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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1987
Page
2
The Bureau of Justice Statistics finds that about half of violent crimes from 1982 to 1984 involved attackers who were known to victims. Only 39 percent involved strangers, with 10 percent known by sight.
Vice President George Bush and Treasury Secretary James Baker plan Ottawa talks with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney this week. The agenda includes trade issues acid rain and preparations for the April 5-6 Reagan Mulroney summit amid ongoing U S Canada trade disputes.
West Germany officials questioned whether the Beirut kidnapping of businessman Rudolf Cordes is linked to a Lebanese man accused of hijacking a 1985 TWA jet. Foreign Ministry spokesman Bettzuege said no demands have been made and the motive remains unclear. Cordes, 53, was seized after arriving from Frankfurt.
US manufactured electronics sales grew 2 percent to 205.9 billion dollars last year as overseas demand benefited from a weaker dollar. Computers and industrial electronics led with 68 billion dollars in sales, though down from 1985. Exports exceed imports in this segment per EIA spokesman Mark Rosenker.
Wilderness Society says logging plans around Yellowstone rely on unrealistic prices and harm wildlife. Seven forests in Idaho and Montana cover 10 million acres outside the parks as plans project timber harvest rising 20 percent from 129 to 155 million board feet yearly.
The National Museum of American Art acquires 378 American folk art works from the 18th to 20th centuries. The collection, partly donated by Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr., includes weathervanes trade store signs spinning toys and primitive portraits and cost about 1.4 million dollars.
State Sen. Kay Patterson led a Greenville rally urging reflection on King’s ideals of equality and non violence. Officials including Gov. Carroll Campbell and Rep. Butler Derrick planned to join a Columbia celebration on King Day. Patterson urged parental responsibility and strong families against school excuses. Sullivan said the black family remains its strength amid social ills.
Iraqi jets bombed scores of Iranian cities in the fiercest air blitz so far, killing over 200 civilians. Iran claimed capture of two Iraqi islands on the Shatt al Arab waterway, threatening Basra. Iraq rejected the claim and reported heavy casualties. Western analysts note thousands killed or wounded since December 24.
The Xinhua News Agency reports the expulsion of China’s top intellectual critic of Western liberal ideas amid student protests in Hefei. Fang Lizhi and Hu Yaobang related figures face purge as Zhao Ziyang pledges non victimization while Deng Xiaoping pressures hard line stance.
In San Juan Puerto Rico a bartender Julio Verges Gaetan died by jumping from a ninth floor building amid a fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel that killed 96. The bar employee was to be questioned about the blaze as arrests for arson were pursued.
Rome AP reports Libyan Col Muammar Gaddafi remains intent on spreading his revolution beyond Libya, facing possible trouble in Chad while mediating amid Lebanon tensions. Despite 1986 US raids and mounting home economic woes, analysts say the regime shows few policy changes and continues funding liberation movements.
Aiken Standard provides phone numbers for subscriptions classifieds and news tips. Offices at 124 Rutland Drive operate 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday with Sunday hours 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Mailing address is Box 456, Aiken SC 29802.
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