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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1981
Page
7
The FCC voted to raise AT&T’s authorized return from 10.5% to a floating 12.5% to 13% range. AT&T intends a 12.75% target, prompting about a 16 percent rise in interstate long-distance rates and roughly $1.4 billion extra revenue per year.
The Atlanta Public Safety Commissioner assigned 21-year-old Larry Rogers to the special police task force investigating murders and disappearances of 24 Black youths over 21 months. Rogers, described as mentally retarded and about 14 or 15 in appearance, marks the eighth case referred to the nine-member panel this year.
The space shuttle Columbia faced a new snag as contaminants were found in the fuel cell lines. Officials say the hydrogen and oxygen lines require a 10 to 11 hour gas rinse, but launch remains on schedule for Friday to lift two astronauts.
The United Mine Workers summon 39 bargaining council members to Washington for a strategy session amid internal dissension from the coal strike and staff layoffs. President Sam Church has been in seclusion since the union rejected a tentative three year contract. The Bituminous Coal Operators Association reiterates its no negotiations stance as strike activity remains light.
President Reagan, feverish and on expanded antibiotics, plans to send Nancy Reagan and George Bush as stand-ins at a $1000-a-plate Republican dinner at the Washington Hilton where he was shot eight days ago. Security is tight as aides coordinate garage entrances and back elevators for a closed passage. Doctors report no infection in the wounded left lung and the president remains hospitalized likely through the week.
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