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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1986
Page
2
Inmates demanding machine guns and safe conduct seized 14 staff. After 19 hours of failed negotiations, troops attacked Tuesday. Seven staff were lightly wounded. 11 prisoners died in the assault as police reported.
The nomination of William H. Rehnquist to be the 16th chief justice heads toward a Senate vote expected to confirm him by a comfortable margin. GOP leaders moved for a preliminary vote to end five days of debate, needing 60 votes to end debate, with a final roll call anticipated this evening to seal his appointment.
Congress moves to block an automatic rise in the Medicare hospital deductible for 1987. The current first day charge is 492 dollars. House proposals target 500 while Senate plans set 520 and revise future increase formula.
The recall covers about 80,000 Audi 5000S cars from 1985 and 1986 model years due to misadjusted fuel distributors that can leak fuel and soak the air filter, risking engine fires. NHTSA expanded inquiries to five car groups, including GM J-cars and Maserati Biturbos, from preliminary reviews to engineering analyses.
The Senate Appropriations Committee backed a Pentagon budget for fiscal 1987 that cuts Star Wars research from 4.8 billion to 3.4 billion. The measure, approved 26-1, heads to the floor and will be merged into the continuing resolution.
The first mate of the Soviet trawler Lesogorsk deserted in Dunedin seeking permanent residency, denying refugee or asylum status. Immigration Minister Kerry Burke said the seaman wishes to stay. a Soviet spokesman confirmed embassy contact as NZ weighs his case amid Pacific fishing rights tensions.
Peggy Say and Rev. Benjamin Weir pressed President Reagan to shift focus from the Daniloff case to securing the release of Americans abducted in Beirut. They argued the administration should negotiate with captors and cited a hostage letter as urging action. Weir said there has been little response from the White House.
NASA and the Air Force plan a 8:52 am launch of a $37.3 million NOAA weather satellite atop a refurbished Atlas booster from Vandenberg. The mission, delayed 16 times since 1985, follows the Challenger disaster and aims to restore US launch capability with a classified payload possible Friday.
In Manila two generals and 18 soldiers surrendered as prosecutors weigh charging Ferdinand E Marcos in the 1983 slaying of former Sen. Benigno Aquino. The high court overturned the prior conviction as a sham and prosecutors expect possible indictments beyond those already in custody.
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The Aiken Standard lists emergency numbers as a public service. Established in 1867 the newspaper is published on weekdays by Aiken Communications Inc with mailing details in Aiken South Carolina.
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