Arab leaders gather in Amman for pivotal summit
Arab League members begin arriving in Amman for a three day summit. Jordanian Foreign Minister Taher Masri urges a united approach on the Iraq Iran war and Israel warning that failure would hurt Arab unity. The meeting opens in the Royal Theater where past gatherings failed to unite.
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Amman
Jordan
Iran
Israel
Arab League
Hussein
Taher Masri
Royal Theater
Spanish Biochemist Named UNESCO Director General
Federico Mayor of Spain was elected UNESCO director general with a 142 to 7 vote for a six year term. The 53 year old biochemist and former education minister succeeds Ama Dou Mahtar M Bow of Senegal, the organization's leader for 13 years.
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Paris
Federico Mayor
Spain
Unesco
Amadou Mahtar M’bow
Senegal
M’bow
United Nations Agency
Guillermo Putzeys Alvarez
Guatemala
Illinois police bolster road patrols over highway shootings
State police expanded road patrols and used a helicopter to curb a spate of highway shootings in southern Illinois. Nine shootings reported with one killed and another wounded on October 24 near Granite City, plus several windowings and toy weapons brandished on highways.
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Granite City, Ill
Illinois
William Wylder
Collinsville
Small Planes May Return Above LA Under Agreement
A tentative FAA accord with T Allan McArthur and pilot groups and controllers would allow small planes back into LA area airspace near LAX starting in February. Santa Monica Airport manager Henry Ditmar called the deal moral victory and noted prior private pilot use of the corridor under visual flight rules without ground clearance.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles International Airport
Federal Aviation
T. Allan McArtor
FAA
Elly Brekke
Henry Ditmar
Santa Monica
Charges Dropped In Easy Murder Case In Chicago
Prosecutors drop murder charges against James Ealy after an appellate court voided most evidence in the 1982 killings of Kristina Parker and her family. Ealy, 23, was already serving a life term after a 1984 conviction for strangling Parker and relatives. due for release in 1994.
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Chicago
Brian Telander
James Ealy
Ealy
Illinois
Kristina Parker
Mary Ann
Cora
Jontae
Tunisian President Bourguiba Deposed by Prime Minister Ben Ali
In Tunisia, President-for-Life Habib Bourguiba was removed by Prime Minister Zine el Abidine Ben Ali who said Bourguiba was too senile to rule. Ben Ali, sworn in as president, pledged liberal reforms and multiparty democracy while maintaining Western aligned policy.
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Washington
State Department
Bourguiba
Algeria
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Ben Ali
Tunis
Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba
Zineel Abidine Ben Ali
National Assembly
France
Ortega Asks Church To Be Go Between
In Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega urged Cardinal Obando y Bravo to mediate cease-fire talks between the Sandinista government and the Contras. The government and rebels had rejected direct negotiations though a regional peace plan called for indirect diplomacy.
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Ortega
Church
Managua
Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
Honduras
Guatemala
Miguel Obando Y Bravo
Obando Y Bravo
Iranian Frigate Blamed For Oil Tanker Attack
In the Persian Gulf the Grand Wisdom sustained five shell hits and minor damage after an attack likely by an Iranian frigate. The U S Navy convoy moved toward the halfway point of its 550 mile route. An Indian fisherman died when a U S warship fired on a vessel thought hostile and UAE officials called the incident closed with no deliberate blame.
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Manama
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Grand Wisdom
Dubai
Gulf
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
U.S
Emirates
Sheik Hamdan bin Zayed
Foreign Ministry
Revolutionary Guards
Carr
State Department
Haiti Faces Violence Ahead of 30-Year Election Wait
A surge of attacks targets Haiti's first free elections in three decades set for Nov 29 sparking talk of postponement. Duvalier-era forces still dominate the military as Aristide and other leaders call for radical reforms amid a collapsing public service and grim economy.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Jean-Claude Duvalier
France
Caribbean
Duvalier
Aiken Standard Classified Subscriptions and Contacts
Phone lines for subscriptions and ads are listed for Aiken Standard. Offices at 124 Rutland Drive operate 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays with Sunday hours 8 to 10:30 a.m. Mailing address P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Emergency Numbers From Aiken Standard Provide Local Contacts
The Aiken Standard lists emergency numbers including 642-0800 648-6983 648-6811 652-2222 652-7770 279-1616 279-2121. The paper, established in 1867 by Aiken Communications Inc., is published on weekdays and Sundays with mailing address PO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
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Aiken
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