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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1986
Page
2
Atlanta area researchers describe the first known case of mother infection from an AIDS virus bearing infant. The two year old, born with severe intestinal abnormalities, likely contracted HIV during a May 1984 transfusion from a donor. The case suggests non general family contact transmission.
Officials investigate after a switch on a conveyor ran under a coal stockpile and pulled five workers into a bin. Mine safety and company officials opened the formal probe into the Friday incident and its deadly failure.
Florence Coolidge and her son Ernie Richardson hugged at Salvation Army headquarters in Boston after a cross country search that began at a teenage mothers institution and spanned four states and Congress. Both expressed disbelief and hope for a fresh start together.
Norfolk school board lawyer said an appeals court upheld a plan to end nearly 15 years of cross town busing for elementary students to achieve desegregation.
The FAA ordered inspections after 35 reports of serious cracks in the JT8D engine, including two cases where engines broke apart. Airlines must complete examinations within a timetable based on engine startup counts. United Press International reorganizes offices, moving some corporate operations from Brentwood Tennessee to Washington and nearby Virginia as part of a sale.
A Judiciary Committee member called for a Senate inquiry into possible prosecutorial bias in the NutraSweet matter. FDA had charged Searle with misrepresentations and concealing safety data, but the grand jury never heard those charges and NutraSweet was dropped from the probe. In Atlanta, flu activity rises with 43 states reporting cases and 13 with widespread outbreaks.
The United States posted a 6.7 percent civilian unemployment rate in January with 565,000 non farm jobs added. Total unemployed fell to 7,831,000, the lowest since March 1980, while the combined civilian and military rate stood at 6.6 percent. A separate report noted 1.1 million discouraged workers, the lowest in over four years.
The Dow Jones industrial average closes at 1600.69 up 7.57 as investors await a federal appeals court ruling on Gramm-Rudman. Analysts caution the session was mixed with uncertainty about deficits and possible higher interest rates.
The FCC released Census based data showing 91.9 percent of U S households have telephones and 1.9 percent have hallway access, countering claims that antitrust breakup and rising rates would reduce subscribership. The agency noted steady ownership despite industry changes and highlighted Lifeline subsidies in some states to aid low income users.
The VA plans a 90000 dollar cap on insured home loans and bans second use or refinancing of VA backed mortgages. Banking industry leaders argue the changes would devastate the mortgage market and deny benefits to many veterans in high cost areas.
Congress votes to provide 1.4 billion dollars in emergency funding to the Commodity Credit Corp to resume subsidy and loan operations for farmers. The bill clears both chambers on voice votes to sustain CCC until a 10 day recess ends. About 600 million in 1985 subsidy checks to cotton and rice farmers are held up.
Subscription rates and contact numbers for the Aiken Standard are listed along with office hours and mailing address. Includes phone lines for subscriptions classifieds and display ads and the 124 Rutland Drive office location. Rates show 3 6 and 12 month options.
The Aiken Standard provides emergency numbers as a service. The notice lists the newspaper’s address in Aiken South Carolina and states it is published weekday afternoons by Aiken Communications Inc.
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