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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1986
Page
2
A resolution pending in the Senate invites former Clemson star William the Refrigerator Perry to a Statehouse reception in his honor three days after the Super Bowl. The House has already approved the invitation to the Chicago Bears lineman.
The murder trial of Larry Gene Bell in Columbia has been delayed one week because defense attorney Jack Swerling is ill. Judge John Hamilton Smith ordered the delay. trial now slated to begin Feb. 3 in Berkeley County. Bell, a 37 year old Gilbert electrician, faces the death penalty for the abduction and murder of Sharon Faye Smith.
Los Angeles AP reports audit confirms Live Aid broadcasts in London and Philadelphia raised over $82 million for African famine relief. Including eight months of 1985 revenue and Band Aid song proceeds, total relief funds reached $92.127 million, with Band Aid anthem Do They Know It's Christmas adding $9.166 million.
Former President Richard Nixon will address the AP annual meeting in San Francisco as luncheon speaker. The event opens the American Newspaper Publishers Association convention, running April 21 to 23, with publishers and executives from across the state in attendance.
Moses H. Clarkson Jr., chair of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, announced free prenatal care for pregnant women unable to afford doctors. The program aims to lower the state's infant mortality rate across county health departments.
About 1,200 people rallied at the Statehouse in Columbia to mark the 13th anniversary of the Supreme Court abortion ruling. Organizers from several anti abortion groups led the event from USC to the Statehouse steps, with signs and speeches urging lawmakers to speak up for the little ones.
Thousands demonstrated nationwide marking 13 years since the Roe v. Wade ruling. Peaceful protests gathered at state capitols and near the White House with up to 37,000 anti abortion activists at the Ellipse marching to Capitol Hill. Ten marchers were arrested in Washington for breaking through police lines to pray and chant outside the Supreme Court.
NASA moved the Challenger launch to Sunday from Saturday as desert dust clouds affect an emergency landing site in Dakar Senegal and Casablanca Morocco. The delay shifts class schedules for Christa McAuliffe and seats the crew for Kennedy Space Center arrival Thursday afternoon.
Voyager II reports two new moons and two bright streaky clouds near Uranus as it nears its closest approach at about 50 600 miles. Scientists describe shepherding moons stabilizing Uranus rings and note winds and a brown haze in the planet’s atmosphere.
Brookwood community near Houston operates as a private sector funded, training ground for the disabled. Volunteers teach living skills and job tasks, paying students for work in silk screening, tile decorating, and plant cultivation while reducing taxpayer costs and emphasizing self reliance over institutional care.
A ground floor banquet room fire at the 10 story Siddharth Intercontinental Hotel in South Delhi killed 37 and injured 70 as smoke spread through the building. Police say the blaze may have started from an electrical short and note victims include 22 foreigners and two diplomats.
The Aiken Standard lists subscription prices for 3, 6, and 12 months with all payments to Aiken Standard-PBM Subscription. It provides various local contact numbers and notes publisher details from Aiken Communications Inc., P.O. Box 456, 124 Rutland Drive, Aiken South Carolina.
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