03 Jan 1985
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1985
Page
1
New York analysts say OPEC faces cheating among members as crude and refined oil prices tumble to five year lows. West Texas intermediate crude closed at 25.92 dollars per barrel, the lowest since 1979, despite OPEC keeping its benchmark at 29 dollars.
A woman abducted at gunpoint by her former boyfriend, under a court order for staying away, was rescued after the FBI traced a brief call to her parents. Jeffrey Scott Amos, 29, was captured in Marshall, Texas, and faces federal kidnapping charges plus state counts of first degree burglary kidnapping and armed criminal action.
Aiken Community Playhouse casts Thurmond Whatley in a small role for On Golden Pond starring John Temple and Lynne Katonak. A friend notes he joins big names taking minor parts for fun as a status symbol. Stan Wagher invites Gr in Greenville Exchange Club to tour Horse Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant, first around then through the facility.
Voters are invited to submit their top five teams in order with reasons for why their pick is No 1. The Aiken Standard will tally ballots postmarked by Friday midnight and reveal results next week for readers.
The 99th Congress opens with a push to cut the national deficit, now over 200 billion dollars annually. Senate leader Robert J. Dole calls experts to review options, while House Democrats pledge fiscal responsibility amid long debated cuts.
Instructions list how to contact Rep Butler Derrick Er nest Holl ings and Sen Strom Thurmond with office locations in Washington DC and state addresses in Aiken and Columbia. The text provides mailing addresses for letters to elected officials.
Forecasters warn of lower temperatures and scattered showers across South Carolina this weekend as a slow moving cold front moves toward the coast. Highs will mostly stay in the 40s and 50s with lows in the 30s, while North Carolina and Georgia also expect cooler, wetter weather. Coastal growers monitor chilling hours for peaches and strawberries as the pattern shifts.
A 3 2 vote by the Legislative Pay and Expense Committee finds current pay and benefits sufficient. The panel notes a constitutional question, as five members abstained and two favored full time pay, while others warn against backdoor raises.
Border guards comb the mountainous heart of Finnish Lapland after Norway reports a possible errant Soviet cruise missile crossed into Finnish territory from the Barents Sea. Finnish and Norwegian officials describe a potential NORAD incident with warnings of a protest to Moscow.
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