Helicopter Crash Kills Three In Virginia Mountain
Officials say North Carolina based AirCare Bell 222 UT helicopter showed no trouble before slamming into Fishers Peak Mountain in fog near Lamsburg Virginia. Pilot Barry Day and two others on board died as NTSB investigators prepared to inspect wreckage.
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Lambsburg
North Carolina
Barry Day
Carroll County
Daniel G. Sayers
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Sayers
Fishers Peak Mountain
Blue Ridge
National Transportation Safety Board
Atlanta
Armed search for suspect in string of killings and abductions
Heavily armed officers searched for Michael W. Jackson, a 41 year old former mental patient linked to three killings and six abductions. More than 80 officers conducted a door to door hunt in Wright City Missouri as darkness and rain forced a pause. Jackson, believed armed with a sawed off shotgun, killed two Indiana men and possibly shot a motorist in Missouri while on the run.
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Wright City
Michael W. Jackson
Indianapolis
Highway Patrol
John Ford
Jackson
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
House Votes to End Mandatory Retirement Across Federal Workforce
In a 394 to 0 vote the House endorses ending mandatory retirement for employees of the federal government and requires employers to offer health coverage to workers 70 and older. States and localities would retain the power to set mandatory ages for police and firefighters.
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Washington
House
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
Benjamin Gilman
R-N.y
Senate
Boys cocaine death sparks autopsy findings in Hereford
A 9 year old Hereford boy who had used cocaine at least once before suffered a fatal heart seizure after a small dose. Pathologist Dr. Ralph Erdmann said the autopsy linked the death to the drug or its impurities and noted prior use could not be quantified. The teen brother found him and he died after midnight August 17.
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Hereford
Texas
Manuel Saucedo
Ralph Erdmann
Erdmann
Howe and Shevardnadzе Discuss Terrorism at UN Meeting
British Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze held a 65 minute meeting at the United Nations to discuss terrorism. They agreed to consult on cooperation to prevent acts of terrorism and exchange information with officials to follow up. The talks also touched on Nicholas Daniloff’s arrest in Moscow on espionage charges.
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United Nations
Geoffrey Howe
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Nicholas Daniloff
Moscow
Campbell campaign defends ad on Education Improvement Act
Republican gubernatorial candidate Carroll Campbell will not pull a contested commercial, his campaign manager says. Campbell is accused of implying credit for the Education Improvement Act which Gov. Riley and former Education Chair Harry Chapman deny he earned. In Ireland, a facsimile of the Book of Kells will be published in a limited 1500 copy edition at about 10000 dollars each by Facsimile-Verlag.
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Columbia
Carroll Campbell
Warren Tompkins
Campbell
Dick Riley
Senate
Harry Chapman
Dublin
Ireland
Facsimile-Verlag
Lucerne
Switzerland
Trinity College
Pentagon ex-counterterror chief says anti-terror effort disorganized
Noel Koch asserts Pentagon and military leaders blocked a five member security team’s Beirut assignments from 1983, risking further U S casualties. He cites stalled recommendations to improve communications and intelligence sharing and pushes for unified special operations to prevent future attacks.
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Pentagon
Washington
U.S
Beirut
Noel Koch
Capitol Hill
America
Koch
Associated Press
Kach
Two Marines Missing After Plane Collision
Two Marines are missing after a mid Atlantic jet collision off Georgia during a training mission. Two others were rescued by a fishing vessel and later treated in Beaufort. The incident involved F 4S Phantom jets from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312.
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Beaufort
Atlantic
Georgia
Marine Corps
Dick Bugda
Beaufort Marine Air Corps Station
Charleston Coast Guard
Brisson
Bugda
Charles K. Castleberry Jr
Lake Jackson
Texas
Christopher J. Brammer
Cortez
Colo
Steven A. Colyer
Lamoni
Idaho
Ronald H. Rives
Canon City
Colyer
Rives
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312
Checkerboards
Marine Aircraft Group 31
Rebecca
D C raises drinking age to twenty one with grandfather clause
The District of Columbia Council approved emergency legislation to raise the drinking age to 21 with a grandfather clause for those who turn 18 before October 1. The bill, passed 10 to 3 and effective September 30 for 90 days, echoes a national push tied to federal highway funding penalties for noncompliance.
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Washington
District of Columbia Council
Mary
D.C
Carter Center to Open Next Week in Atlanta
President Carter leads a preview tour of the Carter Center in Atlanta, a $25 million facility housing his presidential library, museum, conference center and think tank. He notes half the funding came from Georgians, with $7 million from international donors, and the center opens with a ceremony attended by President Reagan.
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Atlanta
Carter Presidential Center
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Rosalynn
Carter Center
Reagan
Japan
Mideast
England
Literacy gaps surface in national study of young adults
Government funded study finds that while over 99 percent of young adults can write their name, about 5 percent read at a fourth grade level and 20 percent read only at an eighth grade level. It reports read levels for ages 21 to 25 surpassing 17 year olds earlier tested, with marked black white gaps in achievement.
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Washington
National Assessment of
National
Educational Testing Service
Lawrence Township
N.J
America
Aiken Standard Classified and News Desk Contact Info
The notice lists contact numbers for subscriptions and classified ads and provides office hours and address for Aiken Standard. It notes reception times from Monday to Friday and Sunday, with mailing address at Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 and offices at 124 Rutland Drive.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
North Augusta
S.C. Highway Patrol
Salley Fire
Salley
Volunt
Wagener Fire
Wagener Police
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
Aiken
S.C
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