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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1986
Page
2
Washington appeals court awards 750000 to a Maryland teen born with a deformed right arm, signaling a possible shift in hundreds of lawsuits against Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals over Bendectin. The decision follows prior trials and consolidations in Cincinnati, where about 800 families were involved.
Closing arguments begin Tuesday in Phoenix for 11 sanctuary movement members charged with conspiring to smuggle Salvadorans and Guatemalans into the United States. Prosecutors allege refugees, government says they sought jobs. Defense rested after lengthy trial and jury work, with no witnesses called.
New York AP reports a broad corruption probe has led to bribery charges against a top city official. The case exposes a web of alleged misconduct that may take years to untangle, involving Donald Manes, Queens president, and a second official described as a co conspirator who killed himself two weeks earlier.
Angeles AP reports comic relief benefit aims to aid the homeless with a three hour show at the Universal Amphitheater hosted by Billy Crystal Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams. The event streamed live on HBO from 9 p.m. to midnight and taped for West Coast viewers. Forty top comedians including Steve Allen Sid Caesar Jerry Lewis Madeline Kahn John Candy Bette Midler and more were scheduled to perform.
Eight people died when a gray car carrying four collided head on with a red car carrying five near McEntire Air National Guard Base in eastern Richland County. Among the dead were a Spartanburg family of five and three from the Easter area, including a seven months pregnant mother. A bystander and coroner described efforts to rescue victims as flames consumed both vehicles.
Easter weekend featured egg hunts fashion parades and horse racing with 40 000 fans at the Carolina Cup in South Carolina plus a 20th Governor's Frog Jump in Springfield a beach crowd of 325 000 at Grand Strand and a Robin Williams Whoopi Goldberg Billy Crystal benefit at the Universal Amphitheatre. The Rev G Richard Lobs III of St Mark's Episcopal Geneva Ill urged spiritual renewal and Reagan noted no Easter plans at the California ranch. A Sun day peace demo at Van Denberg AFB in Santa Barbara County also occurred.
Six defendants including three Bulgarians and three Turkish extremists were acquitted in Rome after a 10 month trial over the May 13, 1981 attempt on Pope John Paul II. The verdict cited insufficient proof of a Soviet inspired conspiracy, leaving open whether others aided Mehmet Ali Agca. Agea proclaimed himself divine as the verdicts were read.
Augustine Volcano near Anchorage woke Saturday resuming eruptions but shifting winds carried ash away from cities. Debris lingered over Anchorage and Kenai, choking breathing and delaying Easter travel as health alerts persisted despite record snowfall and limited climate impact.
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