Molqi retracts confession in Achille Lauro case
In Genoa the defendant Youssef Magid al Molqi denied that Klinghoffer was aboard and called the case a frame-up between Americans and Syrians. Prosecution says pirates planned killings to force demands. Klinghoffer’s body found off Syria. In Washington a Senate vote on landmark tax overhaul nears final passage after days of amendments.
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Genoa
Italy
Leon Klinghoffer
Achille Lauro
Klinghoffer
Youssef Magid al-Molqi
Syria
Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Bob Dole
Bkan
Spartanburg Native Recovers After Heart Transplant
Spartanburg native John Sands a 59 year old retired NASA engineer from Huntsville Alabama is listed in stable condition after receiving a heart transplant Tuesday night at the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham. He received the heart of a 23 year old North Carolina man who died from an accidental gunshot wound.
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Spartanburg
North Carolina
John Sands
NASA
Huntsville
Ala
University of Alabama Hospital
Birmingham
FDA approves Orthoclone OKT-3 to halt kidney transplant rejection
Government scientists report a 94 percent success rate for the cloned antibody drug Orthoclone OKT-3 in stopping acute kidney transplant rejection. The FDA approved the treatment Thursday and research suggests it may prevent rejection of other transplanted organs as well.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FHA Waits On Congress For Money For Mortgage Insurance
The Federal Housing Administration halted new mortgage applications after exhausting its credit ceiling for the second time this year. Congress hesitates as Thurmond and Grassley sought to attach urban aid grant delays to the FHA bill, then dropped the tactic, leaving authority to insure mortgages in limbo.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Congress
FHA
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Toddler Recovers After Second Heart Transplant
A 3-year-old boy, Nicky Carrizales of San Antonio, Texas, tolerated a second heart transplant after the first failed and is on kidney dialysis. Dr. Bruce Branson, chair at Loma Linda University Medical Center, said the child remained warm and pink and shows encouraging physiological signs two days post operation.
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Loma Linda
Calif
Nicky Carrizales
San Antonio
Texas
Bruce Branson
Loma Linda University’ Medical Center
Ex FBI Agent Miller Seeks Appeal After Espionage Conviction
Richard W. Miller, the only FBI agent ever convicted of espionage, faces possible life in prison but cheerfully anticipated an appeal of the guilty verdict in his second trial. He spoke of the court of appeals as he left the Los Angeles court with folders of papers. Miller, a 20 year veteran in counterintelligence at the FBI Los Angeles office, was convicted of spying for the Peru Union. sentencing scheduled for July.
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Los Angeles
Richard W. Miller
FBI
Court of Appeals
President of Cheese Firm Jailed Over Food Poisoning Case
Gary McPherson, 45, president of Jalisco Mexican Products Inc., receives 30 days in jail, two years probation, and an $18,800 fine in Los Cerritos Municipal Court for offenses tied to California's deadliest food-poisoning epidemic linked to tainted cheese. He must report to jail on August 1.
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Bellflower
Calif
California
Los Cerritos
James Pearce
Gary McPherson
Jalisco Mexican Products Inc
Therapy Machine Malfunctions Kill Patient in Texas
Two Therac 25 cancer treatment machines malfunctioned in Texas and Georgia, exposing three patients to excessive radiation last spring. One 33 year old man died three weeks after overexposure at East Texas Cancer Center. another 66 year old man was treated after the malfunction at a Dallas hospital. The East Texas Cancer Center has ceased using the equipment.
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Tyler
Texas
Georgia
East Texas Cancer Center
Dick Higginbotham
East ‘Texas Hospital Foundation
The
Cancer Center
Dallas
Supreme Court Rules Sexual Harassment Illegal in Workplace
Women groups hail a unanimous Supreme Court ruling that sexual harassment on the job violates Title VII and creates a hostile environment. Justice Rehnquist states the decision clarifies liability for employers and supports new proceedings in a Meritor Savings Bank case.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Fredda Merton
Albany
N.Y
Center For Women In Government
Joanne Hustead
William H. Rehnquist
Rehnquist
Reagan
Warren Burger
District of Columbia
Meritor Savings Bank
Peru Soldiers Break Rioting Prisons Kill 250
Soldiers retook three Lima area prisons after bloody dawn assaults by guerrillas. Officials confirmed about 250 Shining Path insurgents killed at Lurigancho and El Fronton, with female prisoners at Santa Barbara reported unharmed after hostages were released.
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Lima
Peru
Shining Path
Lurigancho
el Fronton
Callao
Santa Barbara
Associated Press
Alan Garcia
Curfews Clamp Down on South African Townships
Dozens of black townships face new curfews from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. as unrest grows amid a state of emergency. A white man Lodewyk Viooh is found dead. 48 killed since the emergency began. Authorities bar details on detainees and restrict reporting. Desmond Tutu attends a treason trial wedding in Delmas as detentions rise.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Leon Meller
Pretoria
Lodewyk Viooh
Uitenhage
Viooh
Bureau For Information
Port Elizabeth
Soweto
Louis le Grange
Law and Order
Desmond Tutu
Archbishop of Canterbury
Terry Waite
Delmas
Lazarus More
Cyanide tainted Excedrin deaths trigger reinvestigation
Officials reopen six deaths after two victims in Auburn die of cyanide poisoning and tainted Extra-Strength Excedrin capsules are found. Authorities link the cases, urge consumers to return capsules, and note a nationwide Bristol-Myers recall and FDA warning.
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Seattle
Bruce Nickell
Corinne Fligner
King County Medical Examiner's
Elizabeth Sue Snow
Auburn
Jim Detrick
Bristol-Myers
P.O. Box
Baltimore
Food and Drug Administration
Aiken Standard Contact Information and Hours
Aiken Standard provides phone numbers for subscriptions and classifieds 649 5316 649 1555 and news ideas 648 2311 with display ads. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m weekdays and 8 to 10 30 a m Sunday at 124 Rutland Drive Aiken SC 29802 boxed for mailing.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Emergency Numbers Service Notice
The Aiken Standard provides emergency numbers as a service. Published by Aken Communications Inc with post office box 451. second class postage paid at Aiken South Carolina.
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Aiken
Aken Communications Inc
P.O
Aiken, S.C
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