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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1985
Page
2
Los Angeles report shows a study suggesting casual dieting may trigger severe eating disorders and self induced vomiting. Psychologist Susan Woolley cautions that warning may be needed if further research confirms the risk.
In Geneva the UN secretary-general Javier Perez de Cuellar urged the United States and the Soviet Union to halt the nuclear arms race and deter spread of military nuclear capability as an 80 member conference on nonproliferation opened. He warned of the terrible possibility of wholesale destruction if progress does not occur.
Federal and state investigators probed a runaway chemical reaction at a suburban plant in West Chester, spreading irritating fumes east into Philadelphia. Some 27 people were treated and authorities considered evacuating up to 40,000 residents within a 12 square mile zone.
Leon Gary Plauche, 39, received five years of supervised probation and 300 hours of community service after pleading no contest to manslaughter in the killing of Jeffrey Doucet, who had been photographed being escorted in handcuffs after a kidnapping arrest. The judge cited rehabilitation and potential harm from prison.
The Aiken Standard lists subscription and advertising contact numbers 648-2311 and 649-1555. Office location at 124 Rutland Drive is open 8 30 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Kathleen Wright of Fort Lauderdale Florida is identified as the 135th victim of Delta Air Lines Flight 191 which crashed at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on August 2. Wright, 49, died at 9 59 p m after burns and fractures, with doctors amputating a leg on August 16.
Bonn officials report Chancellor Helmut Kohl will dismiss Heribert Hellenbroich, head of the BND, after a spy scandal tied to Hans Joachim Tiedge. The case prompts opposition calls to resign Interior Minister Friedrich Zimmermann, while officials deny Zimmermann removal. Tiedge defected to East Germany last week.
At Cape Canaveral Discovery astronauts unwind after a frantic first day featuring an unplanned satellite launch. Engineers report the shuttle arm elbow will require manual control, possibly lengthening the salvage mission while James van Hoften and Bill Fisher prepare to secure Syncom 3 for a space-walk.
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