Libyan agency corrects claim on pilot body washing ashore
Libya's official news service JANA said the downed U S Air Force pilot's body washed ashore in Tunisia after earlier misreporting it near Benghazi. BBC monitoring noted the correction placing the body on Bin Qirdan shores in Tunisian territory. Another American airman was reported found May 6 near Al Zawiyah.
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Libya
Tunisia
British Broadcast Corp
JANA
Benghazi
BBC Today
bin Qirdan
al-Zawiyah
Tripoli
Crime touching U.S. households falls to new low in 1985
The Justice Department reports 1985 saw about 22.2 million American households affected by crime of violence or theft, down from 22.8 million the prior year and the lowest level in a decade. High income and urban households faced greater risk, with black households showing higher vulnerability than whites.
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Washington
Justice Department
Department
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Warmth and scattered storms forecast through Friday
Scattered thundershowers and warm temperatures continue through Friday with mostly sunny skies. Lows in the 70s and highs in the 90s, cooling slightly by Friday. Details on Page 10A.
Deaths of multiple individuals listed in Aiken area notices
The obituary column lists Miriam B. Applewhite Aiken Martha R Baker Augusta Leroy Gathers Augusta Melvin G Hess Beech Island Ruth F Phillips Jackson Charlie Mance Jr Washington D C Norman Mosley Brooklyn N Y E Ray Norris Steifeltown Paul Randall Aiken Grady L Rushton Jackson Jean Nannie Saunders North Augusta W Frank Stevens Aiken Mack L Varney North Augusta details continued on Page 8B.
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Miriam B. Applewhite
Aiken
Martha R. Baker
Augusta
Leroy Gathers
Melvin G. Hess
Beech Island
Ruth F. Phillips
Jackson
Charlie Mance Jr
Washington, D.C
Norman Mosley
Brooklyn
N.Y
E. Ray Norris
Steifeltown
Paul €. Randall
Grady L. Rushton
Jean Nannie Saunders
North Augusta
W. Frank Stevens
Mack L. Varney
Public sentiment mixed on Statue of Liberty celebration
A Harris poll of 1,250 adults finds 81 percent express interest in the July Fourth event but many see it as overly commercial. A 49-43 percent plurality says corporations seek too much publicity for helping pay for restoration. Critics say private funding diverts attention from national problems.
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Harris
U.S
ABC Television
Honor student among five killed in Aiken County weekend incidents
Curtis Lamount Bryant of Aiken and a Cheraw boy, both students in an honors program at the College of Charleston, are feared drowned after trouble in the water near Folly Beach. Volunteers, divers, and rescue squads searched until after sunset as officials confirmed two 14 year olds missing. Bryant, a rising ninth grader at New Ellenton Middle, was noted by English teacher Mildred Coleman for his kindness and leadership. The victims were part of a Governor's School Mini-Session tied to a larger residential honors program for about 240 seniors.
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Aiken
Curtis Lamount Bryant
Cheraw
College of Charleston
Folly Beach
Coast Guard
Folly Beach Public Safety Department
Charleston County Volunteer Rescue Squad
Bryant
Folly
Mildred Coleman
Ms. Coleman
Curtis
New Ellenton Middle
Coleman
Democratic Party Names Verenes Executive Director
J Chris Verenes, 30, named state Democratic Party executive director after serving as director of the North Augusta Business and Technology Center. He aims to focus on issues like textiles and economic development, bring business perspectives into the party, and boost turnout among younger voters. Verenes holds an MBA from USC Columbia and has worked in education and textiles before joining BTC networks in 1985.
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Chris Verenes
Verenes
State
Democratic Party
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Don McElveen
George Bush
South Carolina
Carroll Campbell
Columbia
Usc-Columbia
Aiken County
Riegel Textile Corp
Riegel Textile
Business and Technology Center
Party of Progress
Richard W
Riley
Michael R. Daniel
Phil Lader
Ike Daniel
Eati
BTC
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