Harriman 94 Ill at Home as Family Says He Is Very Sick
W Averell Harriman 94 a key U S foreign policy figure under five presidents was reported very ill at his Westchester County home by a family representative. Pamela Harriman his third wife was at his bedside as the news broke. Miss Universe 1986 Barbara Palacios of Venezuela was crowned after 77 contestants competed with Miss United States Christy Fichtner of Dallas as first runner up.
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W. Averell Harriman
Statesman
U.S
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New York Daily News
Pamela
Winston Churchill
Harriman
Panama City
Panama
Venezuela
Barbara Palacios
Woman Sentenced to 30 Years in Starvation Case
Debra K. Williams, 26, of Columbia, received the maximum 30 year term after pleading to voluntary manslaughter in the November death of her 3-month-old son James Williams Jr. She had faced murder charges and agreed to tubal ligation after prosecutors agreed to reduce the charges.
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Columbia
John Hamilton Smith
Debra K. Williams
James Williams Jr
Supreme Court Rules Booz Allen Report May Open Ports Suit
The South Carolina Ports Authority may sue Booz Allen & Hamilton over a 1983 consultant report praising Savannah port over Charleston. The SC authority was not consulted for Charleston data and the opinion cites false information on channel depths and bridge clearances.
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Columbia
Savannah
Charleston
South Carolina State Ports Authority
State Supreme Court
Georgia Ports Authority
Booz-Allen & Hamilton
New York
South Carolina Ports Authority
Marlboro County Wins Big With New Prison Plan
Residents react to a $27 million maximum security prison planned for a 160 acre site on South Carolina Highway 9 two miles northwest of Bennettsville. The 600 bed facility promises 350 jobs but raises fears of escapes drug activity and lower property values. Some residents say officials should have consulted locals before selection.
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Bennettsville
Marlboro County
South Carolina Highway 9
Geneva Talks Focus on SALT II Amid Soviet Violations
In Geneva the arms experts meet in a session urged by the Soviets and reluctantly accepted by the United States to address alleged Soviet violations of the 1979 SALT II treaty. Reagan has argued the U S would exceed SALT II limits as cruise missiles deploy on B 52 bombers.
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Geneva
United States
Reagan
Impeachment vote looms for Nevada judge Claiborne
The House prepares to impeach Chief U S district judge Harry E Claiborne an imprisoned tax evader who refuses to resign as in Nixon era. Claiborne faces possible removal after a House vote and potential Senate trial while earning 215 daily from Maxwell A F B prison camp in Alabama.
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U.S
Nevada
Richard M. Nixon
Harry E. Claiborne
Nixon
Senate
Claiborne
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
Ear Biting Clues May Help Police Catch Gunman
A 20 year old carpenter bit off the gunman ear during a struggle after the robber demanded keys at a Los Angeles gasoline station. The gun discharged injuring the owner in the buttocks. The assailant fled, leaving the car with the bite fragment as possible evidence.
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Los Angeles
Willie Wilson
Wilson
Bus explosion in Sri Lanka kills at least 25 in Vavuniya
An explosion destroyed a passenger bus in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, killing at least 25 people. government spokesman said the cause was unclear whether a land mine or an on board bomb triggered the blast.
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Sri Lanka
Vavuniya
Joint Operations Military Command
Peres Arrives in Morocco for Talks With King Hassan II
Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres meets King Hassan II at a private Ifrane airfield 125 miles east of Rabat. Diplomats note a possible step toward wider Arab-Israeli engagement while details and duration of the visit remain undisclosed.
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Morocco
Shimon Peres
Hassan II
Hassan
Peres
Israel
Ifrane
Californians Brace for More Earthquakes After Quake
In Bishop California residents reel from a 6.1 magnitude quake centered near Chalfant Valley that left 50 homeless and damaged every home in the town. Dozens of aftershocks followed this week’s sequence as officials warn of further quakes in the Sierra region.
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Calif
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Nev
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High Sierra
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Chalfant Valley
Oceanside
Palm Springs
Dallas Peck
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William Medigovich
State Office of Emergency Services
Sierra Area
New Trial Ordered For Pair Convicted In Rossi Death
The South Carolina Supreme Court ordered new trials for Benjamin Joyner and Marcellus Pierce in the 1984 murder of USC nursing student Barbara Lynn Rossi. Circuit Judge Harris was faulted for juror instruction that urged premature deliberation. Joyner faces possible death penalty again. Nesmith, not part of ruling, had withdrawn his appeal.
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James Anders
Barbara Lynn
Bobbi”’ Rossi
State Supreme Court
C. Anthony Harris
Benjamin Anthon Joyner
Marcellus Pierce
Anders
Pierce
Joyner
Garner
N.C
Gadsden
William Anthony Nesmith
Raleigh
University of South Carolina
Nesmith
Mith
Miss Rossi
Woodhill Mall
Richland County
Harris
Syria Breaks Ties With Morocco Over Peres Visit
Syria accuses Morocco of treason for hosting Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and announces severing all relations. Damascus denounces Hassan II as betraying Arab dignity and calls on Arab states to take measures, framing Rabat’s move as a grave violation of Arab League unity and will.
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Syria
Morocco
Shimon Peres
Peres
Hassan II
Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin
Rabat
Middle East
Syrian Radio
Hassan
Egypt
Sadat
Israel
Damascus Radio
Judge Orders S C Prisons To Release 500 Inmates
Federal Judge C Weston Houck orders release of more than 500 inmates from South Carolina prisons to ease overcrowding. He allows corrections to pick inmates who pose least threat and rejects delays to comply with the Nelson settlement. Hearing on non compliance continues. no new prisons authorized.
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S.C. Prisons
Columbia
C. Weston Houck
Gary Wayne Nelson
Department of Corrections
Houck
Nelson
General Assembly
Aiken Standard Classifieds and Contact Details
Classified ads via 649-1555 and news tips to 648-2311. Customer service hours 5:30 to 7 and 8 to 10:30 Sundays. Offices at 124 Rutland Drive open 8:30 to 5:30 weekdays. Mailing address Box 456 Aiken SC 29802. Rates listed: 1.14 4.90 14.70 29.40 08.80.
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