26 Aug 1985
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1985
Page
1
The unidentified article on page 2A alleges that Ronald Reagan acted as an informant for the FBI in a past era. It cites unnamed sources and presents documentary claims about his possible involvement with intelligence work.
Calendar notes show Dear Abby advice column and obituary notices as featured items. Classifieds and comics appear alongside, with the newspaper presenting the usual mix of lifestyle and memorial notices.
Rep. Butler Derrick will join the celebration of the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Rev. and Mrs. Augustus Thirlow Stephens Sr. at Odell Weeks Activity Center on Whiskey Road in Aiken. He will also tour Owens Corning Fiberglas next Tuesday.
A bottle of Gatorade with urea sickened a man prompting a recall across nearly 200 stores in six Western states. Longs Drug Stores in Santa Clara pulled all Lemon Lime Gatorade as a precaution citing tampering. The case is described as highly isolated to the Santa Clara outlet.
The New Wood String Band will headline Hopeland Gardens Summer Series tonight at 7 p.m. The free concert is sponsored by the Aiken Recreation Department in the gardens on Dupree Place with parking at Rye Patch on Berrie Road. Bring lawn chairs or blankets.
USC Gamecocks ride last season's strong finish into football’s preseason rankings. Sports Illustrated places them 16th, AP 17th, and UP I 18th while Clemson sits outside the top 20.
Samantha Smith and her father died in a Bar Harbor Airlines Beechcraft 99 crash near Auburn Maine authorities said The 13 year old had gained fame as a peace ambassador after visiting the Soviet Union and was memorialized by Maine Governor Brennan as a special little girl and peace ambassador.
Education official Elmer Knight warns of a potential very serious teacher shortage in South Carolina by decade's end if trends continue. He cites Carnegie Foundation projections of 200,000 new teachers needed nationally yearly 1986–1990, with only 160,000 new graduates.
Los Angeles AP reports that August gasoline prices eased nationwide with 2 week declines of about seven tenths of a cent while wholesale costs fell more than 1.3 cents. California saw many self serve stations pricing regular leaded at 99.9 cents or less led by Arco with many stations under a dollar.
An advertisement teases a new and exciting offer or event arriving October 6. The teaser appears in The Sunday Aiken newspaper page. No further details about the product or event are provided in readable text.
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