Soviet minister calls for easing tensions in Europe
Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze arrived in Helsinki for the 10th Helsinki Accords anniversary and urged radical improvement of the tense international climate. He cited the accords as a foundation for mutual understanding and cooperation while outlining a joint effort to protect and strengthen the agreement amid current strains. Shultz due in Helsinki to meet Shevardnadze to discuss human rights arms control and the Reagan Gorbachev summit planned for November.
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Finland
Soviet Union
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Aeroflot
Shevardnadze
Akr
Europe
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
United States
Albania
Shultz to condemn East human rights at Helsinki meeting
Secretary of State George P. Shultz heads for his first talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze to condemn an overall poor East human rights record under the 1975 Helsinki accord. He plans to press dissident treatment and emigration limits while the Soviets prepare to counter U.S. rights critiques.
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Soviet Union
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
U.S
George Shultz
Reagan
Shultz
Helsinki
Washington
George P. Shultz
Europe
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
United States
Moscow
Gerald R. Ford
Anti-Terror Expert Fatally Shot in Madrid Drive-By
The Basque separatist gunman opened fire in downtown Madrid, killing Fausto Escrigas Estrada 60 director general of defense policy and wounding the driver Maj. Jose Marzo, a Defense Ministry spokesman said. The attack marks a brazen strike on Spain’s anti-terror gun squad.
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Spain
Defense Ministry
Jose Marzo
Fausto Escrigas Estrada
Defense Policy
Botha Rejects Meeting With Tutu Urgently
President P W Botha refused an urgent meeting with Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu, citing a tight schedule. Tutu had telegrammed seeking a meeting, to be-invited by him or with other church leaders. Botha plans to meet an Anglican delegation on August 19 led by Archbishop Phillip Russell.
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South Africa
P.W. Botha
Desmond Tutu
Tutu
Botha
Phillip Russell
Cape Town
Israeli strikes hit Bekaa base amid Beirut attacks
Israeli air force jets bombed a Libyan backed faction base in Bekaa Valley igniting a two story command center. In Beirut violence shattered four days of peace with two bombings and sniper fire leaving four dead and two in Tripoli as six Israeli warplanes conducted a ten minute raid at 7 am near Barr Elias on the Beirut Damascus highway.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Bekaa Valley
Tripoli
Barr Elias
Beirut-Damascus
Congress races toward August vacation in urgent week
Congress hastens to finish business before a planned August break. Senate Republican leader Robert Dole pressures a farm bill to the floor despite committee status as lawmakers move toward final passage of several authorization and appropriations bills while deficit talks stall and a federal budget plan remains unlikely this week.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Robert Dole
Kansas
Senate Agriculture Committee
Garcia sworn in as Peru's youngest president
Alan Garcia, a 36 year old lawyer and former congressman, takes office as Peru's youngest president and promises to curb foreign debt payments and pursue peace with guerrillas. The ceremony in Lima was attended by six Latin American presidents and U.S. official James Baker.
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Lima
Peru
Alan Garcia
Garcia
Aprista
U.S. Treasury
James Baker
Plaza de Armas
Tax Overhaul Plan Faces Revenue Shortfall
Reagan’s tax overhaul faces a setback as a Congressional Joint Tax Committee report estimates $25.1 billion in lost revenue from 1986 to 1990. The administration had argued the plan would be revenue neutral, but the deficit problem worsens prompting renewed effort to find extra revenue.
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Washington
Reagan
Congressional Joint Tax Committee
Afghan Quake Measured 7.1 Near Northeast Border
An earthquake with preliminary magnitude 7.1 rattled northeast Afghanistan near the Soviet border, felt as far as northern India and western Pakistan. No casualties or damage reported yet, per seismologists and the U S Geological Survey.
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Afghanistan
Soviet Union
U.S. Geological Survey
Golden
Colo
India
Pakistan
Don Finley
Reagan Back In Oval Office After Cancer Surgery
President Reagan returns to the White House 16 days after colon surgery at Camp David and says he is not afraid of cancer recurrence. He would resign if physically unable to fulfill duties and expects ongoing checkups to monitor recovery.
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Washington
Reagan
Oval Office
Camp David
White House
Hugh Sidey
Time Magazine
George Bush
Steven Ro
Aiken Standard Advertising Contacts and Hours
Classified advertising and news ideas contact numbers for the Aiken Standard. Office address at 124 Rutland Drive shows hours 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday for prepaid advertising.
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Rutland Drive
Emergency Numbers Provided as a Service by Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard offers an emergency numbers service listing vital contacts for police fire medical and public safety agencies in the region. Readers can access quick dial information for local emergency response and essential services.
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Aiken County
Widowed Persons Association
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