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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1986
Page
2
Actor Clint Eastwood 55 filed papers to run for mayor of Carmel California citing unresolved city problems in a statement. He submitted a nomination paper signed by 20 Carmel residents as part of the filing.
The Population Institute reports 1985 world population at 4.9 billion, up 85 million for the year. The group forecasts 5 billion by mid 1987 and 6 billion by century's end despite slower growth rates overall.
A group of Soviet scholars gifted Samantha Smith's mother a children’s song titled Samantha’s Smile, written by a Russian composer in memory of the 1983 peace envoy. The delegation ended a three day visit to the University of Southern Maine with a banquet and presentation aimed at honoring the girl’s message of peace.
Sen John Glenn asks four Ohio banks to defer $1.9 million in campaign debt interest for a year to focus on reelection. He says the latest interest was paid in November and banks paused future payments while reviewing the request. Glenn shows $246,000 on hand for the Senate campaign.
Max Planck Institute of Astronomy announced a West German scientist found a hole in Halley's Comet tail. A photograph by Kurt Birkle from Calar Alto Observatory in Spain dated January 10 shows the dark spot near the glowing head, with Birkle affiliated to the institute in Heidelberg.
About 100 vehicles carrying Hormel meatpackers and supporters blocked the road to the main gate in Austin Minnesota to keep replacement workers from entering. It marked the first blockade in eight days after eight strikers were arrested earlier. No violence occurred and police did not intervene.
Mother Teresa says Pope John Paul II's India visit is a gift from God. The Nobel laureate plans to meet the pope in Calcutta as he begins a 10 day, 14 city tour after arriving in New Delhi. She notes the pope loves the poor and wishes to show him the leper colony but time is limited.
The Army grounds its entire AH 64 Apache fleet after cracks were found in main rotor blades on at least 13 helicopters. Pentagon officials say the grounding is precautionary with no accidents reported and no timeline for ungrounding provided.
Cyril Wayne Ellis left St Anthony Hospital against medical advice the night before the spree with a family member present. He then opened fire at Consolidated Freightways, killing dispatcher James Rider and salesman Carl Lake and wounding four others. two victims remained hospitalized in good condition.
IRS data show 382000 individual returns processed in first 24 days, over four times 1985 pace, with 37,000 refunds issued versus 6000 last year. Officials cite improved operations and anticipate a solid filing season, while highlighting continued document matching and projected $2.6 billion in expected tax collections.
President P W Botha offered to negotiate Nelson Mandela's release in exchange for freeing Soviet dissidents Andrei Sakharov and Anatoly Shcharansky and a captured South African commando. He also said legislation this year would extend black citizenship and property rights and involve black communities in decision making while pursuing orderly urbanization and changes to influx control laws.
In Miami a crowd of about 1 500 Haitian refugees rioted when a car rammed the crowd, killing a woman and injuring two men. Police said four men were seized as suspects and a police officer was wounded by his own weapon during the melee.
At a Tunis meeting eight Arab League foreign ministers and delegations condemn U S economic and military actions against Libya. They offer only moral support to Col. Khadafy and decline a counter boycott of American banks and firms. Saudi Arabia is the only Gulf state present.
The autopsy confirms Leon Klinghoffer was shot twice aboard the Achille Lauro, once in the neck and once in the back, with a Polish WZ63 submachine gun likely made in Czechoslovakia or East Germany. His body was thrown overboard and later recovered on the Syrian coast.
The notice lists subscription and advertising contact numbers for the Aiken Standard and provides office hours and address. It includes a mailing address at 124 Rutland Drive and Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 along with a pricing line showing small monetary figures.
Emergency numbers provided as a service by the Aiken Standard from Aiken Communications Inc. The paper notes its establishment in 1867 and mailing address in Aiken South Carolina.
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