28 Aug 1988
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1988
Page
1
Second ranked Nebraska defeated Texas A&M 23 to 14 in the college football Kickoff Classic. Silver Bluff’s Keith Bing seeks more playing time in USC’s backfield. Area volleyball teams gear up for the season. Major League Baseball round up and NFL preseason wrap await on later pages.
Washington AP reports the Expedited Funds Availability Act, effective Sept 1, requires banks savings and loans and credit unions to release deposited funds within one three or seven days depending on check type. Consumer groups say holds cost Americans money while banks warn of implementation costs and fraud risk.
Partly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s to around 90, with overnight lows in the upper 60s to 70s. Details appear on Page 8A.
Death notices list Ann Garren Blackmon Greenville Artie L Feagin Bath Rosa Grant Augusta Woodrow Henderson Hephzibah Theresa S Kolman Aiken Sadie Louise Pruitt Arthur Jack Williams Wagener Juanita Cook Williamson Aiken with page reference Page BA for details.
Citizens and officials weigh protecting Aiken’s remaining historic structures as prosperity and new development threaten its distinctive winter resort era. The town, once linked by dirt roads to stables, polo fields, and mansions, grew around luxury and new money after the Savannah River Plant arrival in the 1950s.
Cyprus says PLO aims to proclaim an independent Palestinian state with Israel’s right to exist within pre 1967 borders and to form a provisional government in the West Bank and Gaza. Yasser Arafat allies would share leadership with younger militants as the Palestine National Council meets in Algiers next month. The plan risks US-Israel tensions and questions about peace prospects.
A first person account recalls the 1963 March on Washington and the 25th anniversary reflection. The narrator, a 12 year old observer with a Cuban immigrant father and Texan mother, describes the heat crowded scenes at the Lincoln Memorial, the sense of American freedom, and a preacher whose booming words left a lasting impression.
Gen Wojciech Jaruzelski announced a self critical analysis of Poland's problems as the nation faces the most severe strikes in seven years. Politburo member Jozef Czyrek said authorities would meet workers halfway while opposing actions that could spark conflict amid continued strikes at mines ports and factories.
Salley-Perry municipal judge W. Ed win Derrick has been relieved of admin istrative duties after being convicted of breach of trust with fraudulent intent. He seeks a new trial and appeal, will still be paid $25 monthly until the Supreme Court review in October. Derrick was fined $218 in a tires case. no further cases have been turned over to him.
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