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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1986
Page
2
A car bomb exploded outside a Phalange Party office in Christian east Beirut killing at least eight and injuring 39. Moslem militias fired rockets into two Christian neighborhoods, with two deaths and 15 injuries in Ash rafiyeh and Wani areas.
Five people, including three children, were killed when wild elephants trampled a mud hut in Thalipara village in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Police said the sleepers inside the hut were unaware until the animals attacked.
In Neuss West Germany a major blaze destroyed Nissan's main storage hall causing 17.3 million in damage. The fire started in the afternoon and raged for hours as 30 firetrucks fought the flames. Cause remains under investigation.
Baltimore police say a man fled his home after Derek E. Torain, 21, was found stabbed to death. William Lawrence Burwell, 4, is charged in the fatal stabbing and is held without bail.
The Associated Press reports six of seven Challenger astronauts have been identified. NASA officials declined comment while relatives say they have been notified and await official confirmation as forensic examination continues at Cape Canaveral.
The Supreme Court ruled 5 4 that military dress codes may take precedence over religious freedoms, upholding a ban on a yarmulke for Orthodox Jewish airman Simcha Goldman. Justice Rehnquist described the aim as fostering discipline and esprit de corps, while dissenters urged Congress to intervene. Goldman, now a psychologist in Los Angeles, had warned the decision reflects insensitivity to minorities.
A former Marcos New Society Movement group denounces Mrs. Aquino’s interim constitution as void and without force. They vow further action while Aquino pushes to enact a new constitution within about a year to restore democracy.
Philippine envoy Pedro Yap said he would meet Swiss Justice Ministry officials to decide legal steps to recover funds Marcos allegedly salted away. Aquino officials estimate Marcos moved 5 to 10 billion dollars over 20 years, with documented Swiss accounts totaling tens of millions.
Aquino's move involves meeting Monday to decide on reconvening the assembly or pursuing an alternative course of action. The plan centers on how to proceed after the prior decision and what steps follow.
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