Death penalties for two men in Le case issued in Charlotte
In Charlotte, NC, a jury sentenced Ronnie Howard and Dana Weldon to death for conspiracy, kidnapping, armed robbery and murder in the August killing of Vietnamese refugee Chinh Thi Nguyen Le. The verdict followed a five hour and twenty minute deliberation and a scheduled October 17 execution date, with automatic appeals.
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Greenville
Chinh Thi Nguyen le
Charlotte
N.C
Tu le
William Traxler
Ronnie Howard
Dana Ricardo Weldon
Weldon
Howard
I DeQuincey Newman Freeway Named in South Carolina
The state renamed South Carolina Highway 27 as the I DeQuincey Newman Freeway to honor civil rights leader and first black state senator of this century. The 74 mile route connects downtown Columbia with I 77. About 120 people attended the Sunday dedication at the Department of Health and Environmental Control grounds near the highway. Newman was an African American Methodist minister and NAACP field director 1960 to 1969, winning a state senate seat in 1983 after a special election.
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Columbia
South Carolina
I. DeQuincey Newman
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Newman
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
State Senate
NOW Targets Clinic Violence With Legal Action and Protests
The National Organization for Women announced a nationwide campaign to combat abortion clinic violence through courtroom litigation and street protests. NOW will focus PAC efforts on defeating anti abortion referendums and urge chapters to keep holding conferences and demonstrations supporting abortion rights.
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Denver
National Organization For Women
All Now
Bar Leader Sees Tort Reform Possible in State
South Carolina Bar president Brantley Harvey says tort reform may occur but vows lawyers will oppose special interest driven changes. He warns the public could lose a proven system for compensating those wronged. Harvey takes Bar leadership July 1 after induction at the annual meeting.
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Columbia
New South Carolina
Brantley Harvey
Harvey
Beaufort
American Bar Association
Reagan Seeks High Level Talks With Soviet Leader
Washington AP Reagan seeks renewed high level talks with Mikhail Gorbachev amid signals for a possible summit and disputes over the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. Reagan described a conciliatory letter to Gorbachev as friendly and offered no timing for a Shultz Shevardnadze meeting.
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Washington
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Camp David
George Shultz
Eduard Shevardnadzo
Marine One
White House
Albert Brashear
Gorbachev
Brashear
Shultz
Shevardnadze
U.S
Arthur A. Hartman
Moscow
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Geneva
Shooting in Spartanburg County Leaves 3 Dead
An 18 year old acquaintance shot two men in a Saxon community street dispute. Danny Wayne Brice 20 and Marvin Larry Parham 18 died from gunshot wounds. A bystander woman suffered a fatal heart attack. Guy Cleveland Foster Jr. 18 was arrested on two counts of murder and jailed without bond.
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Spartanburg
Spartanburg County
John Blackwood
Tal
Spartan County
Steve Lanford
Danny Wayne Brice
Marvin Larry Parham
Lanford
Guy Cleveland Foster Jr
Blackwood
Ann P. Moore
Spartanburg General Hospital
Foster
Sanford
Brenda Brice
Danny Brice
Afghan Rebels Seek More U S Support in Washington
Afghan Resistance Alliance leaders arrived in Washington seeking increased political and military aid from the United States to sustain their guerrilla war against the Marxist government and Soviet forces. They met at an Alexandria rally and planned talks with President Reagan, Vice President Bush, and Secretary Shultz to press for more help and to defend their culture and Islamic faith.
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Washington
U.S
Afghanistan
United States
Reagan
Masood Khalili
Istabad
Pakistan
Alli
Alexandria
Henry Kriegel
George Bush
George Shultz
France
Britain
One Third of Employers Restrict Smoking
Washington RP a survey shows nearly one third of U S employers in the last five years adopted policies restricting smoking at work. Of 662 private employers surveyed 36 percent had policies, 2 percent planned to implement by year's end 1986, and 21 percent were considering. Only 2 percent banned smoking entirely on company property and 15 percent banned it in open work areas. Many policies split areas into smoking and non smoking sections or permit smoking unless a problem arises.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Bureau of National Affairs
American Society For Personnel Administration
Nly
OPEC Fails To Reach Target Prices Stable
OPEC did not meet its spring target of voluntary cuts in oil production and no major cutbacks are expected before summer. Analysts expect an oil glut with prices around 13 to 15 dollars a barrel, possibly dipping to 10, as members diverge on restraint. Saudi Arabia hints at a cycle shift toward a new oil boom by the 1990s, with ministers set to meet June 25 at Brioni.
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Pennsylvania
Edmund McDermott
Scranton
Presbyterian University Hospital
Pittsburgh
Jesse
Calvin
McDermott
Brussels
Belgium
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum’ Exporting Countries
Kuwait
Nigeria
United Arab Emirates
Internationalnergy Agency
Saudi Arabia
Libya
Algeria
Iran
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Adriatic
Brioni
Yugoslavia
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Information
Aiken Standard lists subscription and advertisement contact numbers 649 5316 649 1555 648 2311 and office hours 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m weekdays 8 00 to 10 30 a m Sunday. Office address 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29802 Box 456 mailing address provided.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
PBM
North Augusta
Abused Persons Coalition
Aiken Fire
Aiken Police
Emerg
S.C. Highway Patrol
HCA
Aiken Regional Salley Fire
Salley Police
Sheriff’s Department
Jackson Police
Long Dince
New Ellenton
New Holland
Wagoner Fire
Wagoner Police
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Fulland Drive
Aiken
S.C
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