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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1987
Page
2
Washington AP reports outgoing FAA chief Donald Engen says too much focus on near collision reports and controller errors erodes confidence in air travel. He urges balancing safety stats with data showing fewer actual accidents and affirms U S air travel as the safest and most efficient system.
AAA projects average U S gasoline at 1 026 a gallon for the coming weekend up 3 2 cents from Memorial Day Self service regular 916 unleaded 96 premium 1069 full service over a dollar in each grade Full service prices 1092 1141 and premium 1247
Anne Henderson Pollard, wife of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, asks U.S. District Court for release from prison on health reasons. She is serving a five year term as an accessory after the fact to possession of government secrets and says she has been hospitalized for a rare gastrointestinal disorder while Pollard remains in prison for life for selling classified documents to Israel.
The Reagan administration opposes three House approved measures to aid veterans with health care and job training. The bills extend the Veterans Job Training Act for three years and require more VA outpatient care for disabled or prisoner veterans. They now go to the Senate.
In June 790 Jews were allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union, a drop from May's 871. Regina Boucault of IC.M. said 121 went to Israel while others settled in various countries. Since 1971 over 250000 have left, with Israel receiving fewer in recent years.
Fumes from a spill at the Finn tank farm forced the evacuation of up to 100 homes in Port Arthur Texas. Four family members were overcome but treated and released at St Mary Hospital. Wind carried fumes toward a residential area as authorities contained the overflow within the levee.
President Corazon Aquino scrapped July 4 as a national holiday in the Philippines ending Filipino American Friendship Day. Independence Day remains June 12 since 1962, honoring the 1898 declaration by Filipino revolutionaries.
Aiken readers get a rundown of 26 television stations with schedules and channel numbers. The listing highlights prime time programs across local and national networks, guiding viewers on what to watch this week.
AT&T cuts interstate rates about 4.8 percent due to FCC shift raising local line charges by 60 cents monthly. MCI matches AT&T on Aug 1, Sprint to follow. Consumer groups say most households pay more overall despite long distance drops as local bills rise.
The United States and the Soviet Union supported in principle a plan to remove all Soviet medium range missiles from Europe and Asia with verification terms to be negotiated. Lugar cautioned about verification while Shultz and Shevardnadze were expected to discuss June or July talks and a potential Reagan Gorbachev summit.
Greenville County Library plans to hire inmate Billy Joe Foster to operate the county courthouse law library to cut costs. Foster, 49, serving a life sentence for murder since 1959, would be the first prisoner to work at a law library outside prison. The move could save about $15,000 in salaries while subscriptions remain an annual shortfall of 4,000 to 6,000.
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