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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1985

Page

2

Reagan meets hostages families in White House session

Relatives of six U S hostages in Lebanon softened criticism after a two hour White House meeting with President Reagan. He told four family members of captive Americans that new initiatives were being pursued to win their release. It was his first invitation since the kidnappings began in 1984.

Washington U.S Lebanon Reagan White House House Foreign Affairs Committee

Fassbinder Play Stirring Debate Over German Anti Semitism

In Frankfurt the Fassbinder play Der Muell, die Stadt und der Tod opens amid Jewish group protests claiming it could fuel renewed anti Semitism. Supporters argue the work reveals lingering prejudice and suggests it never disappeared.

Frankfurt West Germany

Sociologist calls Halloween sadism an overblown legend

Joel Best of California State University Fresno says the fear of Halloween sadism is exaggerated. He notes a few incidents exist but public attention should focus on dangers like unsafe toys, cribs, and school bus accidents. the urban legend spans from the 1940s to the 1970s.

New York Joel Best California State University Fresno Best Psychology

Foreman Dismissed In Monroe Inquiry

In Los Angeles the grand jury foreman Sam Cordova was replaced shortly before he urged a special prosecutor and state inquiry into Marilyn Monroe death. Officials deny linkage to the Monroe case while Cordova claims his ouster was related to his request for renewed investigation.

Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Marilyn Monroe Sam Cordova Ira Reiner Cordova Monroe

Restrictions Smother Sanctuary Defense

A judge limited defense options in the alien smuggling conspiracy trial of 11 Sanctuary Movement members. Earl H. Carroll ruled that the defense cannot argue the defendants believed the aliens they aided were refugees, barring the full truth from reaching the jury.

Tucson Ariz Sanctuary Movement Earl H. Carroll

Walker Proud Of Spy Ring Evidence Emerges In Case

AP report details John A. Walker Jr. and his family espionage network. Notes show he sought more money to keep the ring intact and to recruit the sole nonfamily member “D” later identified as Jerry Whitworth. He kept travel records, receipts, and meeting plans from 1978 to 1985, with Vienna trips at least ten times and a $24500 payoff noted as half the usual payment.

Baltimore (Ap John A. Walker Jr Jaws Walker Vienna Austria Arthur

Walkers highlighted in televised spy case on USS Nimitz

In Baltimore a son describes his father pressuring him to steal classified documents for payment. Michael Lance Walker, 22, testified after arrest aboard the USS Nimitz while his father John Anthony Walker Jr. sat with eyes closed in court. The courtroom tension showed a fractured family amid a high profile espionage investigation.

Michael Lance Walker Nimitz U.S. District Court John Anthony Walker Jr

France Won't Bow To Blackmail In Marmottan Heist

Police predicted a long, difficult inquiry after the daylight theft of nine impressionist paintings from Paris Marmottan Museum. None was insured, ruling out an insurance-money motive. investigators questioned guards and visitors as a wide range of motives remain, including extortion.

Claude Monet Impressions Soleil Levant Musee Marmottan Paris Paris’ Marmottan Museum Net Impression Soleil Levant Academie Des Beaux Arts Frenc

Sailor Kudirka Says Poison Better Than Return to Soviet Union

Lithuanian defector Simas Kudirka argues that asylum should be preferred to forced repatriation, likening the Soviet prison system to a Nazi camp and saying poison could spare a refugee from a forced homecoming while urging caution in Medvid’s case.

Soviet Union Santa Monica Calif U.S. Coast Guard Simas Kudirka United States Miroslav Medvid Kudirka Medvid Belle Chasse U.S State Department Anita Stock

Doctors Watch Two Hearts in Transit at Penn State and San Francisco

In Hershey doctors monitor Anthony Mandia the first Penn State heart recipient who survived 11 days on an artificial heart before a donor heart. In Pittsburgh Thomas Gaidosh, 47, receives a human heart after a prior Jarvik-7 pump. Richard Dallara of Sonoma remains on external pumps in San Francisco awaiting a donor heart.

Hershey, Pa Penn State Anthony Mandia West Virginia Pittsburgh Thomas J. Gaidosh Gaidosh Mancha San Francisco Richard Dallara Sonoma Mandha Philadelphia Hershey Medical Center John W. Burnside Burnside Mandia

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Emergency numbers and local services listing for Aiken

The Aiken Standard provides a service listing emergency contacts including Poison Control Center S C Highway Patrol Salley Fire Salley Police Sheriff's Department and Sheriff Long. The notice cites publication details for the newspaper.

Poison Control Center S.C. Highway Patrol Salley Fire Salley Police Sheriff’s Department Long Dista Abused Persons Coalition Aiken Comm Aiken Aiken Police Emerg Jackson Police New Ellenton North Augusta

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