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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1987
Page
1
At 77 John Boyd known as Captain Boyd leads Seaside Heights lifeguards after 57 summers on duty. He insists guards act in life or death moments and uses a PA system to curb rowdy behavior while keeping a strong public presence on the family beach.
Ronald Reagan Mikhail Gorbachev Pope John Paul II Raquel Welch and Ivan Boesky are named as members of The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves. Secretary-treasurer Robert Hanson says anyone can join for $10 as a life member or be enrolled posthumously or in absentia with no rites beyond optional banquet attendance.
The forecast calls for fair skies tonight with temperatures in the low 70s. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of afternoon thunderstorms and a high in the mid 90s.
Obituary notices list Betty A Culpepper Augusta Joe Holifield Wagoner Varnum S Seaman Aiken Orlena T Weaver North Augusta as recently recorded in local death notices.
In Johannesburg, a worker was killed and others injured during fighting between strike supporters and opponents at SASOL mines and coal to oil plants near Secunda. The Chemical Workers Industrial Union and SASOL offered conflicting accounts on casualties as talks aimed to curb violence began.
A McDonnell Douglas MD-80 bound for Phoenix and Los Angeles crashed at 8 46 p m after leaving Detroit Metropolitan Airport in clear weather. FBI agents investigated possible bomb tampering as a cause, while witnesses described an orange glow near the engines.
A list of major passenger jet crashes with fatalities, detailing nine incidents from 1977 to 1985. The record includes Pan American and KLM at Tenerife, Japan Airlines in Japan, Turkish Airlines near Paris, Air India off Ireland, Saudi Arabian Riyadh crash, American Airlines takeoff in Chicago, Korean Air Lines shooting near Sakhalin, Air New Zealand in Antarctica, and Arrow Air DC-8 charter fatalities, with a note to see WORST, Page 10A.
Lech Walesa addressed about 3,000 supporters in Gdansk recalling seven years of strikes that sparked Solidarity. He urged continued reform as police monitored church services and a separate broadcast spoofing Radio Station Solidarity 2 aired briefly on Polish TV.
Langley Aiken Technical College graduated its 14th class at Midland Valley High School, presenting 249 graduates with degrees certificates and diplomas. George L Brightharp delivered the commencement address and invoked the benediction. Susan M Epps was named Student of the Year, with Buck Grant Awards going to Donnie Ramsey Patrice Horne. Ryan Mary G. earned Faculty Member of the Year for her clerical cluster program work.
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