Knight Ridder to buy State-Record Co for 311 million
State-Record Co in Columbia signs an agreement with Knight Ridder Inc to sell for about 311 million dollars about 51 dollars a share for roughly 6 million Class A and B shares The deal requires state-record shareholders approval and was signed by Ben R Morris and Alvah H Chapman Jr after a board meeting The State-Record Co also owns several newspapers and printing operations.
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Columbia
State-Record Co
Knight-Ridder Inc
Ben R. Morris
State Record Co
State
Columbia Record
Knight-Ridder
Alvah H. Chapman Jr
State- Record Co
The
Sun News
Myrtle Beach
Sun Herald
Biloxi
Miss
Starkville
Daily News
Newberry Observer
Daily Times Leader
West Point
Webster
Former A M Mobile Homes manager contradicts testimony
Carter Stevens, former sales manager for A and M Mobile Homes, questioned in the Sterling Anderson fraud trial, reads prior FBI statements that defense argues contradict his trial testimony. Anderson, 44, of Spartanburg, is charged with 15 counts of fraud, one conspiracy count, and six counts of false statements to lenders. Prosecutors allege he deceived lenders to finance A M customers with poor credit.
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Greenville
A & M Mobile Homes Inc
Sterling Anderson
Carter Stevens
FBI
Anderson
Hue Henry
Stevens
Spartanburg
Police Veteran Fatally Shot After Struggle
A nude knife-wielding man wrestled away Sgt. Donald Carroll s gun and fatally shot him through a store window as he called for help. The suspect with mental illness history was later killed by other officers.
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Jersey City
N.J
Donald Carroll
Investigators Probe Plane Crash at Tampa Airport
Investigators study wreckage of a Piper Apache after it collided with a Pan Am Boeing 727 on a foggy taxiway at Tampa International Airport. The 21 year veteran pilot William S Bain died. the Pan Am jet had 23 aboard with three minor injuries reported.
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Tampa
Fla
Pan Am
William S. Bain
Airlines
Tampa International
Pan Am World Airways
National Transportation Safety Board
Two Youngsters Found Dead In Dryer In Miami
Linda Grant 32 left her sons Anthony 4 and Maurice 3 unattended while she went to work, hoping a baby sitter would arrive soon. Police say she returned to find them burned to death. she had prior baby-sitting problems and called in sick earlier in the week.
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Miami
Linda Grant
Anthony
Maurice
Deborah Wilson
Ms. Grant
Judge Recommends Against Walker Parole
U S District Judge Alexander Harvey II recommends no parole for spy master John A Walker Jr and notes Walker showed no remorse. He condemns the lack of redeeming character and the betrayal of family in sentencing.
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Baltimore
John A. Walker Jr
Walker
U.S
Alexander Harvey II
Joseph Pulitzer Jr to retire from prize board chair
Joseph Pulitzer Jr. announced his retirement from the Pulitzer Prize Board after 31 years as chairman. Columbia University said the prizes in journalism drama letters and music are administered by the university.
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Joseph Pulitzer Jr
New York
Pulitzer Prize Board
Columbia University
Shultz and Chirac discuss terrorism in Paris meeting
Secretary of State George Shultz and Prime Minister Jacques Chirac held an hour long Paris talks on terrorism. They emphasized joint resolve to stamp out terrorism and noted frank exchanges as a sign of friendship. They also touched on U.S Soviet arms talks and did not confirm Iran hostages related discussions.
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Paris
George Shultz
Jacques Chirac
Shultz
Vienna
Francois Mitterrand
Chirac
U.S
Iran
Lebanon
London
Britain
Syria
Israel
Margaret Thatcher
European Economic Community
Sokolov Misses Revolution Day Parade in Moscow
Defense Minister Sergei L. Sokolov did not attend the Revolution Day parade in Red Square as troops massed under snowfall. Gen. Pyotr Lushev took the salute while Mikhail Gorbachev and Politburo members reviewed from Lenin's mausoleum.
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Red Square
Soviet Union
Sokolov
Moscow
Sergei L. Sokolov
NBC
Foreign Ministry
Gennady Gerasimov
Gerasimov
Pyotr G. Lushev
Kremlin
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Politburo
Lenin’s
Diving Ship Joins Search For Missing Brent Helicopter Crew
A diving support ship joined a search in 300-foot North Sea waters for wreckage and the cockpit voice recorder from a Chinook crash that killed 19 and left 26 missing. The helicopter carried 44 oil industry workers from Brent to Sumburgh when it went down near Sumburgh. Two survivors were recovered. police kept names pending relatives notification.
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Sumburgh
Shetland Islands
North Sea
Brent Offshore
Ian Henderson
Shell U.K. Exploration and Production
Coast Guard
John Henderson
Deepwater 1
Sandinista Abuses Allegations In Smuggled Letter
A letter smuggled from a Sandinista prison accuses hundreds of ex National Guard members of torture in Nicaragua. Nicaraguan Embassy minister counselor Fransisco Campbell dismisses the charges as false and unsubstantiated, challenging any serious newspaper to rely on the document. The letter’s authenticity could not be independently verified.
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Washington
Fransisco Campbell
Nicaragua
Campbell
Aiken Standard Office Details and Contact Lines
Aiken Standard lists phone numbers for subscriptions advertising and news tips. Offices are at 124 Rutland Drive with hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and customer service 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays. Mail address is Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
S.C. Highway Patrol
Salley Fire
Salley
Aiken
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
S.C
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Curtis Iriel
James R. Metts
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Hans-Dietrich Genscher
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Bob Trow
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