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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1984
Page
2
Testimony to a Senate Banking subcommittee identifies up to 200 million dollars annually flowing to the regime as crucial foreign currency. Detectives customs officers and Vietnamese immigrants testified while avoiding full names, noting fears of publicity could hamper aid to distant families.
Washington AP report says Hispanic leaders vow to continue efforts to block immigration legislation that passed both chambers after a close 216 211 House vote. Rep Roybal expresses elation while Rep Edwards warns the fight is not over as sponsors expect Reagan to sign the bill.
In San Jose the Costa Rican bombing that killed four and wounded 27 at a news conference by Nicaraguan rebel Eden Pastora remains unsolved. Police issued an international warrant for a man posing as a Danish photographer, whose identity and whereabouts are unknown, as authorities search for others involved.
Government planes and helicopters bombed guerrilla positions in San Vicente and San Salvador provinces while rebels struck an important northeastern city. President Duarte said a national security council of military and civilian members will be named within 10 days to develop a unified strategy to address the conflict and related issues.
Beverly Sills proclaimed Wolftrap alive as 1,100 guests in black tie applauded the $18.7 million amphitheater. The new Filene Center at Wolftrap Farm Park in Vienna recalls the 1971 design with a copper roof and added backstage facilities after the 1982 fire.
Thicke and Loring, married 13 years, cite irreconcilable differences. They have two sons Brennan and Robin. Loring stars on Days of Our Lives. Thicke hosts Thicke of the Night.
Severe storms lash the South and Midwest floodwaters surge across Kansas Missouri Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota. Two men drown in Missouri floods as Idaho volunteers shore up a breached earthen dam at Mud Lake Reservoir. Crop losses exceed 430 million with Iowa facing 350 million in damages alone.
A four member United Nations monitoring group arrived in Baghdad to oversee the ceasefire pact prohibiting attacks on civilian areas by Iran and Iraq. One team will stay in Baghdad and another near Iran, with observers from Ireland Finland Sweden Ghana Austria and Malta. Both sides accuse each other of violating the moratorium as Basra and Abadan reports surface.
Congressional negotiators weigh a one year freeze on hospital and physician fees under Medicare to cut deficits. The plan includes a limit on what doctors can charge patients if costs are passed through, and would fund Medicaid expansion for poor women and children.
President Reagan proposes a National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime to use computerized techniques at the FBI Academy in Quantico Virginia. The center will study repeat killers and patterns across jurisdictions and include cases such as child abductions sexually oriented homicides rapes and arsons with an estimated startup cost of 2.5 million over 16 months.
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