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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1986
Page
5
The pope arrives as police deploy thousands to curb Hindu protests against Christian missions. Crowds line the papal motorcade route waving flags while others head to a Bay of Bengal beach for Mass.
A 41 year old man at St Luke's Episcopal Hospital Houston became the third patient that week to receive a temporary artificial heart after kidney failure. The operation lasted two hours and followed a medical surge to stabilize his condition. Meanwhile a Arizona woman showed a dramatic improvement and Pennsylvania doctors awaited lung fluid drainage before pursuing a donor heart.
Mark W. Hofmann, 31, a Salt Lake City dealer of Mormon documents, was arraigned on two counts of capital murder and multiple counts of theft by deception, communications fraud, and possession or construction of an internal device. A bond hearing was set for today by Fifth Circuit Judge Paul Grant.
Twenty five inmates in isolation over a prison riot broke from their cells but guards persuaded 23 to surrender early. Two were recaptured and the facility was secured with one inmate reported to have minor injuries.
Investigators probe a gas leak as the cause of a Mississippi explosion that leveled a block-long furniture store. Eight people died and one man was critically injured after being blown through a window in flames, according to witnesses.
Blood tests confirm substantial cocaine use by singer Rick Nelson, but authorities say no evidence ties drug use to the New Year’s Eve DC-3 crash that killed Nelson and six companions. Investigators were said to examine whether Nelson and band members used cocaine by free basing before the fire erupted in the cabin.
President-for-Life Duvalier demands thousands of merchants end the strike and reopen after two weeks of unrest that left about 50 dead. A state of siege suspended civil rights as banks and offices remain largely closed and threats of arrest loom for noncompliance.
Oil futures slide amid OPEC split and market share battles with non members pushing WTI to 15.44 and Brent to 15.50 a barrel. Analysts caution U.S. consumers may not see gasoline price relief despite lower crude as long term contracts stay above 20 a barrel.
Xinhua reports a 2,700 year old village uncovered in Heilongjiang province. Four building ruins were found with pottery stone tools bone needles a shell knife and a kitchen stove remains.
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