FAA increases surveillance on airlines amid labor disputes
FAA chief Allan McArtor says the agency will boost oversight of carriers facing labor issues to safeguard safety. He noted more inspectors on Eastern Airlines after conflicting pilot and management reports, with attention also on Northwest and United amid disputes.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Allan McArtor
McArtor
FAA
Eastern Airlines
Northwest
United
Medicare to Cover Mammography Under Stark Proposal
House subcommittee chair Rep. Pete Stark proposes adding mammography screenings to Medicare despite an estimated 200 million annual cost. OT A official notes costs of screening and workups may surpass saved treatment costs but could save lives. If 30 percent of women 65 to 74 screened annually, breast cancer deaths could drop 22 percent by 2000 and 2,500 late-stage cases avoided yearly from 1990 to 2020.
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Washington
House
Pete Stark
D-Calif
Ways and Means
Medicare
Office of Technology Assessment
Reagan loses Weinberger as defense secretary in turbulent time
Jane Weinberger confirms Caspar Weinberger will resign as secretary of defense amid White House concerns. The move marks a personal setback for President Reagan as his administration faces crisis, with Weinberger remaining one of the original Cabinet members still serving alongside Samuel Pierce. The Times interview disputes health reasons for the resignation.
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Washington
Caspar Weinberger
Defense
White House
Reagan
Weinberger
New York Times
California
Samuel Pierce
Housing and Urban Development
Jane Weinberger
the Times
Walsh to Review Swiss Bank Records in Iran Contra Case
Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh will promptly review 66 pounds of Swiss bank documents obtained in Switzerland after an 11 month delay. The records relate to accounts tied to Oliver North, Richard Secord, Albert Hakim, Manucher Ghorbanifar, and other Iran Contra figures.
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Washington
Lawrence Walsh
Walsh
Switzerland
National Security Council
Oliver North
North
Air Force
Richard V. Secord
Secord
Albert Hakim
Manucher Ghorbanifar
National panel urges ban on drinking by commercial drivers
A National Academy of Sciences panel urged a total alcohol ban for bus and truck drivers and harsher penalties. It recommends lowering the intoxication level from 0.10 to 0.04 percent, suspensions for any alcohol, and license loss penalties of one year for first offenses and permanent for second. States would lose part of federal highway funds if they refuse the national standard.
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Washington
National Academy of Sciences
Congress
NAS
Academy
Research Council
Department of Transportation
Dollar sinks to record low against yen on Asia markets
The dollar dropped to 136.80 yen in Tokyo before closing at 137.25, a record low since modern rates. The Nikkei fell 298.07 points to 23,060.53 as Tokyo and Hong Kong stock indexes slumped. Dow Industrials closed down 50.56 after a prior 102 point drop.
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Asia
Wall Street
London
Japan
Tokyo
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Kiichi Miyazawa
United States
Yoshio Ogawa
Nikko Securities
Bank of Japan
U.S
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Unemployed chemist held without bond over threats to Reagan and Shultz
Edward Lewis Gallo 41 of Worcester Massachusetts is jailed without bond on federal and state charges for transporting a weapon across state lines to threaten public officials. He faced a psychiatric evaluation after arrest in a Washington motel with multiple firearms including an AR-15 and shotguns.
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Shultz
U.S
Jean Dwyer
Edward Lewis Gallo
Worcester
Mass
Massachusetts
Washington
Gallo
Mossberg
State Department
Rose Gallo
Reagan
John Finnigan
Arthur Levesque
Levesque
George P. Shultz
Education Secretary Threatens to Expel Schools Over Loan Defaults
Secretary Bennett threatens to cut federal student aid to colleges and trade schools with default rates above 20 percent. He released a campus by campus list for FY 1985 showing 32 percent of institutions over 20 percent with 500 above 50 percent. He orders reviews and directs audits on high-defaulters while noting taxpayer costs and shared responsibility. The analysis highlights wide variance by state and type of institution.
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Washington
Secretary of Education
William J. Bennett
Bennett
West Virginia
Bennett’s Department
West Virginia State College
West Virginia University
Beauty Colleges
California
University of California At
Los Angeles
Berkeley
Soviet scientist Sakharov says truth is risk and necessity
Andrei Sakharov, Nobel laureate and dissident, told Moscow News that speaking truth is risky yet essential. The interview, the newspaper’s first prominent feature since his return to Moscow, covers his views on openness, democracy, and the Cuban missile crisis, noting his past exile and stance on Gorbachev reforms.
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Moscow
Andrei D. Sakharov
Kremlin
Moscow News
Sakharov
Yelena Bonner
Cuba
Stalin
Gorky
Afghanistan
Aiken Standard contact and subscription details
The Aiken Standard lists phone numbers for subscriptions 649-5316 deliveries 649-1555 news ideas 648-2311 and display ads 648-2311. Offices at 124 Rutland Drive open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday with P.O. Box 456 as mailing address.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Emergency numbers service from the Aiken Standard
A list of emergency numbers for local services including Poison Control, S C Highway Patrol, Salley and Wagener departments, sheriff and fire units, and a widow’s association. The Aiken Standard since 1867 is published weekdays and Sundays by Aiken Communications Inc at PO Box 456, 124 Rutland Drive, Aiken SC 29802.
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Salley Fire
Salley
Volunt
Wagener
Wagener Police
Aiken
Aiken Communications Inc
Rutland Drive
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