Train collision at unmanned crossing kills nine near Lockington
A four car train carrying passengers struck a van at an unmanned rail crossing in Lockington England killing nine and injuring 42. One coach overturned and officials feared entrapment but later found no additional victims as fire crews lifted the wreckage. The van driver and a 10 year old son were among the seriously hurt. The Bridlington Hull service carried nearly 200 people when it struck the grade crossing and three cars derailed.
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Lockington
England
British Rail
Bridlington
Hull
Lockington Village
Roosevelt To Debate Empty Chair In Boston TV Slot
Roosevelt Jr. planned a one on one debate with Joseph P. Kennedy II for the Democratic primary seat of retiring House Speaker Thomas P. O Neill Jr. Kennedy refused to appear, so Roosevelt aired a pre taped segment showing him debating an empty chair in a Boston television slot costing about seven thousand dollars.
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Boston
John F. Kennedy
James Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wnev-Tv
Joseph P. Kennedy II
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Kennedy Kennedy
Kennedy
Tax negotiators make little progress on overhaul plan
Washington AP reports congressional negotiators made little headway Saturday in drafting a compromise tax-overhaul. Eleven senators on the conference panel agreed on 14 items to raise 26 billion dollars over five years to cover a 21-billion-dollar deficit in the Senate bill and add 5 billion dollars in tax relief for middle-income taxpayers.
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Washington
Reagan
Senate
Reagan Sees Strong Economy Despite Short-term Slowdown
President Reagan in a White House radio address says the U.S. economy remains solid and that recent slower growth is temporary. He cites tax reform uncertainty on Capitol Hill as a key cause of business hesitation and notes forthcoming legislation as positive news.
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Washington
Reagan
U.S
White House
Capitol Hill
Refugees Face New Barrier as SA Elects Border Fence
Thousands of Mozambique refugees endure mines from their civil war as South Africa moves to energize a 15 mile border fence from Komatipoort to KaNgwane. The fence aims to deter crossings with varying voltage settings by day.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Mozambique
Kruger National Park
Komatipoort
KaNgwane
Citizen
Eastern Transvaal Command
Daminozide Pesticide Debated Amid Store Boycotts
The EPA could not ban daminozide also sold as Alar which makes apples redder and storages longer. Safeway and Giant halted purchases in reaction to consumer activists led by Ralph Nader, marking a rare move to shun chemically treated crops without regulatory compulsion.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Safeway
Alar
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Ralph Nader
Geisinger Foundation Holds Tobacco Stock Amid Cancer Role
Geisinger Foundation, operator of Geisinger Medical Center, owns 8000 shares of R J Reynolds and 400 shares of Philip Morris. Market values stood at about 420,960 and 29,350 respectively as of Friday. Spokesman Mark Lloyd gave the totals. no overall portfolio value was provided. The center runs one of Pennsylvania's largest cancer programs and a smoking cessation effort.
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Danville
Geisinger Foundation
R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc
Philip Morris
Geisinger
Mark Lloyd
Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise
Reynolds Holdings
Philip Morris Investments
Lloyd
Foundation
Geisinger Medical Center
Pennsylvania
Diamond returns to Cordova couple after 15 years
In Cordova Alaska Collette Pettit lost her wedding diamond after 15 years of marriage. Doug England found the stone in a chicken gizzard while washing gizzards at the Pettits homestead. The couple planned to have the diamond reset in the ring.
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Cordova, Alaska
Collette Pettit
Doug
Mrs. Pettit
Cordova
Prince William Sound
Anchorage
Release of Priest Fr Martin Jenco Ends 564 Days Captivity
Jenco family in Joliet celebrates after confirmation of the priest’s release from captivity in Lebanon. Bells ring and champagne flows as Jenco phones home from Damascus, with plans for a reunion in Wiesbaden West Germany and notes of other hostages still missing.
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Mae Michelich
Jenco
Mrs. Franceschini
Andy Michelich
State Department
West Germany
Sherry Hayes
Paul Simon
Illinois
Washington
Wiesbaden
Mihelich
Beirut
Lebanon
Bekaa Valley
Syria
Joseph Jenco
Andy Mihelich
David Jacobsen
Thomas Sutherland
Mae Mihelich
Joe Jenco
Sue Franceschini
Lawrence Martin Jenco
Joliet
Ill
Damascus
Custer
Lawrence Jenco
Associated Press
George Armstrong Custer
the Little Bighorn
Jacobsen
Huntington Beach
Calif
American University Hospital
Aiken Standard Contact and office hours
The notice lists subscription and advertising phone numbers for the Aiken Standard and notes office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday. It provides the physical address at 124 Rutland Drive and mailing address Box 456, Aiken, S C 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Rutland Dive
Aiken Sc
Aiken, SC
Aiken Standard Emergency Numbers List
Emergency numbers provided as a service by the Aiken Standard include 648-7000 648-1346 258-3700 258-3449 648-6811. The paper notes its long history since 1867 and publication details in Aiken South Carolina.
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