Divers recover Challenger spacesuits and deck debris
Divers retrieved unused spacesuits and parts of Challenger's flight deck while the USS Preserver returns with astronaut remains and personal effects. The recovered items may help determine causes of the shuttle disaster as autopsies are observed and debated by NASA and state authorities.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Trident
Patrick Air Force Base
Brevard County
NASA
Air Force Base
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Weather Outlook With Thunderstorms Tonight
An 80 percent chance of thundershowers tonight with a low in the mid 50s. Tomorrow brings a 70 percent chance of thundershowers and a high in the low 70s. Details appear on Page 8B.
Local Deaths Listed for Several Cities
Death notices for Roger Curry of Decatur Burley P Carver of Batesburg Ray C Dutton of Lancaster Nell W Newsome of Graniteville Stansell S Hutto of Dearing Abigail M Leland of North Augusta Jacob E Mills of Warrenville Queen Esther Hickson of Aiken appear among page 11A details.
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Roger Curry
Decatur
Burley P. Carver
Batesbury
Ray C. Dutton
Lancaster
Nell W. Newsome
Graniteville
Stansell S. Hutto
Dearing
Abigail M. Leland
North Augusta
Jacob E. Mills
Warrenville
Queen
Esther Hickson
Aiken
Violent South Storms Leave Toll With Tornadoes
A three day spree of violent thunderstorms across the Deep South spawned more than 55 tornadoes from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes. In Alabama and Mississippi five and eight twisters were seen. two killed in Alabama and numerous injuries reported across Texas Mississippi Louisiana and Tennessee. National forecaster Bill Barlow notes ongoing damage and high winds across multiple states with total losses nearing $30 million and at least eight deaths in the initial wave.
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Deep South
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
South
Alabama
Mississippi
Bill Barlow
National
Kansas City
Texas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Plains
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Barlow
Tornado Safety Rules and Recent Destruction Report
Safety guidance urges shelter in basements interior rooms and sturdy furniture during tornadoes. Recent storm near Pickens County caused two deaths as a Cessna? tornado knocked chimney onto homes and mobile homes, damaging about 30 houses with 10 severely. Sheriff and officials describe widespread destruction and limited injuries.
Space Lab Link Planned in Soviet Space Mission
Moscow reports two cosmonauts Kizim and Solovev launched from Baikonur on Soyuz T-15 to form a link with the Mir space station. The mission marks the first manned flight since the Challenger disaster and includes live television coverage in the USSR and the United States.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Baikonur Space Base
Kazakhstan
Soviet Central Asia
Kizim
Vladimir Solovev
Tass
Soviet Space Laboratory
Mir
Solovev
Earth
United States
U.S
Jean-Loup Chretien
Rakesh Sharma
Aiken Native Warther Given 30 Year Drug Sentence
Scott Warther of Aiken, labeled a drug kingpin, receives 30 years without parole and a $100,000 fine plus forfeiture of South Carolina properties. Co-defendants include Jon Warther and David Flanagan with sentences from four to six years for conspiracy to import marijuana. Federal cases cited Broward and Palm Beach links and a Jamai ca to Beaufort shipment in 1982.
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Gainesville
Fla
Aiken
Scott Warther
South Carolina
Warther
Florida
Jon Warther
David Flanagan
Kevin Woodward
Paul Kersten
Ft. Lauderdale
Kersten
Bahamas
William Lane
Columbia
Donald Mcvean
St. Petersburg
Pris
Larry Lane
William Phillips
Kississimee
Panama City
Jamaica
Beaufort
Eddie Johnson
Carrabel
Edward LeGree
Frogmore
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AY Clary
Pacer Rally
Abby
Acton
Ind
Steve Jarrett
Jarrett
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Associated Press
Pickens
Virginia Kennedy
Sheriff's
Tim Poole
Space Lab
Roxiie Ervasti
Ben Allen Morris
Tallahassee
Doug Paxton
Richland County
Broward County
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
B. Henderson Johnson Jr
Barry Johnson
Scott Narther
James Sheehan
Flanagan
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