Kenyan MP claims AIDS origins in United States
A Kenyan member of parliament told colleagues AIDS began in the United States and reached Kenya via U S sailors in Mombasa. Government officials and the Daily Nation report the claim as part of ongoing uncertainty about AIDS origins, noting early African antibodies in stored 1960s samples.
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Nairobs
Kenya
United States
U.S
Mombasa
Daily Nation
Nairobi
Europe
Actors Seek Strike Authorization to Push TV Film Talks Forward
Negotiators for over 90 000 actors aim for leverage after a vote that authorizes a possible strike. Talks on a three year contract covering major movie and prime time TV productions resume this afternoon. Guild members approve walkout while a smaller group votes against. No strike deadline set.
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Los Angeles
Screen Actors Guild
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Guild
Mark Locher
Castro says U.S. Bolivia action hints at wider intervention
Cuban leader Fidel Castro told a crowd of about 100000 in Sancti Spiritus that the dispatch of U.S. troops and helicopters to Bolivia could be a dress rehearsal for a larger future military intervention. He dismissed claims the action would affect U.S. drug use and warned narcotics smuggling ends only with demand removal.
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Bolivia
Trial Ends In Textbook Veto Case In Tennessee
In Greeneville Tennessee eight days of testimony concluded a federal suit by seven families seeking to exempt their children from standard school texts on religious grounds. Both sides anticipate a U S Supreme Court challenge regardless of the judge ruling. The dispute centers on whether parents may veto what their children read at school. Two Washington interest groups funded the trial.
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Greeneville
House tax writers push Senate to redraw tax bill plan
House tax writers prepare to send Senate negotiators back to the drawing board as they seek a $26 billion revenue package to move negotiations on a landmark tax overhaul bill forward. After a Sunday break, 22 negotiators return for their seventh day. The key issue is crafting legislation that does not worsen the federal red ink.
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Washington
House
Senate
Attackers Blast Hole In Berlin Wall
Unidentified assailants in West Berlin blasted a hole in the Berlin Wall at about 2:30 a.m. The hole measured just over one square yard and shook nearby buildings as police investigated the explosive type used.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Associated Press
Howe To Resume Talks With South Africa
British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe met with Enos Mabuza a homeland leader, resuming efforts to spur talks between South Africa's government and the black majority. He planned to meet Zulu leader Chief Buthelezi later, during a week-long regional tour.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Geoffrey Howe
Enos Mabuza
Pretoria
Howe
Peg Buthelezi
Mabuza
Buthelezi
Zambia
Botswana
Lesotho
Swaziland
Wholesale Buyers Shun Alar Treated Apples
Wholesale buyers are shunning apples treated with the pesticide daminazide sold as Alar due to safety doubts. The EPA sought to remove Alar because tests linked its breakdown products to cancer in lab animals, while growers tout redder fruit and longer shelf life.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Fitzgerald Listed In Fair Condition
Singer Ella Fitzgerald, 68, was hospitalized in Niagara Falls after falling ill in her hotel room. Doctors diagnosed congestive heart failure and she remained under care at Niagara Falls Medical Center with expected several days of treatment.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Ella Fitzgerald
Miss Fitzgerald
Niagara Falls Medical Center
Annie Chapman
TV Satellite Dishes Making Comeback After Scrambling
Rural and suburban households invested in backyard satellite antennas in the early 1980s but signal scrambling in 1986 crippled the market. CSP International projects a modest rebound with 19,000 second half 1986 sales and 3.5 to 5 million installations by 1990, while dealers in rural areas lead the revival.
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Washington
John R. MacDougall
Ocala
Fla
Captain Midnight
CSP International
Joe Boyle
SPACE
CSP
Congress Set to Debate Money and Tax Overhaul
Congress will focus on how to raise and spend money and how much taxpayers keep as the tax code is reworked. Senate hearings begin on William Rehnquist as chief justice amid sanctions talks against South Africa, with House and Senate tax negotiators racing toward a final bill.
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Washington
South Africa
Senate
Reagan
Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist
United States
House
Titanic Pictures Prove Tough Yet Stunning Undersea
Woods Hole scientist Stew art E. Harris notes color slides and videotape of the Titanic reveal remarkable underwater images despite pitch black depths. Researchers face back scatter from particles, using lights placed far from the camera to reduce fog like reflections in deep ocean photography.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Ist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Harris
Democrats Victorious In Thailand Election
In Bangkok, unofficial Radio Thailand returns show the Democrat Party leading with 101 seats of 347, forming a potential core of a coalition. Opponents Thai Nation won 63 seats while coalition partners total at least 79. four minor parties shared remaining seats amid a volatile post election bargaining period.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Prem Tinsulananda
Radio Thailand
Democrat Party
Democrats
Thai Nation
Social Action Party
Siddhi Savetsila
Thai Citizens Party
Progressive Par- 4
Prem
The
Bangkok Post
Aiken Standard Subscription Rates and Contact Numbers
Advertising and subscription details for the Aiken Standard with phone lines for classified ads and news tips. Subscription options include 3, 6, and 12 month plans with all payments to Aiken Standard-PBM Subscription. Customer service hours listed for weekdays and Sunday.
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Aiken Standard
PBM
Emergency numbers page from the Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard lists local emergency contacts including Poison Control South Carolina Highway Patrol Salley Fire Salley Police Sheriff’s Department and multiple city services with phone numbers. The notice details the newspaper’s publishing information and regional services.
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Poison Control Center
S.C. Highway Patrol
Salley Fire
Salley Police Sheriff's Department
Long Dista
Abused Persons Coalition
Aiken
Aiken Police
Emerg
HCA
Jackson Police
New Ellenton
New Holland
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