Reagan Wins Allies Backing For Talks With Soviets
At the Bonn summit the seven major democracies endorsed U S Soviet arms control talks in Geneva and a future Reagan Gorbachev meeting. They urged constructive behavior to reach meaningful reductions and a stable military balance while pledging to uphold peace and freedoms worldwide despite tension and discord at the meeting.
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Beirut Fighting Escalates Amid Sniper Exchange
In Beirut tensions flare as snipers fire from tall buildings and militias clash along the demarcation line. Warplanes overhead as Israeli jets reportedly document militia preparations. Police report six killed and 41 wounded in dusk-to-dawn fighting, raising the toll since Sunday. Barbir Hospital was shelled causing damage but no patient injuries.
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Voice of the Nation
Cuban Advisers Return Home From Nicaragua
About a hundred Cuban military advisers arrived in Havana after leaving Nicaragua as a peace gesture. In Managua Defense Minister Humberto Ortega said Nicaragua would not step back in its relations with Cuba and would request return of advisers if needed to fight aggression.
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Hutton admits law breach in check kiting scheme case
E F Hutton & Co chairman says the firm unknowingly broke the law by overdrawing accounts while a Justice Department official accuses the brokerage of bullying banks to run a multimillion-dollar check kiting scheme. The firm pleaded guilty to 2000 counts of mail and wire fraud and agreed to a 2 million dollar fine plus 750000 for investigation costs. From July 1 1980 to February 28 1982 it overdrew about 4.3 billion and at times exceeded 250 million daily, using interbank transfers as interest free loans.
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Justice Department
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Justice Department approves sex study on portrayal of children
The Justice Department approved a revised project to study the effects of children's representation in three popular sex magazines. It will examine depictions with fairy tale figures and with influential adults such as police officers doctors and clergymen under a cooperative agreement with American and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The study could cost taxpayers up to 734371 dollars.
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Kent State remembers 1970 May 4 killings on campus
In Kent Ohio on the Kent State University campus a warm spring scene contrasts with a memory of May 4 1970 when Ohio National Guardsmen fired 61 shots in 13 seconds at protesting students. Four students died and nine were wounded in the national trauma over the Vietnam War.
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Hannibal Prepares for Mark Twain 150th Birthday Celebration
Hannibal officials expect about 750000 visitors for the 150th birthday of Mark Twain. The celebration marks the first American author to attain worldwide critical acclaim with events planned across the town.
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Missouri
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Twain
Jobless rate holds at 7.3 percent in April
Government figures show civilian unemployment at 7.3 percent with over 8.4 million out of work. April saw 215,000 new jobs, led by service and construction gains while manufacturing fell, and high tech suffered large losses.
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GOP Pledges New Plan to Cut Deficit
The GOP vows a different deficit reduction approach aiming to cut at least 50 billion dollars next year as Senate Republicans back a nonbinding tax resolution and approve a 17.7 billion dollar cut to the administration’s military buildup. The move comes as Reagan's 1986 budget is dismantled in the Senate.
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Congress
Spinning Cellophane Ball Marks Space Mission Milestone
The Challenger crew reaches halfway in the seven day mission as a one inch cellophane ball spun by sound waves signals success in reviving a key fluids experiment. Astronauts Wang and Lind celebrate power restoration on the Drop Dynamics Module while 12 of 15 experiments operate and the team readies for final days at Edwards Air Force Base.
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Aiken Standard Offices Open Weekdays
The Aiken Standard offices at 124 Rutland Drive operate from 8 30 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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