27 Apr 1984
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1984
Page
1
Daylight saving time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. with clocks moved forward one hour across the United States. Arizona Hawaii and most of Indiana stay on standard time.
Aiken County March of Dimes hosts a 10 mile WalkAmerica starting tomorrow at the H Odell Weeks Activities Center Whiskey Road. Registration at 8 30 a.m. Teams include Southern Bell Rieter Palm Ett o Federal R E Phelan Security Federal and Harvey Hubbell. Proceeds fund research and programs and scholarships for health field students. Holly Zuelsdorf is chair.
Ruth Houser runs the window at Aiken Post Office where illustrated homilies brighten the counter. She has made dozens more, adding to a quirky collection that patrons have narrated and enjoyed.
President Reagan announced an agreement permitting U.S. sales of nuclear technology to China during a speech at the Great Hall of the People. He hailed capitalism and democracy and highlighted three years of talks, while Premier Zhao Ziyang cautioned that U S ties with Taiwan affect progress.
A string of tornadoes across Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma killed ten in Oklahoma and one in Minnesota with dozens injured. The same storm system dumped heavy snow in Montana, spawning blizzard warnings for nearby states as highways closed across the Plains. Survivors evacuated Morris Oklahoma with National Guards aiding rescue. in Minnesota 88 year old Frances Schrag died in St Anthony as a shopping center was ruined. Dozens of injuries reported and multiple counties affected as weather service tracked the extreme front.
Red Lodge reports almost 60 inches of snow and the worst storm since 1956 as Chief Smokey Owen struggles to locate his patrol car and drifts reach 20 feet. In Sheridan four missing anglers are sought after by plows and snowmobiles blocked on U S 14. Roads and Interstates 80 and 90 shut down across Montana Wyoming and South Dakota as wind chills plunge below zero. A Wright Wyoming ranch hosts about 30 motor ists and law officers for a winter gathering.
A three judge federal panel voided Senate candidate filings and barred July 24 primaries in South Carolina while redistricting questions remain. DOJ and NAACP argued the remap dilutes black voting power, but the panel said November elections may still proceed. Read on for local candidates Durward Pridgen Irene Rudnick and Fred Christensen reactions.
Former Augusta mayor Lewis Newman testified in Edward McIntyre's extortion trial that McIntyre never asked for money. Newman confirmed meeting with ex councilman Joseph Jones in October 1982 but contradicted Jones on details. Jones claimed they sought 10 000 from the engineering firm tied to Augusta hydroelectric plant project.
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