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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1985
Page
2
Rescue efforts move scores of bodies from the North Atlantic as forensic teams begin autopsies to determine the crash cause. Investigators consider crime links to a possible explosion on the Toronto to London flight carrying 329 aboard.
One hundred fourteen teachers compete for a seat on the Challenger mission in NASA s teacher in space program A five day crash course begins today with twenty judges narrowing to ten after Wednesday interviews The winner earns a seat on the January 22 1986 shuttle flight States and territories are represented with two teachers each.
Los Angeles reports the average U S pump price increased a quarter to a cent over two weeks despite lower international crude costs. Dan Lundberg of the Lundberg Letter notes motorists pay about 1.24 dollars per gallon this week, up nearly 10 cents from February. He surveys 17,000 stations nationwide every two weeks.
In Houston two homemade bombs exploded at 11 30 p m Saturday after services at the DAR US SALAM mosque in a strip center. Officials say hostility linked to the Lebanon hostage crisis and misperceptions about Islam contributed to the attack causing about 50 000 dollars in damage.
Police at the Rubens Hotel Buckingham Palace Road found a five-pound timed bomb believed planted by the Provisional IRA. Cmdr Simon Crawshaw said the device was set to explode days in the future and officers followed an anonymous tip to the scene.
Ann Poston, 38, leaves Florence for Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore awaiting a compatible heart. The mother of two learned on her 16th wedding anniversary that without a transplant her heart could fail within a year.
Narita airport investigators probe a luggage container blast that killed two handlers and injured four. officials consider a possible link to the Air India crash in the Atlantic while Ottawa and Ottawa officials urge caution about a connection. gunpowder reaction noted in metal shards as officers guard the cargo area near passenger bag carousels.
Beiruti Shiite leader Nabih Berri holding 40 American hostages in Beirut demands U S ships withdraw from the eastern Mediterranean before any release. He links hostage talks to the pullout and to broader Lebanese prisoner releases amid the 11 day crisis following the TWA hijack.
Muhammad Abdul Aziz also known as Norman 3X Butler is released today after serving slightly more than the 20 year minimum for a 1965 Malcolm X assassination conviction. The former Black Panther member was among three men convicted in the murder.
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