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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1985
Page
2
Finnish border guards use snowmobiles and helicopters in round the clock Lapland search for traces of a possibly off course Soviet missile. Norway and other officials say radar tracked a dec 28 object that may have been a cruise missile and that it briefly crossed Norway's airspace before vanishing over Finland.
La Paz Bolivia AP Red Cross workers climbIllimani Mountain in harsh weather to reach a Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 wreckage with 29 aboard. Eight Americans among the passengers officials say no one survived. Rescue base camp set at Urana Mine foot of the mountain 35 miles southeast of La Paz.
An infant with the same heart malformation as Baby Fae underwent reconstructive surgery at MUSC and remains in serious condition. Surgeon Dr. Robert Sade reported the five hour operation on Randall Crosby on December 20, with the baby two weeks old, left heart underdeveloped by birth.
State Farm Mutual was granted a 3.4 percent rate increase by the state Department of Insurance yesterday. The move will lift annual premiums by about 4.5 million dollars for the state's largest auto insurer.
David Dene Martin, once a sidewalk evangelist, was executed for the Aug 14, 1977 murders at a Blue Bayou area trailer. He claimed PCP addiction and cited a God drug struggle, leaving no final statement. His death marked Louisiana’s seventh and the nation’s thirty third execution since 1976.
Four children aged 4, 9, 10, and 13 face next week juvenile manslaughter charges over the death of Terrence A. Davis a 6 year old deaf boy reportedly beaten for two hours during a dispute over chips authorities say. The autopsy described a brutal sustained assault leading to the victim's illness and death.
Washington leaders in the 99th Congress vow cold hard cuts to curb deficits. Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole and House Speaker Thomas P. ONeill outline a sharp fiscal course while party lines determine committee chair choices and seating in Indiana's contested race.
Washington AP James A Baker III shifts from outsider to premier aide as longtime confidants Michael Deaver and Edwin Meese III prepare to depart. Reagan announces Deaver's spring exit and Meese III’s renewed attorney general nomination amid renewed power dynamics centered on Baker and deputy Richard G. Darman.
CBS documentary producer and Navy Cmdr. James Meacham face Westmoreland libel actions over letters describing outright lies about enemy strength in Vietnam. Meacham says he later disavowed the wording, but CBS used the letters to support its portrayal of intelligence handling in 1967 and 1968 amid the trial proceedings.
The Aiken Standard lists phone numbers for subscriptions classifieds and news ideas 648 2311 and 649 1555 and states offices at 124 Rutland Drive are open 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday.
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