Recount Under Way in South Carolina Senate Primary
The first statewide recount in SC history opens to resolve a 425 vote gap between Melvin Purvis and Cecil Williams in the Senate race. Purvis leads 145,968 to 145,543 as ballots from 1,786 precincts are tabulated with FBI scrutiny sought over possible irregularities.
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South Carolina
U.S. Senate
Melvin Purvis
Florence
Orangeburg
Cecil Williams
Strom Thurmond
Purvis
Williams
FBI
Storms and Tornadoes Hit Wide Regions With Power Loss
The double-barrelled storms from the Rockies to New England caused hurricane winds, grapefruit hail, and 18 deaths this week. More than 40,000 homes lost power and flash floods trapped cars up to five feet deep as heat moderated briefly across the East Coast.
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New England
New York
Carolinas
Senate blocks deeper cuts to Reagan space shield plan
The Senate defeated a bid to reduce further the cost of President Reagan's space shield program by 100 million dollars. The 47-45 vote leaves Congress unlikely to approve the full funding despite criticism of the project.
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Washington
Reagan
Pope Arrives In Bern After Youths Pose Tough Questions
Pope John Paul II arrives in Bern for talks with Protestant leaders and the Swiss Federal Council after a night of tough questions from Swiss youths in Fribourg about the church, women, priests, and married life. He plans a visit to St Nicholas von Flue birthplace.
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Switzerland
John Paul II
Fribourg
Federal Council
Fluek
Nicholas von Flue
John Paul
Netherlands Approves Conditional NATO Missile Deployment
The Dutch parliament endorsed a cabinet plan to accept U S cruise missiles on a conditional timetable. It sets an 1988 deployment deadline, allows reducing missiles if arms talks succeed, and leaves open the possibility of deploying none if Soviet moves shift the balance.
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U.S
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Soviet Union
Ruud Lubbers
Lubbers
Wind gust forces USAir DC-9 to hard landing in Detroit area
Fifty five people escaped serious harm when a USAir DC-9 skidded onto grass after a wind gust during a storm delay at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. One passenger hospitalized and four treated for minor injuries. Passengers describe a sudden drop and sideways slide during the abortive landing with 50 passengers and five crew aboard.
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Usair
Detroit
David Shipley
Washington, D.C
Don Wheeler
Springfield
Mass
John Wheeler
Alma Guthrie
Mendon
Great Smoky Mountains Park Turns 50 This Week
GATLINBURG Tenn AP The Great Smoky Mountains National Park marks its 50th anniversary with 5 000 expected visitors at a Friday celebration. Since opening 208 million people have visited the hazy ridges along the Tennessee North Carolina border. Park officials note the roadways opened after Congress authorized the project on June 15 1934 and Civilian Conservation Corps workers helped build facilities from 1933 to 1940. The ceremony at Newfound Gap will recreate the dedication by President Roosevelt with governors Alexander and Hunt proclaiming 1984 the Year of the Great Smokies.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tennessee- North Carolina
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North Carolina
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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John Cook
Newfound Gap
Gatlinburg
Lamar Alexander
James B. Hunt Jr
Baby Selling Felony Bill Nears Final Passage
The South Carolina Senate moved a bill to make selling a baby a felony with up to 10 years in jail and a $10,000 fine The last hurdle is a legal question over excluding financial settlements in child custody cases from the law Senator Nick Theodore backs the measure as likely to become law The bill follows a January 13 incident in which a Greenville County woman said a Simpsonville couple paid her $1000 for her baby but later recanted
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South Carolina
Senate
Nick Theodore
Greenville
Greenville County
Simpsonville
Paternity Suit Against Chad Everett Reaches Supreme Court
A 12 year old paternity suit against actor Chad Everett has been appealed to the U S Supreme Court. Attorney Daryl Warmer says the appeal seeks compulsory blood tests to prove paternity with 99 9 percent certainty. Actress Hermione Gingold opened a floating Harrods store aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 in New York after a Southampton to New York voyage.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Daryl Warmer
Dale Everett
Hermione Gingold
London
Harrods Department Store
Southampton
England
New York
Aiken Standard Office Hours
Aiken Standard offices at 124 Rutland Drive are open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Emergency Contact List For Aiken Community Area
A list of local emergency and public safety numbers includes Aiken Community Hospital 649 7911 and county services. It covers Volunteer Fire Departments 648 6811. Aiken County Sheriff 648 6811. Emergency Medical Services in Jackson Graniteville New Ellenton and North Augusta Fire Police and related agencies.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken County
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