Reagan Stamps For Candidates At Fund Raising Events
Former President Reagan returns to the GOP campaign trail with appearances at fundraisers across California and Florida to raise millions for Republican candidates. Despite Iran Contra fallout and Nancy Reagan's book, demand for his appearances remains high with ticket prices exceeding 1500 dollars and Otto Bash praising him as a great lion of the century for Pete Wilson.
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Angeles
Reagan
California
Florida
Nancy Reagan
20 20 admits Buckwheat impostor on air
ABCs 20 20 acknowledged a hoax episode when an impostor calling himself Bill Thames posed as Buckwheat from the Our Gang comedies. The real actor William Billy Thomas had died years earlier, and the show planned to apologize on the next broadcast.
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ABC
William
Billy Thomas
Bill
Hugh Downs
Tempe
Ariz
Bill English
Holyoke Soldiers Home Faces Closure After Budget Cuts
Veteran residents like 100 year old Ethel Pierce protest planned April 1 shutdown of Holyoke Soldiers Home. Gov Dukakis earlier ordered closing dates for Holyoke and Chelsea homes and Boston shelters as part of Bush's thousand points of light program impacting homeless veterans.
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Holyoke
Mass
Ethel Pierce
Pierce
Holyoke Soldiers Home
Connecticut Valley
Michael Dukakis
Chelsea
Boston
Bush
Opponents Demand Roh's Apology for Surveillance
South Korea's main opposition party urged President Roh Tae woo to apologize for alleged military intelligence surveillance. It called for overhaul of the Defense Security Command and an end to military interference in politics after reports of undercover operations targeting 1,300 dissidents journalists and lawmakers.
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Seoul
South Korea
Roh Tae-woo
Party For Peace and Democracy
Roh
Defense Security
Five Americans Die In Plane Crash In Bahia State
A privately owned Cessna with five Americans aboard nose-dived into a farm in Itamaraju Bahia state near Porto Seguro 580 miles northeast of Rio de Janeiro killing all five. Officials said among the dead is a Navy officer. The 80 minute flight from Rio de Janeiro began Friday afternoon under cloudy drizzle before the crash in a ranch clearing.
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Brazil
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Itamaraja
Bahia State
Rio
Ana Maria de Jesus Cesar
Cesar
Porto Seguro
Aiken Standard Office Contacts And Subscription Rates
The Aiken Standard lists its offices at 124 Rutland Drive with hours 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday. Mailing address is P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802. Subscription rates shown include monthly 36 00 three months 327 00 six months 54 00 twelve months 108 00 and associated advance payment instructions.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken Standard, P.O
Aiken, S.C
Aken
Aan Conmuncatons Inc
Aton
Anan S&c
Aiton
Shuttle Discovery Launchs Ulysses Probe Into Space
Space shuttle Discovery lifted from Kennedy Space Center carrying the Ulysses solar probe on a five year voyage toward Jupiter. The mission, delayed by weather and technical glitches, continues NASA’s return to space with a four day flight and planned California landing.
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Fla
Discovery
Neary
Ulysses
Houston
Richard N. Richards
Mission Control
Earth
Kennedy Space Center
ASA
Space
California
Mandela Relative Killed In Bombing
In Soweto a grenade and shotgun attack killed Gloria Mandela, 1, injuring Mande Mandela, 43, and Susan, 29. Police said no group claimed responsibility and whether it was deliberate or random remained unclear. Nelson Mandela’s family ties to Mande Mandela are noted as distant cousins amid ongoing township violence and national peace talks.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Nelson Mandela
African National Congress
Mande Mandela
Soweto
Gloria
Mandela
Mande
Susan
Mandella
ANC
Waite and other hostages may be released this week
An Nahar reports Anglican envoy Terry Waite and other Western hostages could be freed soon. The paper notes possible releases after Velayati visits Syria and possibly Beirut, with no country identities specified beyond Waite. Musawi said six Americans unlikely to be freed soon.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Anglican Church
Terry Waite
An-Nahar
Sdccurate
Syriet
Ali Akbar Velayati
I Velayati
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Elias Hrawi
Chuid
Henages
G An Nahar
Waites
Britain
Iran
Salman Rush Tie
Hussein Musawi
Musawi
Philippine unrest escalates with blast at Camp Aguinaldo
A bomb exploded Saturday at the Defense Department headquarters Camp Aguinaldo in Manila injuring one bystander and destroying two jeeps. The blast, tied to rightist rebels, came after Col Alexander Noble surrendered on Mindanao and fueled fears of further attacks as authorities contend with a wider unrest following the Mindanao rebellion’s collapse.
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Manila
Philippines
Defense Department
Mindanao
Alexander Noble
Aquino
Agui
Aldo
Corazon Aquino
Renato de Villa
Noble
de Villa
Riots Rock Osaka Slum Over Police Bribes
In Nishinari Osaka crowds of about 1,100 youths clash with 2,500 riot police. Fires, smashed bikes, glass and burned cars fill streets as police stations and a hotel are targeted. 171 injured including 134 officers. 57 arrests. Local sergeant accused of taking bribes from gangsters sparked protests by day laborers.
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Osaka
Japan
Nishinari
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