Hopelands Features Civic Ballet in Gardens
The Aiken Civic Ballet presented by the Aiken Recreation Department performs at Hopeland Gardens as part of the Hopeland Gardens Concert series. The 7 p.m. show features pieces including Chopin Concerto variations Aurora's Variation and Three Chairs with Carl Crosby directing. rain backups at H. O. Weeks Center.
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Aiken Civic Ballet
Hopeland Gardens
Aiken Recreation Department
H. O. Weeks Center
Carl Crosby
Aurora
Aiken Mother Faces Son’s Back Injuries with Wry Patience
Aiken mother calmly reflects on her accident-prone son who has broken many bones after a fall and only left a few unbroken. Her sense of humor stands in contrast to the concern of loved ones as a granddaughter vows to share all her pencils and Bubblegum with her grandmother.
Pope John Paul II Celebrates 61st Birthday in Hospital
Pope John Paul II marked his 61st birthday while recovering from gunshot wounds in Rome. Doctors planned moving him to an ordinary room and he attended Mass in ICU with Cardinal Confalonieri presiding. A second Mass was planned at Gemelli Hospital as he remains feverish but improving.
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John Paul II
Giancarlo Castiglioni
Castiglioni
Vatican
St. Peter’s Basilica
Christendom
College of Cardinals
Carlo Confalonieri
Gemelli Policlinico
Czestochowa
Poland
Karol Wojtyla
Krakow
St. Peter’s Square
U S envoy seeks Saudi help as Syria and Israel clash
U S envoy Habib returns from a Saudi push amid Beirut fighting over Syrian missiles in Lebanon. Assad vows to resist Israeli attacks, as Camp Begin says no war deadline and Peres stresses missile removal. Saudi signals cautious restraint while missiles pile in Bekaa valley.
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Lebanon
U.S
Philip C. Habib
Saudi Arabia
Hafez Assad
Sana
Assad
Israel
Menachem Begin
Habib
Syria
Begin
Shimon Peres
Labor Party
Peres
Riyadh
Khaled
Bekaa Valley
Associated Press
Alex Etty
Chta
Push for Votes in Columbia Spurs National Rights Drive
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson rallies nearly 1000 in front of the Strom Thurmond Federal Building urging extension of the Voting Rights Act and fuller black political representation. He cites dilution by gerrymandering and at large voting while warning Thurmond will block extensions. The act’s preclearance provision for Southern states could expire next year without renewal.
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Columbia
Jesse Jackson
Edgefield County
Jackson
Edgefield
Thurmond
Sen
R-S.c
Senate Judiciary Committee
South Carolina
Congress
Senate
Greenville
Chicago
Operation
PUSH
U.S. Justice Department
Hunger Striker Near Death in Northern Ireland Clash
IRA hunger strike in the Maze prison nears death as Raymond McCreesh, 24, enters day 58 without food and shows signs of advanced weakness. Patrick O Hara also 58 days without sustenance, with McCreesh’s family visiting. two earlier strikers, Sands and Hughes, have died. Thatcher government maintains policy against granting political status.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Raymond McCreesh
Republican Army
Sinn Fein
McCreesh
Maze
Britain
Patrick O’hara
Bobby Sands
Francis Hughes
Margaret Thatcher
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Aiken
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Louis Rukeyser
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Republic of Ireland
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