Shamir Wins Herut Nomination to Succeed Begin
Jerusalem AP Shamir former underground fighter and hardline foreign minister wins Herut Party vote 436-302 over David Levy to lead a new government. coalition talks proceed with Begin spokesman calling it a good agreement. Ariel Sharon likely named to chair cabinet committee on Jewish settlements in Arab territories.
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Uri Porat
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Ariel Sharon
Sharon
Beirut
Challenger Probes Material Resistance to Atomic Oxygen
Cape Canaveral astronauts trim orbit to 139 miles on mission halfway point to test 300 samples against atomic oxygen erosion. Commander Richard Truly and Dan Brandenstein guide shuttle into upper ozone layer as it passes 49th orbit.
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Sex murderer dies in Mississippi gas chamber
Jimmy Lee Gray died in the gas chamber at Parchman prison after a midnight execution for the rape and murder of 3 year old Deressa Jean Scales in Pascagoula. The case marked Mississippi's first execution in 19 years and the eighth in the nation since 1976. Gray kidnapped the child, raped her, sodomized her, and suffocated her before her body was discarded from a bridge.
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U.S. Supreme Court
SCE&G Audit Awards A For Management
SCE&G earns an A for operational management in an independent audit by a Washington firm. The report rates electrical demand forecasting below average and urges cost savings of about 7.5 million annually while noting ongoing significant challenges.
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South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
Washington
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Virgil Summer
Rudy Coward
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State Public Service Commission
Officials React as Plane Shot Down by Soviet Force
Local and state officials condemned the downing of a South Korean airliner by the Soviet Union. The loss of 269 lives included at least 30 Americans such as Rep. Larry McDonald. Leaders urged a full accounting and urged a strong U.S. response while voicing shock and grief.
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R-S.c
Carrol H. Warner
Aiken County
Henry Chennault
First Baptist Church
Aiken
United States
William Cobb
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Ernest Hollings
Hollings
Greenville
National Security Council
U.S
Tommy Hartnett
South Carolina
Hartnett
Georgia
McDonald
Lee Atwater
Atwater
Larry
Columbia
Carroll Campbell
Campbell
John Spratt
D-S.c
Reagan coolly backs restrained response to Soviet airliner shootdown
President Reagan denounced the Soviets in strong terms as a horrifying act of violence but kept retaliation off the table. He urged a calm, coordinated approach with allies while diplomats seek explanations and Congress presses for sanctions and trade restrictions.
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Georgia
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United States
Scenario of Plane Incident Details Shooting Down of Korean Airliner
Graphic depiction of yesterday's shooting down of a Korean Airliner by Soviet forces. AP Laser photo illustrates the events and surrounding circumstances.
Minute by minute account of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 destruction
A minute by minute recount traces the March 1983 downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 by Soviet fighters. It shows takeoff from Anchorage 10 a.m. Alaska time with 265 aboard, radar tracking over Kamchatka and Okhotsk, eight Sukhoi jets in action, a heat seeking missile fired, and the jet dropping to 16 500 feet before vanishing from radar.
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Reagan to hold urgent meetings as crisis grips Middle East
President Reagan dispatches 2000 Marines to standby near Lebanon and cuts short his vacation for urgent Washington talks. He will preside over a National Security Council meeting on the Middle East crisis and the loss of 269 lives in the downed South Korean jet. White House seeks early Saturday talks with congressional leaders.
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National Security Council
Middle East
White House
Congress
Two South Carolinians On Plane
Two South Carolina men died when a Korean jumbo jet was shot down by the Soviets. Greenville martial arts instructor Billy Hong and Seneca businessman James Burgess were among 269 passengers feared killed, traveling to South Korea to buy silk for New York designers Evan Picone and Liz Claiborne.
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South Korea
New York
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Liz Claiborne
Billy Hong
Greenville
James Burgess
Seneca
Hong
Korean Air Lines
Burgess
Newton, N.C
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State Department
Newton
Jim Martin
Belton
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Gregg Burgess
Martin
Aiken Standard Contact and Hours
Classified Advertising and news ideas can be directed to 648-2311 while display ads use the same number. Offices at 124 Rutland Drive are open 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday.
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Emergency Numbers for Aiken Area Services
Emergency numbers list for Aiken area including Aiken Community Hospital 649 7911 Volunteer Fire Departments 648 6811 Aiken County Sheriff 648 6811 and Emergency Medical Services.
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Poison Control Center
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