Gasoline Prices Continue Decline Across Nation
AP reports a 14th straight weekly drop in pump prices with wholesale costs easing first since last spring. An Oct 11 survey of 17,000 stations shows average all-grade price at 1.20, down from 1.21 on Sept 20. Lundberg notes retailers saved 0.84 cent per gallon but passed about 1 cent to customers, the first time since April that declines at the pump exceed supplier reductions.
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Los Angeles
Dan Lundberg
Lundberg
Americans Spending Less Time In Hospitals
Government statistics show Americans spent 6.6 days on average in hospitals last year, down from 6.9 days in 1983 and 7.1 days in 1982. Excluding newborns, 37,162,000 people were hospitalized in short term facilities, a decline from 38.7 million the prior year despite overall rising hospitalization trends.
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Washington
National Center For Health Statistics
Britain Cancels Meeting With PLO Over Right to Exist
London reports that Britain canceled a meeting with two PLO representatives after they refused to endorse Israel's right to exist. Geoffrey Howe said the last minute move drew press and Jewish group criticism for engaging with the PLO after the Achille Lauro hijacking.
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London
PLO
Israel
Geoffrey Howe
Foreign Office
Palestine Liberation Organization
Achille Lauro
Howe
Britain
United States
Names listed for public notices in South Carolina and Georgia
The record lists individuals including Pearl D Murrell of Trenton Georgia. Guy E Fleming II of Cartersville Georgia. Harvey Smith of North Augusta. Rosa Wimberly of Long Island New York. James Creighton Jr of Harleyville South Carolina. Moseley of Aiken South Carolina. Rosa Varnett of Salley South Carolina. Lillie H Jordan of Aiken. Lewis N Blackstone Jr of Augusta. Ethel C Baird of Turbeville.
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Pearl D. Murrell
Trenton
Guy E. Fleming II
Cartersville
Harvey Smith
North Augusta
Rosa Wimberly
Long Island
N.Y
James Creighton Jr
Harleyville
SF. Moseley
Aiken
Rosa Varnett
Salley
Lillie H. Jordan
Lewis N. Blackstone Jr
Augusta
Ethel C. Baird
Turbeville
Clemson elects new president as campus seeks post scandal era
Clemson University prepares to choose a successor to Bill Atchley as officials say the campus has settled post scandal. Faculty leaders cite resolved problems and improved unity while noting past drug use allegations involving athletes and administrative disputes are now addressed.
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Clemson
Clemson University
Atchley
Poll finds broad support for school prayer with caveats
A Media General AP poll of 1,412 adults shows two thirds favor church state separation and 87 percent back a school moment of silence for prayer. Sixty three percent would still favor silent prayer if encouraged, while 75 percent say prayer in schools does not violate the separation.
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New York
Media General
Associated Press
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Congress
Virginia
Media General-Ap
Media General-Associated Press
Polling prompts on private schooling and school prayer
A fragmented survey snippet from Media General shows questions about tax breaks for private school parents and the constitutionality of prayer in public schools. It also includes several percentage figures and incomplete phrasing.
Prayer poll finds broad support for school prayer
A Media General Associated Press poll shows 75 percent of Americans oppose the view that school prayer violates the Constitution.
Americans Brown and Goldstein Win 1985 Nobel Medicine Prize
The Nobel Institute awarded Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein the 1985 Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries on cholesterol regulation. Their work shows cells have surface receptors for LDL particles, informing treatment of high cholesterol and related diseases. Brown and Goldstein are researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Michael S. Brown
Joseph L. Goldstein
Nobel Institute
Brown
Goldstein
Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Texas In
Dallas
Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Nobel
U S Push to Bring Abbas to Trial Amid Lauro Hijack Fallout
Attorney General Edwin Meese said the United States seeks to arrest and try Mohammed Abbas, blamed for the Achille Lauro hijacking, despite Abbas's movements in Yugoslavia. Rome released Abbas and the four hijackers to fly to Yugoslavia as US warrants and diplomatic efforts continue.
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Washington
Edwin Meese
United States
Achille Largo
Mohammed Abu el Abbas
Meese
CBS Morning News
Abbas
PLO
Yugoslavia
Abas
Yasse Arafat
Reagan
Aan Abbas
Italy
U.S
Rome
White House
Larry Speakes
Palestine Liberation Organization
FBI
William Webster
Achille Lauro
New York City
Korten
Aiken County Teachers Gain Competitive Salaries Under EIA
Dr. Robert W. Paskel notes competitive salaries for fully certified teachers in Aiken County as the EIA and EFI act raise pay. Salaries in 1985 86 range from 16 181 to 23 383 with degrees and experience, with raises totaling 16 percent in year one and millions added to the district.
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Aiken County
Robert W. Paskel
EIA
Dr. Paskel
South Carolina
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