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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1986
Page
2
Washington officials say DC Public Health Commissioner Andrew McBride helped carry the body of a 25 year old AIDS patient from a basement room after medical staff and police refused. The body stayed for over six hours as 12 city workers reportedly declined to remove AIDS victims citing lack of hazard pay.
Ralph A Hughes II a 34 year old from Fort Lauderdale seized a Delta Air Lines jet with a penknife as it taxied to the terminal. He paced aisles and offered no clear demands before FBI agents overpowered him. Police described him as distraught and possibly mentally disturbed.
Spring Industries reports 1985 sales above 1 billion dollars up 7.2 percent from 1984 but net income drops to 13.2 million dollars a 63.2 percent decline. A 23 cent per share one time charge in Q3 tied to the early retirement program weighed on results.
SUMTER AP officials hope Vaughan Bassett Furniture Co of Galax Virginia will reconsider an offer to buy an unspecified share of Williams Furniture Co which closed just before Christmas leaving 750 workers unemployed and prompting talk of a larger sale to another manufacturer.
J P Stevens & Co Inc announced the sale of five Georgia plants employing about 3000 workers in Woolen and Worsted Fabrics to Forstmann Co Inc. The new company will be led by three former Stevens executives. Manufacturing HQ moves from Greenville to Dublin Georgia. merchandising and sales offices stay in New York for now.
Petroleos de Venezuela and Southland Corp. announced a letter of intent for Venezuela state oil giant to acquire 50 percent of Citgo Petroleum Corp for 300 million dollars. The move comes as Citgo's parent and the Venezuelan concern confirmed the agreement on Wednesday.
Vice Adm Cristobal Colony Carvajal a direct descendant of Christopher Columbus and an aide were killed in Madrid by suspected Basque terrorists. Police said a man and woman threw a grenade into their car and then fired with submachine guns.
About 70 striking meatpackers rallied outside the Hormel plant in Austin Minnesota as National Guard troops briefly blocked access. More than two dozen strikers and supporters were arrested and citizens made arrests of one Austin police officer and at least two Guardsmen. Jay Rogers spokesman for Local P-9 said formal charges would follow with the county attorney.
President Reagan turns 75 and jokes he will be 39 for the 36th time as he meets with Health and Human Services and Treasury staff. He notes the sum up mood, discusses welfare studies, catastrophic illness insurance and the IMF, and hints at a possible post political career.
State television rejected reports that Spain Greece or Switzerland refused asylum or travel for Jean-Claude Duvalier. Swiss authorities also blocked a visit for Duvalier and his entourage, while Port au Prince merchants ended a two day shutdown after false rumors of his flight.
Aiken Standard provides phone numbers for subscription 649 5316 and classifieds 649 1555 plus news ideas 648 2311 and display ads 648 2311. Customer service hours are 5 30 p m to 7 p m Monday through Friday and 8 a m to 10 30 a m Sunday.
The Aiken Standard publishes weekday afternoon editions by Aiken Communications Inc. since 1867. Contact box and street address are listed for mail and service, with second class postage paid in Aiken, South Carolina.
Pope John Paul II urged reconciliation after delivering Mass for about 200000 on a Goa riverbank and spoke of disunity among Christians as a scandal. He warned that past divisions hinder gospel proclamation as he planned sermons in Mangalore and a session with 400 bishops at the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa.
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