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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1989
Page
1
The Aiken Standard introduces its first Saturday edition and outlines a Saturday Sunday publication schedule with weekday operations. Subscription prices rise by 50 cents monthly starting Sept 1, while current and prospective subscribers have until Sept 30 to lock in the current 5.40 per month rate for up to one year.
A 2 year old woman, Marcelle D. Bruce, faces felony counts of criminal neglect after her newborn tested cocaine positive. Bruce held on 20 dollar bond as she awaits further action. The infant, born last weekend at Greenville Memorial Hospital, remains in the nursery and police expect to place the baby in foster care next week.
Skies will be partly cloudy today and Sunday with a 30 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms. The highs will reach the upper 80s and lows in the upper 60s. Details appear on page 8A.
Notices from Eureka list deaths for Leroy Babb of Aiken and William Paul Bradley. Details appear on page 8A with brief biographical notes and funeral arrangements.
Ray Grice waits for a slip up to reveal what happened to his son Jeremy Grice who disappeared near Bath on November 22, 1985. He hopes someone will say or do something to break the four year mystery as investigators note delays and a cleaned mobile home hampered the search.
The Aiken County Jamboree will unfold at Midland Valley High School and the War Eagle Jamboree at Wagener Valley High School. Also in sports news, coaches and players feature in trades, investigations, and events tied to major leagues and racing across today’s section.
Gunmen opened fire at a political rally in Soacha near Bogota wounding Sen. Luis Carlos Galan and other attendees. Witnesses blamed drug traffickers for the assault hours after the killing of Col. Waldemar Franklin Quintero, Antioquia police commander, as judges strike over protection continues. The attack disrupted a Liberal Party bid for the May 1980 presidential nomination amid a flare of violence linked to drug cartels.
Poland moves toward a Solidarity led administration as editor Tadeusz Mazowiecki signals readiness to accept President Jaruzelski's nomination for prime minister, amid official plans for a formal announcement and mixed reactions from local Communist factions. Mazowiecki, a veteran dissident, would head the first non Communist government in the Soviet bloc since the 1940s.
Elizabeth S. Benton, longtime educator and former South Carolina Vocational Classroom Teacher of the Year, becomes Area 1 superintendent overseeing instruction, curriculum, staffing, and maintenance in Aiken schools. She aims to stay connected with classrooms after 13 years in teaching and administration.
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