Guerrilla forces may capture Soviet air force general
Western diplomats stated Afghan rebels possibly captured a Soviet air force general after his MiG-21 was shot down on November 11 in western Afghanistan. The capture claim cites Afghanistan sources near Kabul and reports that only the general’s parachute was found, suggesting he was taken by rebels near Kandahar.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Kabul
Bagram
Kandahar
Four Die in South Africa Squatter Riots
In Johannesburg and other areas racial unrest left four dead, with three shot by police amid protests over evictions of squatters. National police said eight more blacks and two officers were wounded and twenty one people were arrested across eight townships.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
National Police
Pretoria
U S Aircraft Parts Found In Vietnam
A U S Vietnamese team recovered four more pieces of a crashed U S aircraft in Yen Thuong Vietnam as part of a search for four American airmen believed killed. Army personnel and Vietnamese workers gathered webbing aluminum fiberglass and fuel tank lining for analysis in the United States alongside bone fragments found earlier.
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Yen Thuong
Vietnam
U.S
United States
Archbishop Waite in Beirut as U S captives case advances
Archbishop Terry Waite, envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury, was believed holed up in a Beirut hideaway awaiting contacts with American captors. He said he met the kidnappers last week and hoped new talks would enable progress in securing the release of the Americans.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Terry Waite
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Waite
London
Congress Moves To Cut Costs Of Ex Presidents
Senate committee endorsed a bill by Sen. Lawton Chiles to limit presidential libraries, trim former president office allowances, and end automatic lifetime Secret Service protection after five years. The measure, opposed by Reagan era officials, aims to reduce a program costing about 27 million this year from 6.3 million in 1976.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Senate
Reagan
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Chiles
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
House
Congressional
Treasury
Rich
Nixon
Geneva Summit Costs and Local Gains Return Heavy
Switzerland spent about 1.2 million dollars to prepare Geneva for Presidents Reagan and Gorbachev, funding lighting of fountains and mansions while locals note hotel and restaurant earnings during the summit. Officials say Swiss costs are modest, with U.S. and Soviet spending handled privately, and security covered by Swiss authorities plus 400 police reinforcements.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Reagan
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Lake Geneva
Maison de Saussure
U.S
Gorbachev
United States
Soviet Union
Army
Marcel Rubin
Accounting Employee Poses As An Aide
Washington AP reports an accounting firm worker pretended to be a congressional aide to obtain inside information about a House committee probe into Social Security computer contracts. Chairman Jack Brooks seeks FBI investigation after an unidentified Deloitte Haskins and Sells employee resigns.
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Washington
House Committee
House
Jack Brooks
D-Texas
FBI
Deloitte Haskins and Sells
Associated Press
Three Year Treasuries Fall to Seven Year Low
Yields on three year Treasury notes averaged 8.74 percent the lowest in seven years. The Treasury said it sold 8.76 billion dollars in the auction the second installment of a 61 billion dollar borrowing plan through November 27 to replenish government coffers.
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Washington
Treasury
Treasury Department
Witnesses Fail To Show Rule Hurts Minorities
In Houston AP report Anthony Sheppard argues Texas no pass no play rule lacks statewide failure data. District officials testifying claim the rule penalizes students seeking activities, but data from Spring Independent School District show lower failure rates for Black and Hispanic students than for White students.
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Houston
Texas
Anthony Sheppard
Sheppard
Leonard George
Spring Independent
George
Aiken Standard Classified and Subscription Details
Subscriptions available at 1.14 4.90 14.70 29.40 98.80 3 6 12 month rates. Offices at 124 Rutland Drive open 8 30 to 5 30 weekdays. Subscriptions prepaid to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Standard — Pbm
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Emergency numbers and publisher details from the Aiken Standard
A scanned emergency numbers list provides contacts for Poison Control, S C Highway Patrol, Salley Fire and Police, sheriff's department, volunteer fire departments, Wagener fire and police, and a widowed persons association. It notes the Aiken Standard's 1867 founding and publishing info in Aiken South Carolina.
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Abused Persons Coalition
Aiken Comm
Aiken Fire
Aiken Police
Emerg
Jackson Police
New Ellenton
North Augusta
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Secret Service
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Carter
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AVCO
Charleston
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Dorchester Road
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Tim
Tamco Financial Services
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