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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1987

Page

3

Teens mourn as search continues for missing boy after river flood

Comfort Texas church fills with more than 300 mourners for eight dead and two missing teens from Seagoville Road Baptist Church. John Bankston, 17, Dallas, is still unaccounted for after helping others to safety as the Guadalupe River swept away a bus and van leaving Pot O Gold Ranch camp. Witnesses say he went underwater and may have perished. Leslie Gossett, 14, was recovered earlier Sunday.

Comfort Texas Bible Camp National Guardsmen John Bankston Dallas Guadalupe River Bankston Seagoville Road Baptist Church Mike Lane Michael Smith Tom Mobley Baldh Springs Nathan Benton Benton Leslie Gossett

Torrential floods in Italian Alps kill 14 form deadly landslides

Rescue workers comb mud as helicopters pluck survivors from rooftops across a 150 mile swath from Bergamo to Bolzano after four days of rain. Ten thousand evacuated in Valtellina. 12 killed in Tartano landslide. deaths also reported in Sant Antonio Moricone and Lenne.

Sondrio Italy Italian Alps Switzerland Bergamo Milan Bolzano Tartano Civil Defense Ministry RAI Television Valtellina Sant’Antonio Moricone Brembo River Lenne

Iran France diplomats exchange stalls over court questions

Iran and France discuss returning diplomats after a severed relationship. France demands questioning of Iranian translator Gordji over Paris bombings while Iran summons the French consul to an Islamic court, both sides refusing compromise. Paris fears hostage risk amid the standoff.

Nicosia Cyprus Iran France Jean-Bernard Raimond Paris Tehran U.S Wahid Gordji Gordji Aded Revolutionary Komiteh Raimond Paul Torri Evin

Woman Fights Prostitution In Indianapolis

Glen da E. Chesser, 40, started Maximum Impact from her Carmel suburb home to combat prostitution on her street. Using her computer to track prostitutes and case histories, she coordinates with police and prosecutors to keep cases alive and push for jail terms, claiming more prostitutes jailed in Marion County than ever before.

Indianapolis Glenda E. Chesser Chesser Bill Carmel Maximum Impact Marion County Thomas P. Dakich

Investigators See Rising Forest and Range Arson

Idaho arson fires on public land rise with six fires this summer in national forests and BLM range. Fire officials cite drought, development, and improved investigations as factors while noting costs and property losses. The national trend shows increases from 1983 to 1986 and a sharp rise nationwide last year.

Boise, Idaho Idaho National Forests Bureau of Land Management Gene Benedict Payette National Forest Benedict California Great Basin Utah Nevada

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