24 Apr 1988
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1988
Page
1
The Baltimore Orioles lost to the Kansas City Royals, extending their season opening skid to 17 straight. Page 5B references further details on state players and draft notes.
The Aiken Standard prints a special supplement on private property during National Private Base Week. The feature highlights private property issues and local perspectives as the observance runs this week.
The Aiken Standard invites area schools and local groups to tour its publishing plant at 124 Rutland Drive during May. A short video will outline the 121 year history and visitors will view each client up close. Tours may align with a press run. scheduling requires 48 hours notice and visitors aged 10 or older. To arrange, call Trish Cox at 648-2311.
In Tampa Florida a premature newborn chimpanzee named Lilly survived thanks to volunteer pediatric specialists from a hospital. A team including two nurses a respiratory therapist and a blood doctor joined Busch Gardens veterinarian John Olson at an animal-care nursery three weeks ago to save the two pound primate.
Overcast skies reduce Sunday sunshine with a 50 percent rain forecast. Highs reach the low 80s while tonight’s lows fall to near 60. Page 9A has more details.
Milford Butler Johnston Hazel Palmer Eldred William A Harmon Saluda Lillie Madison Emory T Meador Bessie Wildher Osbon Mary E Rains Julius J Williams Mildren Rish Collins Williams Wagener. Page 9A provides the full details and dates for each notice.
A pickup truck packed with 330 pounds of TNT exploded at a busy Tripoli vegetable market injuring about 125 and killing 54. The blast in the Tabyaneh district shattered buildings and triggered fires as police cordoned off the scene. Hospitals treated victims amid a city-wide shock as no group claimed responsibility.
Aiken County farmers push spring planting despite low rainfall with about 1.5 inches recorded at Bush Field. The National Weather Service forecasts slightly above average rains through June, while futures fields show price gains for September corn, July wheat, and November soybeans. Livestock faces higher feed costs though May cattle futures rise.
The Aiken Standard earned an Outstanding Media Corp award at the 24th Landmark Conference in Greenville for a Sunday Magazine series on Aiken and South Carolina history from 1985 to 1987. Donald M. Law accepted the honor for the newspaper. The Confederation also recognized the Beech Island Historical Society for its newsletter Four Centuries and More. New officers and council members were elected in the Confederation.
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