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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1987
Page
1
NASA will switch on Discovery’s electrical power as the first step in preparing the shuttle for launch, a milestone toward a planned June 2 1988 flight. The shuttle fleet has been grounded since the Challenger disaster on January 28 1986, which killed seven crew members.
Reading man John Calvaresi faces a preliminary hearing on a July 25 murder in which 41 year old Stanley Detweiler was decapitated. Calvaresi told the Reading Eagle he sawed off the head and used blood to write on walls, with the clue redrum scrawled in blood and speculation about The Shining influence.
Forecast calls for a 2 percent chance of thunderstorms tonight with a mid 70s low. Tomorrow’s plan features partly cloudy skies a 40 percent chance of storms and a high in the upper 90s.
A notice lists multiple deaths including Inez O Boozer in North Augusta and Charles A Holland in Clinton along with Ruby H Coleman Edgefield Ernest Jimerson Aiken Robert Simpkins Beech Island Willie Smallwood Augusta Glenn Smith North Augusta Max Smolowsky Langley Corrie Stokes Graniteville details on Page 9A
In Hanoi U S and Vietnam concluded top level discussions with an agreement to speed accounting for 1776 Americans missing from the Vietnam War. The joint statement says humanitarian concerns will be addressed separately and not tied to normalization or aid. John W. Vessey and Nguyen Co Thach led the talks.
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger urged flexible timing for notifying Congress about covert arms deals with Iran. The Iran-Contra hearings, telecast nationally, move toward closure with CIA officials to be questioned privately next week and a month of August set for a formal report on the affair and its impact on President Reagan.
Washington AP reports major contradictions in Oliver North's accounts to Meese and congressional committees. North's November statements to Meese differ from what he told lawmakers during last month's televised hearings, highlighting internal conflict within North's own narrative.
The Gas Prince with U S Navy escorts steamed toward the Strait of Hormuz amid Iran's missiles as Kuwait plans reflagging 11 tankers to gain Navy protection. The convoy, 550 miles from Kuwait, faced no incident at the halfway point, though sources differed on the gulf crossing timing.
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini pledges retaliation against the United States after deadly Mecca clashes as Iran tallies casualties and vows to strike the "arch-Satan" at an opportune time. Tehran announces naval maneuvers in the Strait of Hormuz to deter US aggression.
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