Army moves to prepare tilt-rotor aircraft option
Washington AP reports the Army is authorized to begin work on mission equipment for a new helicopter generation while selecting an independent contractor to evaluate airframe technologies. A tilt-rotor option remains under consideration alongside traditional rotary-blade craft. Meanwhile a U S delegation travels to Hanoi to address MIA issues tied to Vietnam War missing servicemen.
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Washington
Army
Richard P. Godwin
Godwin
Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
John Vessey
Reagan
United States
Vessey
Reagan's Memorial Day tribute to fallen service members
President Reagan honors U S military with a note of solemn pride and gratitude. He recalls the debt owed to those who left home to serve and especially to those who fell in battle after the USS Stark incident.
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Washington
Reagan
U.S
Stark
Persian Gulf
America
Armed services beat recruitment targets but retention dips
The Army Air Force Navy and Marine Corps enlisted 152000 personnel in the first half of the fiscal year, surpassing a 150900 goal. Only the Air Force showed higher retention rising from 75 percent to 79 percent, while other services fell short of reenlistment targets.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Boone weighs brief PTL hosting stint amid ministry turmoil
Pat Boone says he could step in as host of the PTL Club if executives need him while Falwell and Bakker era changes unfold. He noted he would not seek a permanent role and would require a convincing case from church leaders.
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Advance
N.C
Pat Boone
Boone
Mnotu Varvalilla Wwi
Durham
Jerry Falwell
PTL
Jim Bakker
Falwell
Bakker
Richard Dortch
Roanoke, Va
Texas
Mike Evans
Assemblies of God
Fort Worth
Roanoke Times & World News
Newsweek
Fort Mill
Six Die In Chicago Apartment Blaze
A basement apartment fire in Chicago at about 2 a.m. killed six people including four children and left another child in critical condition. The fire was confined to a bedroom and caused by unknown factors as investigators assist in the probe. No smoke detector was found in the unit and a witness described a scene of chaos and tragedy.
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Hong Kong
Chicago
Fire Department
Jerry Lawrence
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Karen Shepherd
Lawrence
Samuel Williams
Senator Claims Officials Sold Fiction On Contra Fundraising
At Iran Contra hearings Senator Warren Rudman charged the Reagan administration with creating a fiction that it did not solicit Contra funds. Donors Ellen Garwood Joseph Coors and William O Boyle testified they gave 24 million for weapons after Lt Col Oliver North briefed them as Carl Channell sought contributions. Investigators found a private proposal in Norths White House safe outlining a scheme to move U S high tech goods to Israel for arms to the Contras and other fighters in Afghanistan Angola and Cambodia.
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Nicaragua
Reagan
Oliver L. North
Carl R. “‘Spitz
Channell
Sen
Warren Rudman
R-N.h
Senate Investigating Committee
Ellen Gar
North
White House
U.S
Israel
China
Afghanistan
Angola
Cambodia
Senate weighs AIDS funding in budget debate
The South Carolina Senate debated a 600000 allocation to the health department to slow AIDS deaths as part of the 1987 88 appropriations act. Richland Democrats pressed for the aid while budgeting remaining red ink and potential revenue shortfalls. The chamber paused near 9 pm and planned to resume work, aiming to finish before adjournment two weeks hence.
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Columbia
Senate
State Health Department
South Carolina
Isadore Lourie
Richland County
Lindsay
House
Aiken Standard Contact and Postal Details
Emergency numbers are provided as a service by the Aiken Standard. The paper is published weekday afternoons and Sunday by Aiken Communications Inc. in Aiken South Carolina with address and postal details for subscriber changes and mailing.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
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