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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1987
Page
2
In Beverly Hills the rocker actor Rock Hudson has cut his home price to 2.9 million from 7 million. Buyers fear AIDS and hesitate to enter the house, a broker says. Hudson died Oct 2 1985 from AIDS complications.
U S Ambassador Jack Matlock met Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze in Moscow as Tass reported amid U S Marine Guard spy scandal fallout. No details were released about the discussion on U S Soviet relations. Radio Moscow aired a similar bulletin with no elaboration.
In Columbia AP reports Senator David ThomasGreenville introduces the South Carolina Surrogate Parenting Act in the Senate. The bill would require a surrogate to be at least 18 with a child of her own and psychological testing. It also terminates the natural mother's parental rights two weeks after birth and requires the natural father to be married.
The Illinois health department announced a recall of about 1,800 Enesco Imports Corp. toys including No 300403 wooden locomotive train and No 315427 music box sold nationwide for a year. Tests showed lead levels exceed the .06 percent limit set by the CPSC. Consumers should return the items to the place of purchase for full refunds.
Illinois distributor W W Grainger plans a 1 086 000 square foot regional distribution center on 100 acres at Southchase park off I 385 north of Fountain Inn. The facility will cover nearly 25 acres and create about 300 jobs within five years.
Snow continues to batter the East with 2 feet in places and 10 foot drifts on a mountain. Temperatures plunge from Texas to Florida as roads close from Maryland to New England. I 40 blocked at the NC Tennessee line with National Guard help. Concorde stranded in Asheville. Peach and blueberry crops suffer heavy damage in Mississippi and Alabama.
A Clemson University survey finds more than 1,000 South Carolina farms left the business in 1986 due to drought and debt, but land stays productive with new owners. About 27,500 farms remain active statewide, with 15 to 20 percent of farmers financially troubled and mixed outlooks for 1987 amid low prices and improving weather.
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A list of emergency contacts and local safety agencies is provided by the Aiken Standard. The compiled numbers include Aiken Fire 649-2511, Aiken Police 649-4121, EMS 648-6811, Sheriff 258-3449, and Poison Control among others, with affiliations to regional fire and police departments and support services.
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