Retail analysts wary on holiday spending in sluggish season
New York AP reports consumer spending remains weak as retailers enter the crucial selling period. Merrill Lynch analyst Jeffrey Fenner sees no significant improvement while Morgan Stanley's Walter Loeb is slightly more hopeful that holiday debt will rise. Overall Christmas sales are expected to be fair and profits may be higher due to smaller markdowns, potentially reducing bargains for shoppers.
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New York
Jeffrey Fenner
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
Walter Loeb
Morgan Stanley & Co
Israel Skeptical of Arafat Promise on Terror Attacks
PLO chief Yasser Arafat condemned terrorism against civilians and pledged punishment for attackers outside Israeli-occupied areas. Israel, via an aide to Prime Minister Shimon Peres, dismissed the promises as insincere. Arafat met Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo.
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Cairo
Egypt
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Israel
Shimon Peres
Palestine Liberation Organization
Hosni Mubarak
Inquiry into Ethiopia resettlement sparks international call
In Nairobi, a French relief agency urged an international inquiry into Ethiopia's resettlement program. It cited disputed reports that tens of thousands have died and called for a temporary halt to the relocations pending investigation. The program aims to move over 1 million people from drought areas to the southwest under a Marxist government.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Ethiopia
Michel Fiszbin
Doctors Without Borders Office
The
Sunday Times of London
Virus linked to multiple sclerosis eyed as research step
New virus found in blood and brain fluids of MS patients in Sweden and Key West raises hope for uncovering disease causes. Researchers led by Dr William Sheramata of the University of Miami caution it is not the first virus tied to MS, which affects about 250000 Americans.
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New York
University of Miami
William Sheramata
Sweden
Key West
Fla
AMA panel supports continued saccharin for human use
The AMA Council of Scientific Affairs urges that saccharin remain available for human consumption after reviewing earlier studies linking the sweetener to bladder cancer. The JAMA report was adopted by the AMA House of Delegates earlier this year.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Association
Council of Scientific Affairs
The
AMA House of Delegates
Khadafy vows subversion if CIA plot true
Libyan leader Muammar Khadafy denounces a Washington Post report that the CIA plotted to destabilize Libya. He says if true, the United States must face legal consequences and Libya will subvert America from within. He calls Reagan’s actions a violation of law and compares it to Watergate.
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Tripoli
Libya
Muammar Khadafy
United States
CIA
Khadafy
Washington Post
Reagan
America
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Six Judges fatally hurt In Ministry Siege in Colombia
In Bogotá rebels seized the Palace of Justice, taking about 150 hostages. Army forces breached the building and freed many. six justices including Supreme Court Chief Justice Alfonso Reyes Echandia were reported fatally hurt, though details and identification could not be independently verified.
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Bogota
Colombia
Palace of Justice
Supreme Court
Echandia
Belisario Betancur
Alamarales
Alfonso Reyes Echandia
Maria Ines Ramos
CIA Can Give Contral Radios But Not Advice
Reagan administration gains limited CIA support for the Contras in a 1986 intelligence bill compromise. The pact allows radios to broadcast intelligence to rebel camps near the Honduran border while barring CIA military advice or training. Nonlethal aid remains $27 million with private and third-country funding for firearms.
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CIA
Washington
House
Senate
Senate Intelligence Committees
Nicaragua
Congress
State Department
United States
Summit Misstatements At Geneva Likely Corrected Quickly
AP Diplomatic Writer notes experts expect misstatements at the November Geneva summit between Reagan and Gorbachev to be harmless and quickly clarified. Former negotiator Warnke recalls Brezhnev’s frailty during Vienna talks, yet progress was made. Other analysts say misstatements typically don’t derail talks as misinterpretations are corrected in room.
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Washington
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Geneva
Leonid Brezhnev
Carter
Vienna
Paul Warnke
Brezhnev
Robert E. Hunter
Georgetown Center For Strategic and International Studies
Carter Administration
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Nixon
Ford
Aiken Standard Subscription Payment Details
All advance payments should be made to Aiken Standard-PB Subscription. The note lists dollar amounts 1.14 4.90 14.70 29.40 98.80 84.00 likely representing subscription options or fees.
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Aiken Standard
Emergency numbers listed by the Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard provides a compiled list of emergency contacts including Poison Control, S C Highway Patrol, Salley and Wagener fire and police, sheriff services, and the Widowed Persons Association. It notes the newspaper’s establishment in 1867 and mailing address in Aiken South Carolina.
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Poison Control Center
S.C. Highway Patrol
Salley
Volunt
Wagener
Wagener Police
Aiken Standard
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Police
Emerg
Jackson Police
New Ellenton
North Augusta
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Dupont
ORA Operations Recreation Association
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R. Gregory Nokes
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Dave Golding
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