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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1985
Page
2
About 10,000 visitors daily tour Canton Culture Park to view a short tailed macaque dubbed China’s Wild Man Yeren. The animal, captured in Hunan last October, sparked earlier reports of a Yeren before officials confirmed it as a macaque.
The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior 418-ton trawler salvaged with flotation bags and pumps after sinking in Auckland harbor on July 10. Police divers search the harbor bottom as a French-speaking couple face murder arson and conspiracy charges tied to the attack.
A contractor for Army radar guided gatling system parts and an executive pled guilty to cheating the Defense Department of more than 1.5 million dollars. American Electronics Laboratories of Montgomeryville was fined 20000 and agreed to pay 2.6 million in restitution. Harold Casale of Lansdale Pa pleaded guilty and faces sentencing.
Los Angeles AP reports that thousands of pirated cassettes of Rambo First Blood Part II flood the market. Carolco executives warn quality is extremely poor while the film's US gross nears $141 million in 12 weeks and spurs Rambo merchandise.
The Reagan administration says ASAT tests will not trigger a new arms race but push the Soviet Union toward a space weapons ban. Critics fear tests will provoke a space race and jeopardize progress toward a 1980s arms control treaty and the November summit with Mikhail Gorbachev. White House aides argue the move is needed to regain parity with Soviet testing and to spur negotiations. Speakes says the test won t derail talks with Gorbachev and may encourage restraint.
NAACP leaders call Falwell a racist demagogue and accuse him of treason while Benjamin Hooks and Jesse Jackson denounce his stance on South Africa. Jackson links Falwell to historic villains as he prepares to debate him on ABC TV.
Malibu sheriff deputy Timothy Edwards guided Olivia Hussey during a 911 call as her 22 year old son Max Fuse turned blue after a pool fall. He directed her to move the child to the phone and instructed CPR steps with the husband, Akira Fuse, who did not know CPR.
Bereaved families in chartered helicopters circled Mt Osataka 70 miles northwest of Tokyo to view the crash site of JAL Flight 123. About 524 aboard, 520 died, four survived, as workers searched for bodies and parts to explain the disaster.
Jo Burckhalter named manager of Appliance Land in Aiken bringing 28 years in New Ellenton. She is married to Ricky Burckhalter of Warrenville and has two children Tonya 11 and Traper 7. Jo aims for customer satisfaction and invites friends and customers to shop with competitive prices.
Islamic and Christian militias clash across Beirut and surroundings for a third day with 264 dead and 775 wounded. Bombings and shelling leave thousands homeless as security efforts fail to halt the escalating violence.
The Aiken Standard lists contact numbers for subscriptions and classifieds and invites ideas. Main office at 124 Rutland Drive operates 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday.
Local emergency numbers provided by the Aiken Standard. Quick access guide lists fire police ambulance and hospital contact numbers for rapid response and public safety.
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