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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1986
Page
2
President Reagan says he was shocked by a Washington Post story claiming he approved a disinformation effort to deceive Muammar Gaddafi and questions the article’s veracity. He disputes only an anecdote about inviting Gaddafi to San Francisco.
Secretary of State George P. Shultz said he supports the idea of using misleading stories to confuse adversaries but knows of no decision to tell lies to the media. He suggested there could be tactics to pressure Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi without confirming any specific program. He emphasized no approved plan to deceive the media existed.
In Punjab armed Sikhs disguised as policemen swarmed a guarded compound, opening fire on state police chief Julius Ribeiro injuring his wife and killing a guard before escaping. The attack followed a failed assassination bid on Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
A five minute hail storm battered Sydney injuring seven people and causing millions in damage. NRMA pegs preliminary losses at 13 million from dented cars windows and light aircraft as hailstones measure up to 1.2 inches.
Researchers in Baltimore announce a genetic test that can reveal Huntington’s disease risk decades before onset. Since Sept 1, at least two young adults learned they will develop the fatal illness. Doctors cannot predict severity or timing nor offer preventive treatment.
A House-Senate conference bill on intelligence funding requires reports on possible KGB penetration of the CIA and State Department and possible Soviet sabotage of the Challenger space shuttle. The bill, passed by the House and pending in the Senate, keeps specifics classified.
IRS computers matched 1984 W-2 and income forms to returns and found 3.2 million taxpayers with under reported income. Spokesman Steve Pyrek said notices will arrive within two weeks, with about half going to those who omitted interest and dividends. For the first time negligence penalties will be included automatically.
The Pentagon plans a fiscal 1988 budget request to develop a laser-equipped satellite enabling communication with submerged submarines. The Navy will assume basic research on the blue laser satellite project this year and allocate at least $6 million, according to Donald C. Latham assistant defense secretary for command control communications and intelligence.
In a Senate vote, the veto of sanctions on South Africa over its apartheid regime was overridden. Coretta Scott King sat in the gallery as Martin Luther King Jr. memory was cited. The move, praised by TransAfrica's Randall Robinson, signals hope for 26 million black South Africans.
Syrian consul Iyad Mahmoud, the No. 2 official at the Damascus embassy in Tehran, was abducted Thursday night and released hours later. Tehran radio cited witnesses and said six shots were fired as he was hustled into an ambulance. A Syrian spokesman said the matter is over with no details on the rescue or perpetrators.
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze said withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan will begin in a few days. He urged quicker repatriation of Soviet soldiers and urged urgent action on nuclear testing amid talks with Canadian officials and protesters.
NASA will select 15 cargoes from 44 contracts for shuttle flights through 1992 under President Reagan's push to exit commercial launches. The move leaves many satellite firms facing long waits or foreign launches, as Fletcher notes shuttle remain the cheapest access to space.
Antonio Bernal 38 and Anna Bernal 34 were ordered into a two year drug rehabilitation program after their 12 year old daughter Kimberly reported their cocaine use. They faced felony charges for possession of methamphetamine and growing marijuana though no cocaine was found at the home. Their court appearance did not include their other two children.
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