This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1983
Page
2
A reader questions gender equality in a sex scandal case and Abby replies on statutory rape. Another asks how to handle cross cultural engagement with disapproving parents. A third shares marital strain over a con artist loan repaid by the mother’s money and Abby counsels tuning out disputes.
Three Soviet officials including a KGB officer and a UN diplomat were expelled after the FBI used double agents to trap them attempting to obtain highly classified U.S. documents. The cases involve efforts targeting U.S.-Soviet relations, military matters, and aerospace technology. No secrets were believed to have been exposed.
Tryouts for My Fair Lady an ADA production set for September will be held Monday Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 to 10 at the First Baptist Church annex. Clarence Jolly directs.
South Carolina peach farmers face heavy losses after three freezes. A cloud cover failed to arrive to shield crops, with Gov. Dick Riley preparing a letter to Secretary John Block about the crop damage. Preliminary figures place the value at roughly 75 million dollars before the freezes.
Clemson researchers have spent over a decade seeking a peach that tolerates hard freezes while remaining tasty and marketable. Ridley notes breeders cross varieties with strong cold tolerance with those that yield good fruit, with experimental plots statewide, but no edible, commercially viable result yet.
Space seeds including Potato Explorer Watermelon Bushbaby and 44 other varieties have returned from space aboard the Challenger. They were opened Thursday at George W. Park Seed Co to study pressure radiation and vacuum effects on seeds in different containers. William J. Park valued the experiment at about 25000 dollars and plans to share some seeds with the scientific community.
Former Watergate guard Frank Wills seeks a new trial after a one year sentence for a $12 shoplifting conviction. His attorney John H. Ruffin Jr. urged the judge to grant relief as the court set 15 days for briefs and promised a ruling after review.
In Memphis 13 month old Brandon Hall begins a second liver transplant at LeBonheur Children's Medical Center. A donor organ from a 5 month old girl arrived by charter jet after a Bowling Green Ky death. Surgeons expect about six hours for the operation.
The Senate rejected Reagan’s 10 percent withholding on interest and dividends. Analysts say the plan would yield less than half the expected revenue and a 1099 filing requirement would produce no revenue. The bill moves to the House where leaders favor retention of withholding. Reagan has not committed to vetoing yet.
Washington report notes a push to extend daylight saving to seven or eight months. The piece discusses the 1966 federal framework, limited regional exemptions, and public opinion amid the Sunday clock change.
Brazil seized four Libyan cargo planes loaded with arms for Nicaragua in Rio de Janeiro. News reports say the action could trigger cancellation of about $190 million in Brazilian aircraft sales to Libya, a major loss noted by Nicaraguan Ambassador Ernesto Gutierrez.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.