Democrats seek healing as leadership races begin
House Democrats aim to fill the No 2 and No 3 posts after ethics turmoil that toppled two leaders. Gephardt favored for majority leader. a tight whip race pits Gray against Bonier with reports of an FBI probe. Anthony trails. In Beirut, Israeli warplanes hit Syrian controlled hills near Eshamoun. In Moscow, Adm Crowe urges mutual US-Soviet arms cuts to proceed from strength.
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House
Richard Gephardt
Missouri
White House
Ed Jenkins
Georgia
FBI
William Gray
D-Pa
Democratic Caucus
David Bonier
D-Mich
Bonier
Beryl Anthony
D-Ark
Beirut
Lebanon
Voice of the Nation
Eshamoun
Kremlin
Adm
William J. Crowe
Soviet Union
United States
Crowe
Voroshilov General Staff Military Academy
Ex-Chief in Mexico Surrenders
Jose Antonio Zorrilla Perez, a former chief of a federal police agency, surrendered two days after a warrant was issued for the 1984 slaying of Manuel Buendia, a crusading newspaper columnist. District Attorney Ignacios Morales Lechuga confirmed the arrest after taking Zorrilla to his office from an upper-class neighborhood.
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Mexico City
Ignacios Morales Lechuga
Jose Antonio Zorrilla Perez
Morales
Zorilla
Manuel Buendia
Argument Ends In Four Deaths In Florence
Florence four people died and others injured after an argument over a sick child escalated to gunfire. Ettrie Gaskins, 48, killed three residents at a neighbor’s trailer, then shot himself. He died later at McLeod Regional Medical Center from self inflicted wounds.
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Florence
Ettrie Lavon Gaskins
Laura May Stevens
Florence County
William C. Barnes
Judy Tanner
Gaskins
Bobbie Ledbetter
Robert Ledbetter
Wanda Ledbetter
Traaler
McLeod Regional Medical Center
Eston Clark
Fire Fatal for 1-Year-Old and Grandmother in Conway
A Tuesday night blaze in Conway killed 1-year-old Tammy Marie Caulder and her grandmother Lelia Mae Soles. Fire officials said an unattended pan on the stove started the fire and firefighters arrived at 7 22 p.m. Neighbors reported smoke and flames from the brick house and alerted authorities.
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Conway
Tammy Marie Caulder
Lelia Mae Soles
Tony Hendrick
Hendrick
Aiken Standard Subscription Rates and Contact Info
Subscription options listed for Aiken Standard include monthly three month six month and yearly plans with prices 5.40 16.20 32.40 and 64.80 plus all payments to Aiken Standard-PBM. Customer service numbers and office address are provided for circulation and changes.
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Aiken Standard - Pbm
Gorbachev Seeks Deeper Ties With West Germany
Gorbachev praised Germany in Bonn for a new friendship pact and urged West German leaders to fund large Soviet projects. He pushed for closer economic integration and higher technology transfers to rebuild the Soviet economy, while Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen urged immediate reform.
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Bonn
West Germany
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Cologne
Deutsche Bank
Alfred Herrhausen
Gorbachev
Stuttgart University
Iid
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Church Bus Collision Kills One in South Carolina
A truck driver failed to stop at a stop sign near Belton South Carolina collided with a church minibus carrying seniors. Etherleen Watson 60 of Anderson died on arrival at Anderson Memorial Hospital. 31 others were injured, 13 kept overnight.
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Anderson
State Highway Patrol
South Carolina
Belton
Andy Rand
Anderson County Emergency Medical Service
Pearl Davidson
Etherleen Watson
Anderson Memorial Hospital
Robert Graham
Graham
Seabrook Plant Begins Nuclear Fission Amid Delays
Seabrook New Hampshire officials announced the plant’s first atomic fission after years of regulatory delays and protests. The facility, completed in July 1986 after a budget rise to 6 billion, received a low power testing license and reached 5 percent output before a brief valve issue.
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Seabrook
N.H
Thomas Edison
Edward Brown
Brown
Seabrook Station
Woomer Awaiting Execution In Death Penalty Case
Victims and family members prepare as Ronald Rusty Woomer faces imminent electrocution for a 1979 crime spree that killed four. Attorneys seek delays while Gov. Campbell and the state Supreme Court options are explored. U S Supreme Court action could halt the Friday execution.
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Ronald
Rusty
Woomer
Carroll Campbell
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Mark Dillard
Travis Medlock
Dillard
Federal District Court
Della L. Sellers
Georgetown
Colleton
Horry
Eugene Skaar
Huntington
W.va
President Bush Vetoes Minimum Wage Bill En Route
President Bush vetoed the minimum wage bill within minutes of arrival at the White House on Air Force One. The rapid action prompted remarks about a possible first faxed veto, though no machine was involved. The veto message was sent to Congress by 2:38 p.m. as leaders prepared for press conferences.
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Bush
White House
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Nebraska
John Sununu
Air Force One
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Capitol
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Augustus Hawkins
Calif
Senate
George Mitchell
Kennedy
House
Thomas S. Foley
Mitchell
Foley
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