Soviet missiles hit Beirut palace gardens amid political tension
Three Grad missiles struck the gardens around President Amin Gemayel's Baabda palace as authorities reported no casualties. The attack, attributed to Syrian forces by police, followed Sunni Moslem leaders blaming Christians for Prime Minister Rashid Karami's June 1 assassination, with responsibility unclear. In Washington, Census Bureau experts warned U.S. fertility declined to a new low, 64.9 births per 1000 women 15 to 44 in 1986, unchanged likely in coming years.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Amin Gemayel
Baabda
Rashid Karami
Washington
Census Bureau
Donald E. Starsink
Bureau
Promising Drug Could Transform Transplant Rejection Care
Dr Thomas E Starzl cites FR900506 as far more effective than existing meds in animals for preventing organ rejection. He warns human usefulness may be limited due to dog toxicity when used alone even as trials show success in rat heart transplants and dog liver and kidney grafts.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas E. Starzl
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
University of Pittsburgh
Denver drops Donahue show amid sex content complaints
KCNC-TV will drop the Phil Donahue program in September citing preoccupation with unconventional sex. The Denver Post notes KCNC is the first of about 200 outlets to drop the show over content while WBBM-TV in Chicago plans to discontinue due to poor ratings. Lon Lee, KCNC program director, cites complaints about topics including anal intercourse and homosexuality.
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Denver
Kcnc-Tv
Lon Lee
KCNC
Brooke Shields Graduates With Honors At Princeton
Brooke Shields, Princeton senior majoring in Romance languages and literature, earns her degree with honors during the 240th commencement. More than 1,650 seniors graduate as photographers from around the world vie for pictures, while Shields poses for the cameras with her mother Teri and a bodyguard nearby.
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Princeton
N.J
Brooke Shields
Princeton University
Ms. Shields
Brooke
Teri
Pope urges Poland to honor rural Solidarity accords
In Tarnow, Pope John Paul II appealed to the Polish government to realize the February 1981 rural Solidarity agreements. He cited the need to elevate farmers from second class status and reduce state favoritism toward state farms, urging full implementation of health, education, and social measures and a promised independent farmers union.
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Tarnow
Poland
John Paul II
Solidarity Movement
Solidarity
Rzeszow
Ostrzyki
John Paul
First Lady Flies To Venice Amid Sweden Protests
Nancy Reagan flew from Stockholm to Venice to rejoin the president after a two day anti drug campaign marked by protests over U.S. foreign policy. Demonstrators accused Washington of arming Iran and funding Nicaragua rebels while she pressed drug abuse awareness.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Nancy Reagan
Venice
U.S
United States
Reagan
Gregory Newell
Central America
Iran
Nicaragua
Patricia Finessi
Concert
Ingvar Carlsson
Queen Silvia
Story Yet To Come In Affair Hearings
Washington AP six weeks of hearings and investigations still have not uncovered the full Iran Contras story. The next phase begins June 23 and runs through July with Meese Shultz Weinberger Poindexter and North set to testify. Hamilton says the central question is Reagan's knowledge of the secret plan to aid Nicaragua and divert arms sale proceeds. Rudman cites doubt North acted alone and questions the president's role until North and Poindexter testify.
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Washington
Congress
House
Lee Hamilton
D-Ind
Senate
Edwin Meese III
George P. Shultz
Caspar W. Weinberger
John M. Poindexter
Oliver L. North
Reagan
Nicaragua
Iran
Aiken Standard Classifieds and Contact Info
Subscriptions and advertising options listed with phone numbers for Aiken Standard. Office hours and mailing address provided for the newspaper located at 124 Rutland Drive in Aiken South Carolina.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
Emergency numbers and contact list from Aiken Standard
An emergency numbers list provides contacts for police fire EMS poison control and local services including Aiken Police 649 4121 Aiken Fire 649 2511 and North Augusta Police 279 2121. The notice also lists regional entities and the publisher details for The Aiken Standard established 1867.
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Abused Persons Coalition
Aiken
Aiken Police
Emerg
HCA
Jackson Police
New Ellenton
New Holland
Storm Halts Papal Helicopter Flight In Poland
In Tarnow Poland a violent rainstorm forced Pope John Paul II and his entourage to remain grounded for 40 minutes as military pilots then lifted off in a MI-8 helicopter with reduced visibility. The pope later arrived in Tarnow about an hour behind schedule for an outdoor Mass attended by about two million people.
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Tarnow
Poland
Vatican
Joaquin Navarro
Lublin
John Paul II
Pope
John Paul
Five men questioned in fatal amusement park shooting
Charlotte authorities interview five men believed to be firing an AK47 at a land near Carowinds while a 16 year old girl, Michele Sexton, died and a 6 year old was wounded at the wave pool. The rifle owner turned himself in as investigators probe possible involvement by friends at the range.
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Charlotte
N.C
Mecklenburg County
C.L. Owens
Carowinds
Chip Bailey
Michele Ann Sexton
Rock Hill
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Robert Hyngnen
Mooring Women's Treatment Center
Robert
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Warren B. Rudman
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PBM
North Augusta
S.C. Highway Patrol
Salley
Volun
Wagener Fire
Wagener Police
Heritage
Christiaan Barnard
M.D
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