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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1983
Page
2
Washington sources say high pressure lobbying by President Reagan has clinched Senate support for Kenneth L. Adelman. Supporters and opponents agree the nomination should pass its final test today after months of debate over qualifications and candor.
PLO leader Yasser Arafat signals desire to restart negotiations with King Hussein despite Jordan's blunt reaction to the PLO declining to be represented by the king in peace talks with Israel. Billy Staton tapes a grisly recording of his own murder during a visitation dispute in Brownsville Texas. State rests in Paul Wolf murder trial tied to the death of Staton and fiancee Leticia Castro with another related charge against Wolf and his wife.
Environmentalists and anti nuclear activists in Britain plan to unite as a Green political movement following West Germany's Green Party success. They announce Britain's first Green rallies scheduled for April 7 to 29, aiming to mirror the German example.
London AP reports the US edition of the Book of Royal Lists, by Lesley Cunliffe and Craig Brown, catalogs 323 lists about Britain’s monarchy. It includes Queen Elizabeth II’s quip on Niagara Falls and other offbeat facts from 21 Physical Peculiarities to Ten Royal Comments on Art.
Panamanians vote in 10 days on a new constitution that could end military dominance left by Gen. Omar Torrijos and restore civilian rule. The document would establish direct election of a president two vice presidents and a single-house legislature by October 11 1984.
Singer Barry Manilow set a Broadway box office record with a February to March engagement at the Uris Theatre in New York, grossing 782160 dollars in one day and achieving the fastest ticket sellout in Broadway history. He received a plaque at Sardi's Restaurant. Truman Capote, aged 58, left Baptist Medical Center after treatment for dizziness, calling his illness a strange sort of thing. Count Basie, whose wife died, plans to resume touring next week with Buddy De Franco leading the band in his absence. Basie performs a fund-raiser in Red Bank New Jersey while other shows are scheduled later in the week.
A South Carolina bill seeks state inspection of high level nuclear waste shipments entering the state, drawing criticism over low level waste regulation. Sen. Tom Smith and Rep. D Malloy McEachin promote mobile inspection stations at entry points with a $25 000 annual license and a $1 million bond for noncomplying shippers.
A 13 month old boy from Walnut Mississippi received a liver at University of Tennessee Bowld Hospital after a 12 hour operation. Doctors call the immediate outcome 50 50 though the liver shows bile production and filtration. The mother testified to a House subcommittee urging Medicaid support while her community raised 81000 for the surgery.
The Senate Budget Committee, led by Republicans, redrafted most of President Reagan’s domestic plan and backed tax increases for 1984. After an 11 hour session, the panel kept large welfare and social program funding, set 1984 spending $11.3 billion above Reagan proposals, and signaled a tax hike push next, with Democrats and some Republicans open to higher taxes to cut deficits.
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