Illinois chosen for 500 million Chrysler Mitsubishi plant
Bloomington normal area in central Illinois wins bid for a new 500 million auto assembly plant to be built by Chrysler and Mitsubishi, creating 2500 jobs after a four state competition. Announcement followed news conferences at Chrysler headquarters in Michigan and site west of Bloomington Normal. Walter Petry of the McLean County Trades and Labor Council said Gov. Thompson’s office confirmed the selection.
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Bloomington
Ill
Chrysler Corp
Mitsubishi Motors Corp
Illinois
Chrysler Eadquarters
Michigan
Normal
Walter Petry
McLean County Trades and Labor Council
James R. Thompson
Bloomington-Normal
Smoke From Brush Fire Triggers 33-Vehicle Pileup Killings
Smoke from a brush fire hung over California's major north south freeway causing a 33 vehicle chain reaction crash. Ten people were killed and more than 40 injured according to the highway patrol. Kenneth Shockley a van passenger described the pileup as chaotic with repeated impacts.
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Sacramento
California
Highway Patrol
Kenneth Shockley
Shockley
Reported Crimes Hit Low Since 1973 Survey
The Justice Department says criminal victimizations in 1984 fell 4.1 percent to 35.5 million, the lowest level since the National Crime Survey began in 1973. The decline, described as encouraging by the chief statistician, ends a 12 year low in the survey’s history.
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Washington
United States
Justice Department
Department
National Crime Survey
Astronauts End Secret Shuttle Mission Near Edwards Landing
Atlantis completes a four day secret military shuttle mission from Houston. NASA revealed the plan for a 1 pm local touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base after a 24 hour notice. The mission involved five crew members on the last craft of NASA’s fleet.
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Space Center
Houston
Atlantis
Edwards Air Force Base
California
NASA
Mojave
Desert
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Reapportionment Case On Supreme Court Docket
The Supreme Court opens its 1985 86 term with a reapportionment case assessing if district lines meet one person one vote while aiding partisan goals. Justices agreed to hear Indiana's challenge to districting that may affect gerrymandering limits.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Indiana
London Riots Turn Deadly as Officer Killed in Tottenham
Rioters armed with guns and machetes rampaged through Tottenham and Brixton sites injuring 252 people, including six officers. Patrolman Keith Henry Blakelock died after being attacked while aiding firefighters, as protests followed the death of Cynthia Jarrett during a police search.
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London
Britain
Tottenham
Scotland Yard
Keith Henry Blakelock
Gillian Hubphrey
Blakelock
London Police
Brixton
Liverpool
Birmingham
Richard Wells
British Broadcasting Corp
Cynthia Jarrett
Jarrett
Patricia Jarrett
Congress Moves On AIDS As Public Brace For Action
Washington lawmakers expand AIDS research funding after Rock Hudson's death. Senators, including Kennedy, Cranston and Hatch, shift from caution to pushing emergency public health measures as cases rise beyond 13,000 with 73 percent among homosexual or bisexual men.
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Washington
Sen
Orrin Hatch
Hatch
Utah
Committee On Labor and Human Resources
America
Rock Hudson
House
Senate
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Congress
Cranston
Kennedy
Task Force
Ron Najman
Public Health Service
Shirley Barth
Crews Resume Slow Search For Mexican Boy Trapped In Earthquake
In Mexico City rescuers pause after 32 hours of labor at a collapsed apartment building amid protests by the boy's father who believes his son remains alive. Soldiers and police then resume removal work to continue the rescue attempt.
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Mexico City
Nelson Riddle, famed arranger and composer, dies at 64
Nelson Riddle, renowned for Theme From Route 66 and scores for Ella Fitzgerald Frank Sinatra and Linda Ronstadt, died of kidney and heart failure at Cedars-Sinai. He had liver problems for years and weakened over six months. Fitzgerald mourned his influence and numerous arrangements.
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Los Angeles
Nelson Riddle
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
Linda Ronstadt
Riddle
Miss Ronstadt
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Ron Wise
Christopher Riddle
Fitzgerald
Beverly Hills
Florida medical examiner faces probe over brain tissue from executed
Families condemn Dr William Hamilton for removing brain tissue without consent from 11 of 13 Florida electric chair victims since 1979. Gov Graham and state attorney's office ordered investigations while the amygdala samples were given to UF professor Dr Christiani Leonard for study on childhood head trauma and later violence. Under Florida law organs can be removed without family authorization only to determine cause of death.
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Starke
Fla
Alachua County
William Hamilton
Bob Graham
State Attorney’s Office
Florida Times-Union & Jacksonville Journal
Hamilton
Florida
Christiani Leonard
University of Florida
Leonard
Aiken Standard Office and Subscription Rates Note
The Aiken Standard lists office address at 124 Rutland Drive and hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. It provides mailing address Box 456, Aiken SC 29802 and documents mail rate options for Home Delivery and subscription CPMs with advance payment to PBM Subscription.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Standard Pbm
Aiken Standard Emergency Numbers Note
Emergency numbers are provided as a service by the Aiken Standard. The paper is published on weekday afternoons by Aiken Communications Inc. and mailed from Aiken, South Carolina, with second class postage paid locally.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Aiken, S.C
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