France detonates 65 kiloton nuclear test at Mururoa
Canberra reports France conducted a 65 kiloton underground nuclear blast at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific. Seismology center officials say it is the year's strongest test with no immediate France confirmation. Australian Foreign Minister calls the test a matter of regret.
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Australia
France
Mururoa Atoll
South Pacific
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Michael Duffy
Hiroshima
Japan
PTL trustee seeks to remain at ministry after May transition
David Clark, PTL television ministry trustee and former CBN vice president, aims to stay on past May as creditors move PTL into a five year reorganization. The plan puts creditors in charge until debt of about 70 million is paid, with lifetime partners then taking over. Court input will shape the chief executive role, with Clark favored by creditors and partners. Columbia lawyer R Geoffrey Levy calls the idea “delighted.”
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PTL
PTL Television
David Clark
CBN
Clark
Lifetime Partners Committee
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Coalition of Creditors and Partners
Senators urge UN to hold emergency ozone talks this fall
Six U S senators urge the United Nations Environment Programme to convene urgent meetings in Nairobi to address scientific findings that chemicals are erasing ozone over Antarctica. They cite a larger hole this year and call for international action.
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United Nations
Antarctic
Environment Committee
Mostafa Tolba
U.N. Environmental Program
Nairobi
Kenya
U.S
Wilderness sentence orders long trek to restore thefts
Kalispell Montana AP reports Larry Courtois a 38 year old Seeley Lake man convicted of breaking into two Forest Service cabins must restock them by hiking or riding 27 miles to deliver food and by hand cutting 342 cords of wood from dead or fallen trees only. He was fined 625 dollars and pleaded no contest to five counts of theft and burglary. Magistrate James Oleson said the sentence may be harder than jail.
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Seeley Lake
Forest Service
Bob Marshall
Courtois
U.S
James Oleson
Fumes From Fertilizer Force Evacuations Near Miami
Noxious fumes from methyl bromide spread over tomato crops prompted 40 to 50 families to evacuate south of Miami. Dade County opened South Dade High School as a shelter. Fire Dept hazardous chem experts were on scene as residents reported burning eyes sore throat and nausea.
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Richard Rogers
Rogers
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Child Rescued After 11 Day Hostage Plot in Spain
Police stormed a Estepona home at 5 am rescuing Melodie Nakachian, 5, daughter of Lebanese millionaire Raymond Nakachian, unharmed after a ransom drive that started at 13 million and dropped to 4 million. Three suspects arrested, two at large, no injuries to officers.
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Melodie Nakachian
Costa del Sol
Nakachian
Jose Maria Rodriguez Colordo
Spanish National Radio
Rodriguez Colorado
France
Malaga
Ately
Raymond Nakachian
Las Vegas
Marbell
Kimera
Iraq Claims New Gulf Tanker Attack Amid Gulf War Moves
Iraq said warplanes bombed a tanker off Iran today, the fourth in 24 hours, raising attacks to 20 in 12 days though only four were confirmed by salvage officials. The British navy found four mines in central Persian Gulf waters near the Qatar peninsula.
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Iran
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India Calls For Cease Fire In Sri Lanka Conflict
India announces a 48 hour cease-fire in its operation against Tamil militants in Sri Lanka. Government spokesmen say troops in the northern and eastern regions will halt at 7 am Saturday after Tamil rebels freed 18 Indian soldiers from captivity in the Jaffna Peninsula.
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Sri Lanka
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India Today
K. Natwar Singh
Jaffna Peninsula
Tigers
Probes Stalled by Col North Allegations Revealed
The Iran-Contra committees say Lt. Col. Oliver North urged the FBI to probe Contra opponents and tried to stall probes exposing a secret Contra supply network. He pressured officials over a Maule Aircraft shipment probe and sought favors for allies, including Gen Jose Bueso-Rosa, amid other actions in 1986.
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FBI
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North
Jack Terrell
Terrell
Richard Secord
National Security Council
Oliver Revell
Bureau
Reagan
Nicaragua
Glenn Robinette
John Poindexter
Congress
U.S
U.S. Customs Service
Maule Aircraft Corp
Moultrie
William von Raab
Customs Service
Lebanon
Maule Company
NSC
Justice Department
Jose Bueso- Rosa
United States
Robert Suazo
Bueso-Rosa
Republican Leader Joins Revolt Over Gorbachev Joint Address
House Republican leader Robert Michel joined 79 colleagues in opposing a White House plan to invite Mikhail Gorbachev to address a joint session of Congress during the December summit. White House officials said no special session was proposed and the idea faced strong GOP opposition. Michel said inviting Gorbachev to speak would be a terrible mistake and conveyed his views to the State Department.
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White House
Mikhail Gorbachev
Congress
House
Robert Michel
Reagan
Gorbachev
Water
Michel
Ill
State Department
Aiken Standard Classified Display Contact Details
The Aiken Standard provides subscription and advertising contact numbers and office mailing address. It lists customer service hours and mail rates for 3 months and mentions publication schedule and post office information.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken Standard, P.O
Aiken, S.C
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