes many underdocumented services likely were not eligible for reimbursement and urges review by health officials.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
GAO
William Roper
Health Care Financing Administration
Medicare
Bakker says affair was brief and amist with Tammy Faye
Tammy Faye Bakker tells the San Francisco Examiner she and Jim Ben friends and lovers and the Florida motel tryst with Jessica Hahn lasted 16 minutes. The Bakkers fight to regain PTL control in Fort Mill after leaving in 1980.
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San Francisco
Tammy Faye Bakker
Jim
PTL
Bakkers
Fort Mill
S.C
Bakker
Jessica Hahn
Florida
Egyptian FM urges Israel to join international peace conference
Egyptian Foreign Minister Esmat Abdel-Meguid arrives in Israel calling for a broad based peace conference under U.N. auspices. He meets Palestinian leaders and argues for unity amid a divided Israeli coalition.
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Tel Aviv
Esmat Abdel-Meguid
Lebanon
Abdel-Meguid
Ben Gurion International
U.N
Egypt
Middle East
Kurt Waldheim
Waldheim
United States
Justice Department
Balkans
Sarah Itzhaki
Knesset
Shlomo Hillel
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
Jerusalem
King David Hotel
Hillel
Ms. Itzhaki
Associated Press
Afghan Leader Meets Gorbachov at the Kremlin
Afghan leader Najib meets Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow during a brief visit. Tass notes no agenda details. The conflict around 115,000 Soviet troops persists as rebels and Afghan forces clash despite a six month cease-fire extension.
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Moscow
Afghanistan
Kremlin
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Tass
Najib
Gorbachev
Portugal's Cavaco Silva Wins First Majority in 13 Years
Prime Minister Anibal Cavaco Silva leads the Social Democrats to a parliamentary majority with about 50.4 percent of the vote and 144 seats, ending a string of hung parliaments and short lived governments since 1974.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Anibal Cavaco Silva
Social Democrats
NBC Maintains Hard Line in NBC Strike Fourth Week
NBC and the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians press toward impasse as union members, about 2800 workers, strike over work rule changes. NBC says its final offer stands. a federal mediator schedules a meeting in a bid to restart negotiations.
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New York
NBC
Phil Donahue
Connecticut
Network
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
Timothy Germany
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Information
The notice lists subscription and advertising phone numbers and office hours for the Aiken Standard. It provides the office address at 124 Rutland Drive and the mailing address P O Box 456, Aiken SC 29802. Regular hours are 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday to Friday and 8 to 10 30 a m Sunday.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
Stland Drive
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