Trade gap tops agenda as hearings probe U S imports
The House Ways and Means Committee holds a showcase hearing on the growing U S trade deficit after the Commerce Department reported a near record 31.8 billion dollar shortfall for April through June. U S Trade Representative Yeutter and AFL-CIO president Kirkland testify alongside business and labor leaders.
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Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
U.S
Clayton Yeutter
Afl-Cio
Lane Kirkland
Commerce Department
Town Wanted Dam, Got A Bowling Alley
Du chesne Utah, a town of 1 730, will receive a 450000 six lane bowling alley funded from a stalled dam project budget. The town paid 75000, officials say federal workers on the irrigation project strained local services. Rep George Miller complained the request for a dam yielded a bowling alley instead.
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Washington
Utah
Duchesne
U.S. Bureau
George Miller
Dcalif
House Interior Subcommittee On Water and Power Resources
Potential Dangerousness Symposium Highlights Prevention Methods
Philadelphia AP reports researchers at the World Congress of Biological Psychiatry described spotting potentially violent individuals using biology and psychiatry. A symposium titled Predicting Dangerousness discussed drugs or surgery to deter murderers after incidents like the Reagan assassination attempt and a Texas sniper attack. The congress attracted about 2,500 experts from around the world.
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Philadelphia
Reagan
Texas
World Congress of Biological Psychiatry
Satellite worth eighty four million declared total loss
Hughes Communications Inc says the Syncom 4 satellite launched August 29 aboard the space shuttle Discovery is a total loss after failing to respond to radio signals. Engineers have attempted revival but doubt success and did not disclose the problem until last week.
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Los Angeles
Discovery
Hughes Communications Inc
Hughes
Britain Expels Six Soviet Spies Amid Push for Better Ties
London orders six more Soviet spies to leave as Thatcher urges cooling tensions with Moscow. The expulsion follows 25 others amid the defection of London KGB chief Gordievski, who allegedly exposed a long list of agents. UK and Soviet responses ripple through diplomatic channels as Britain seeks to move past the episode.
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Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Soviet Union
KGB Secret Police
Oleg A. Gordievski
KGB
Gordievski
Moscow
Fugitives Sought in North Carolina Jail Escape
Law officers pursue two Arkansas inmates who escaped from custody as authorities map their escape area in western North Carolina. The alert coordinates patrols near key towns and rural routes as investigators seek the pair.
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North Carolina
Arkansas
Copter Joins Search for Escapees in Trooper’s Death
In Spring Creek North Carolina two prison escapees sought in the death of a state trooper remain surrounded in the Blue Ridge Mountains after three days of false leads. A heat sensing helicopter joined bloodhounds and 200 officers at the manhunt command post. Authorities say they are certain the fugitives are still in the area.
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Spring Creek
N.C
Blue Ridge Mountains
Highway Patrol
George Dowdle
Madison County
Tom Battle
Lebanese Detained After Rome Cafe Grenade Attack
Police detonated a second grenade at Rome's Cafe de Paris after an attack that wounded at least 38 tourists and locals. A Lebanese youth was detained for questioning by DIGOS, with initial reports noting a fake Moroccan passport.
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Mercedes Doherty
Tiverton
R.L
Jerome Fiely
Italy
DIGOS
ANSA
Giacomo Iacobini
AGI
Jacobini
Iacobini
Cafe de Paris
Excelsior
Meese pushes package to close federal waste fraud loopholes
Attorney General Edwin Meese unveiled a legislative package aimed at tightening laws against waste fraud and abuse in federal programs. He intends to curb how the Justice Department prosecutes corporate and labor leaders amid congressional scrutiny of cases such as the E.F. Hutton check kiting verdict and the Presser immunity issue. Meese called the plan a major reform of procurement law while noting it stops short of a revolution.
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Washington
Edwin Meese
Meese
Capitol Hill
Justice Department
Congress
Car Bombs Stir Fear as Terror Tool in Lebanon
In Lebanon a surge of car bombings has killed over 150 people and wounded more than 450. Police Captain Yousef Bitar says rigging a bomb takes up to one hour and nearly anyone can do it. The violence spans Beirut and Tripoli with militants targeting Israel's security zone nearby.
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Lebanon
Yousef Bitar
Bitar
Tripoli
Israel
Northern Ireland
Aiken Standard Office and Mailing Address
The Aiken Standard lists its offices at 124 Rutland Drive and provides mailing address as Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday. Subscription rates shown include weekly monthly and longer terms with prices 3 90 11 70 23 40 and 46 80.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Emergency Numbers from The Aiken Standard
Emergency numbers provided for public service include Poison Control, S C Highway Patrol, Salley Fire and Police, Sheriff’s Department, long distance sheriff fire or ambulance, Volunt Fire Departments, Wagener Fire and Police, Widowed Persons Association. The Aiken Standard is a weekday publication dating back to 1867.
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S.C. Highway Patrol
Salley Fire
Salley
Sheriff’s Department
Volunt Fire
Wagener Fire
Wagener Police
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