26 Nov 1985
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1985
Page
1
Yelena Bonner, wife of dissident Andrei Sakharov, returns to Moscow from Gorky exile to prepare for a medical trip to Italy. Guards bar reporters. friends say she is fine and in the capital.
The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians expelled two top Bureau of Indian Affairs leaders from the Red Lake Reservation and barred visitors without passports amid a government dispute. BIA attorney Mark Anderson said officials were removed to prevent potential confrontations as tensions rose.
The space shuttle Atlantis, with a six man crew and one woman, lifts off at 7 29 p m EST for a test flight to aid space station construction. If skies stay clear, exhaust should be visible from South Carolina to Cuba for the after dark launch.
Obituary notices report the deaths of William M. Culpepper Belton Leslie V. Smith Johnston Amanda Dandy Edgefield John R. Keller Aiken and Mark A. Baynham North Augusta with details continued on Page 3B and local arrangements pending.
New copper torch for the Statue of Liberty hoisted above New York harbor will be lit next July 3 during centennial celebrations. The 2.2 ton gilded torch, designed to be illuminated from outside, stands as part of a $230 million restoration project for Liberty and Ellis Island.
Cairo radio and officials linked Libya to the Egyptair jet hijacking in Malta. Abu Ghazala said Egypt had some evidence of Libyan involvement but offered no retaliation plans. The hijack killed 60, with Maltese officials citing Palestinian casualties among passengers.
An ice buildup likely caused the fiery crash of a twin engine plane in Des Moines killing a pilot and six Iowa State athletes. The Aero Commander crashed during freezing drizzle two miles west of downtown Des Moines after diverting from Ames due to weather. Witnesses noted engine trouble and officials cited possible ice on wings and functioning ice boots as factors.
Anglican envoy Terry Waite says he wants to meet Kuwaiti officials about freeing 17 Muslims jailed for Kuwait bombings as the captors demand their release. Waite arrives in New York to brief U.S. officials and relatives before resuming Lebanon negotiations.
The Unit 1 reactor at Three Mile Island supplied power to over 360000 homes, reaching 75 percent output after a restart over the weekend. Unit 2 stayed closed, and the plant operator GPU Nuclear Corp said the restart marks a return to service since the 1979 accident.
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