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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1984
Page
2
Britain's 35,000 dock workers voted for an immediate nationwide strike in solidarity with the 23 week miners walkout. John Connolly of the Transport and General Workers' Union said the decision was by an overwhelming majority after a two hour emergency session.
Charleston NAACP officials express confidence the boycott will push Food Lion to change minority hiring and promotion policies. Delbert Woods, Charleston Branch president, says the action will affect customers, especially Black customers, and drive change.
Carolina Glove Co will reopen its Williston cotton work glove plant on Monday and hire 125 workers within months. The facility, closed nine months ago due to imports and weak demand, previously employed 47 at closure and up to 97 over ten years. Plant Manager Paul Savage cites improving retail sales and economy as reasons for reopening alongside Admiral freezer plant cutbacks affecting 230 workers.
Investigators blame an arsonist for the early morning fire at the former Texas Schoolbook Depository in Dallas. The blaze damaged three floors of the red brick building linked to the Kennedy assassination, starting in the basement where photos documents and artifacts were stored.
Alain Lareau, accused of killing his wife Sara Campbell and her father Lindsey Campbell in Columbia, then held three clergymen hostage at St. Jude's Church in Sumter for hours. He wounded himself, sought psychiatric evaluation, and faces murder charges. Rigoli said Lareau was distraught over his marriage breakup and wanted to see his four children.
A downtown Boston blackout forced restaurants to close and bars to fill as Boston Edison cut power to about 2 blocks. Smoke from manholes shut intersections, trapped some in elevators, and disrupted transit while police guarded darkened stores. Power was partly restored by nightfall with full return expected mid afternoon.
U.S. clothing retailers win a partial victory as the Reagan administration delays a tougher import rule on foreign textiles. The compromise preserves the regulation but exempts goods on order before Aug. 3 arriving by Oct. 31, preventing a $500 million shipment disruption and safeguarding Christmas sales.
At the Republican National Convention in Dallas President Reagan frames the 1984 election as a clear choice between a government of pessimism and limits and a Republican path of hope and growth. He argues the crisis began when government lived too well and touts tax policy and a resolute foreign stance. Aiken delegate Joe Usry lauds Reagan as delivering one of the greatest moments in American political history and urges voter registration and turnout.
Former astronaut James Irwin, accompanied by his son in law John Christianson, friend Dick Bright, and Turkish guide Yeman Sungur, begins a four day ascent with base camps at 10 499 and 13 779 feet. They plan to reach 16 945 feet to search the ark site. Calvin Klein credits luck for his billion dollar fashion empire in Parade magazine.
NBC and CNN carried a 18 minute Reagan film foregrounding his 1981 assassination attempt and White House years. CBS and ABC refused to air the program calling it a commercial. The piece featured scenes of farms and national pride with viewers moved by the tribute to fallen heroes and Reagan’s tribute.
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