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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1986
Page
2
New York stocks surge with the Dow Jones closing above 1,800 for the first time since crossing 1,700 three weeks earlier. The gain is led by lower interest rates and oil prices, with 147.95 million shares traded on the Big Board.
In a report from Beirut, Prime Minister Rashid Karami asked Pope John Paul II to intervene with the United States to withdraw Israeli occupation forces from southern Lebanon, as Shiite guerrillas clash with Israeli allied militiamen in a border buffer zone. Separately in Chicago Sears urged bunk bed owners to check supports after two child deaths linked to Brawny beds, one in September and another in December 1983.
U S Rep Derrick and Rep Spratt were the two Democrats from South Carolina who opposed Reagan’s $1050 million Contras aid package as House allies and opponents prepared for another vote in three weeks. Derrick warned of a long costly conflict. Spratt urged negotiated settlement before further military assistance. Other SC members backed the plan.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega denounces the U S House rejection of a 100 million aid bill for Contra rebels as not ending the war but beginning Vietnamization He warns the conflict continues with revolutionary bands fighting and increasing actions while noting they are being beaten A Contra attack disrupted a power plant transformer station cutting electricity in northern Nicaragua
Beirut based report says the Committee of Solidarity with Arab Political Prisoners and the Middle East claimed responsibility for a Paris shopping arcade bombing that killed two and wounded 28. The group demanded the release of Arab prisoners in Paris and Rome, warning of more attacks if unmet. It named Georges Ibrahim Abdallah Waroujan Garbidjian and Anis Naccache as prisoners involved.
Aiken Standard lists phone numbers for subscriptions 649-5316, classified ads 649-1555, news ideas 648-2311, and display ads 648-2311. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays. Mailing address is P.O. Box 456, Aiken, SC 29802.
President Reagan vowed to press the defeat of his plan for $100 million in lethal and nonlethal aid to the Nicaraguan Contras. After the House rejected the package 22 to 210, he called the vote a dark day for freedom and pledged to return with new efforts in the Senate and House. He outlined a $30 million nonlethal and $70 million military aid package and prepared for a White House address with aides available for television appearances.
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