Soviet bugging of Moscow embassy delays U S move
Former CIA director James Schlesinger said the Moscow embassy site contains extensive listening devices planted by the Soviets. Deactivating the bugs could take at least 242 years with Soviet cooperation, possibly many decades without it, delaying occupancy of the new embassy. The compound has been under construction eight years, behind schedule and over budget.
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The Taxman Cometh By Way Of Computer
The IRS will expand its two year old electronic filing program next year to allow professional preparers in parts of 14 states to file returns electronically. This could enable many Americans to file from home and receive refunds in about three weeks.
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Weather outlook fair tonight and sunny tomorrow
Fair skies tonight give way to mostly sunny conditions on Wednesday. Lows near 65 and highs near 90 set the pattern for a warm day ahead with clear to partly sunny skies.
Deaths John Anderson Edgefield Anna Hodan Fullerton
Obituary notice reports the deaths of John Anderson of Edgefield and Anna M Hodan of Fullerton California with brief biographical notes and surviving relatives.
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Zoning Request Withdrawn at Crowded Aiken Council Meeting
Controversial rezoning from R-1 to R-1E for 16 acres near Dibble Road Rhone Drive and the Southern Railway was withdrawn after a new legal issue emerged. Tom Biddle requested postponement and then withdrew the proposal citing advisory information from acting city attorney Henry Summerall. About 275 residents had petitioned against the zoning before the meeting.
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Fawn Hall details shredding Iran-Contra papers for North
Former White House secretary Fawn Hall testified about shredding documents and altering papers at Lt. Col. Oliver Norths direction during the Iran Contra affair. She recalled retyping memos to obscure Norths activities, while noting meetings with Reagan and Casey. Immunity was granted in exchange for her testimony.
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Leaders Back Oil Shipping and Nuclear Arms Reduction
Western leaders at the midpoint of their 13th annual summit urged the free flow of oil through the Persian Gulf and backed a plan to eliminate hundreds of nuclear missiles in Europe and Asia. They condemned terrorism, noted a bomb disposal near Venice, and signed a communique outlining East West relations and Gulf policy, while pledging U.N. action on Iran.
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Biden enters race for President from Delaware senator
Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. formally announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in Wilmington Delaware, pledging to confront the nation s perceived decline and offering himself as the one to rekindle idealism. Biden joins five other declared Democrats including Gephardt Babbitt Dukakis and Simon with Gore and Jackson expected to announce later.
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