Soviet Syria space mission lifts off to orbit
A Soyuz capsule carrying two Soviet cosmonauts and Syria’s first spacerocketed into orbit from the steppe. Syrian Lt. Col. Mohammed Faris and cosmonauts Alexander Viktorenko and Alexander Alexandrov will circle Earth for two days and. Docking with Mir is planned alongside Yuri Romanenko and Alexander Laveikin who have been aboard for months. The mission marks Soviet solidarity with Syria following the Challenger disaster.
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Moscow
Syria
Mohammed Faris
Israel
Alexander Viktorenko
Alexander Alexandrov
Faris
Mir Space Station
Yuri Romanenko
Alexander Laveikin
Soviet Union
U.S
Kremlin
Middle East
Postal workers approve new three year contract offer
The United States Postal Service sends a new contract offer with a seven percent wage increase over three and one third years to the two largest unions for ratification. Negotiations lasted through two nights with leaders Sombrotto Biller and Tisch announcing the settlement and praising the deal for the service and the public.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Vincent R. Sombrotto
National Association of Letter Carriers
Sombrotto
Moe Biller
American Postal Workers Union
Preston R. Tisch
Postal Service
Tisch
Weather Outlook Keeps Skies Clear Tonight
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny and hot with a high in the upper 90s. Tonight's skies stay fair with a low in the 70s.
Deaths of Florence Hawkins Hood Prater Turner
Florence Hawkins and Dorothy F Hood are listed among deaths in Washington DC North Augusta Saluda and Aiken with details on Page 10B. Rev James M Prater of Saluda and James W Turner of Aiken are also named among the deceased with notice directing readers to Page 10B for full details.
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Florence Hawkins
Washington, D.C
Dorothy F. Hood
North Augusta
James M. Prater
Saluda
James W. Turner
Aiken
Inflation nudges up as energy drives June CPI rise
The June consumer price index up 0.4 percent, lifting six month inflation to 5.4 percent annual rate. Gasoline and electricity climbed, with energy up 16.7 percent for six months. food costs rose 0.7 percent in June and 4.4 percent year to date while core CPI rose 0.2 percent. The dollar’s firming underpins hopes inflation will ease, though rapid currency declines could spark new price pressures.
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Washington
Aiken County Budget Passage With Seven Mill Increase
Republicans and Democrats joined to pass the 1987 88 Aiken County budget after a tense session. A 9 0 vote to reconsider followed a 9 0 failure to pass earlier with seven mill tax increase. Council members faced cuts and calls for unanimity before final approval.
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Aiken County
Ray Garvin
Carrol H. Warner
Warner
Rosemary English
Medwell Hill
Ralph F. Cullinan
Eugene Duckett
Television Host Turns Woods Into Classroom
Twenty USC Aiken Young Scholars visited Hitchcock Woods guided by Nature Scene host Rudy Mancke. Dr. Mary Leslie Hudson notes the program targets talented youth with sessions by botanist Harry Shealy biologist Hugh Hanlin and psychologist Ed Callen.
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USC Aiken
Young Scholars
Nature
Hitchcock Woods
Rudy Mancke
Mary Leslie Hudson
Harry Shealy
Hugh Hanlin
Ed Callen
Hudson
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