13 Dec 1987
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1987
Page
1
Eastern Michigan pulls off a 76-75 win as Kentucky loses a heartbreaker to Louisville on a last second shot. The paper also notes Woodside hiring a new tennis pro and Evansville remembering a fatal plane crash that killed the entire basketball team ten years ago.
Laurens Inc ends its all male tradition by adding a line of women’s fashions. The note directs readers to Page IC for details.
A cockroach etched under Sen Strom Thurmonds coattail on the Edgefield courthouse square statue has provoked local uproar. Sculptor Maria Kirby-Smith calls it a palmetto bug noting delays in finishing the $24 000 800 pound bronze statue completed after a year and a half amid issues.
The outlook calls for mostly sunny skies tomorrow with a high in the upper 50s and lows in the 40s. Clouds will increase by Tuesday as a weather system approaches, with page 5A providing full details.
Obituary notices name Viola Butler and Jimmy C Deans Jr Langley Winton Grandy and Poppie A Rushton with location references Aiken Graniteville and requests Page 8A for full details.
Readable bits show listings for events and columns across sections like Classifieds Crossworlds obituaries and opinions. The text hints at a Sunday magazine with television listings and features including Lewis Grizzard and Erma Bombeck.
In the southern Persian Gulf a Cypriot oil tanker Pivot was hit by a Iranian gunboat and set ablaze. A U S Navy warship USS Chandler and a CBS helicopter rescued 40 crew members including a pregnant woman. No injuries reported during the five hour operation.
In Vienna OPEC tentatively agreed to hold oil at $18 a barrel and renew a largely ineffective quota system. Iraq and possibly Iran were seen as likely to refuse. Ecuador's Fernando Santos announced the plan. Analysts warned the move may fail to staunch price declines.
The eight member legislative judicial screening committee must decide if Circuit Judge Rodney Peeples is qualified for the South Carolina Supreme Court amid ethics and perjury allegations. Chairman Tom Smith notes no prior public screening set precedent while senators warn the decision could influence the late January election. The panel heard three hours of testimony after Orangeburg lawyer Thomas Bryant argued Peeples violated ethics in an estate dispute worth over $100,000.
The Senate approved a $606 billion catchall spending bill including $9 million for Contra aid, moving budget fights toward final compromise with the House and White House. House opposition remains, while Reagan warns of a veto without more aid.
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