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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1987
Page
1
In Chicago 750 couples renewed vows at Holy Name Cathedral during the 10th annual Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass led by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. Smiling seniors filled every pew as they received a special blessing after celebrating half a century of marriage.
Washington AP reports a flood of names considering 1988 bids but withdrawing. Sam Nunn Georgia senator, Paul Laxalt Nevada ex-senator, and Ohio governor Celeste cited workload and cost as reasons, joining Mario Cuomo Dale Bumpers Bill Clinton Howard Baker Robb and Rumsfeld in no plans for a campaign.
Skies stay mostly cloudy tonight with a 50 percent chance of showers and thundershowers and a low around the 70s. Partly cloudy tomorrow brings a 30 percent chance of thundershowers and a high in the upper 80s.
Obituary notices list Willie E. Baker Stiefeltown Coke Blease Bonds Harvey A. Crist Jean Farr Ernest T. Hicks Mac Ethel Holton Myrtice C. McDaniel Maria V. McPherson Russell Shepheard and Aileen Worley with brief locations in North Augusta Aiken Columbia Gibson and Davisboro GA. Details continued on Page 6A.
Iraqi warplanes pounded a large maritime target off Iran’s coast as a third day of Gulf offensives escalated. An Iranian speedboat attacked a Kuwaiti freighter while U S warships escorted tanker convoys through the strait of Hormuz amid ongoing cease-fire tensions.
Helping Hands Children’s Shelter began construction of a 7000 square foot facility on Barnwell Avenue with Sen. Strom Thurmond attending. The project will house up to 30 children for 90 days and fund the new shelter by selling the current York Street home. Thurmond spoke on federal support and public-private cooperation while local officials, architects, and donors attended the ceremony in heat.
In Brigham City Utah 9500 spectators watched Morton Thiokol fire a redesigned booster rocket 126 feet long with 1 million pounds of solid propellant. The successful test aims to prove NASA engineers the Challenger failure was fixed and paves the way for the Discovery launch set for June 2 1988 with three more tests planned before then.
About 600 cadets at the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio City joined a hunger strike in solidarity with a coup attempt. The deputy chief of staff met cadets but did not resolve the protest. A rebel junta statement challenged President Aquino and claimed the mutiny would continue as efforts to identify coup leader Col. Gregorio Honasan continued.
A Thai Airways Boeing 737 collided with a Dragonair jet and crashed into the Andaman Sea near Phuket. Officials report 83 aboard with conflicting early updates on survivors, as search and rescue continued at night. The plane carried 74 passengers including at least two Americans and nine crew.
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