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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1987
Page
2
Coast Guard says a Chicago man aboard the QE2 remains missing after apparently falling or jumping from his private balcony 315 miles south of Bermuda. He was last seen entering his room at 9 30 p m Thursday while the ship returned from a Caribbean cruise.
Bob Knowles led a year long search of 3 000 workers for The Lost Colony outdoor drama and gathered 700 plus former cast and crew for a Waterside Theater reunion in Manteo. The event honors Roanoke Island settlers who vanished. 1 000 member Martin family holiday reunion in Washington plans tours, banquets, and prideful history lessons to strengthen the black family and educate children.
In Charleston South Carolina prosecutors will reexamine the reckless homicide charge against Michael S Deline 21 tied to a December crash that killed Eli Gomez McGraw Jr 32 and Beverly Morris McGraw 27 as his pickup crossed a double yellow line into their motorcycle on South Aviation Avenue.
In Independence Mississippi the 500 residents ignore most Fourth of July events though a Chicago visitor four years ago drove through in a station wagon and banged an antique drum. Locals joined in by ringing the church bell and recalling the town’s name origin from Bucksnort.
Conway man Steven Randall Martin 39 is charged with shooting Norman Wayne Bowles 53 to death in front of two officers at California Waterbeds. Bowles died at Grand Strand General Hospital after the Friday 11 a.m. incident. Martin dated Bowles’ ex wife Joann Dunn and was jailed awaiting bond. Police were warned of a confrontation moments before.
Tommy Williams of San Juan Capistrano has been bombarded with odd job offers after placing a newspaper classified ad offering to do anything legal in exchange for a new car. Offers range from filming X rated movies to crashing a car for insurance. Williams, 35, is unemployed and supported by his wife’s nurse salary while hoping for a $29,000 Lincoln Continental.
In Las Cruces New Mexico Sheriff Pat Garrett faces a duel style challenge to settle who killed Billy the Kid or if the Kid died in 1950 James Berger Dona Ana County commissioner planned a July Fourth draw against Municipal Judge Bobby Hefner of Hico Texas Hefner canceled due to an eye operation promising to improve sight for the duel
A trailer truck crashed into a train at an unguarded crossing in Kasumbalesa Shaba near the Zambian border killing 125 people and injuring unknown numbers. Officials say the truck failed to stop and hit the first car behind the engine, with witnesses blaming an unprotected crossing. National mourning was declared as ministers visited the injured and assisted with identification and burials. The truck was reportedly carrying merchandise from Zambia and this marked the third recent accident at the crossing.
Dozens of Mexicans crossed the border to identify relatives among 18 dead found in a sealed El Paso boxcar. Mortuary officials report few solid leads as identification papers were missing and several victims were from Aguascalientes and Zacatecas. Six victims were from a single Aguascalientes town. A survivor said two men were alien smugglers who recruited them in Pabellon de Arteaga.
In Murfreesboro Tennessee the Ku Klux Klan and anti-Klan demonstrators clashed verbally beneath a Confederate statue. Police lined rooftops as about 1 000 people participated in the rally and counter demonstration. Klansmen planned a cross burning later while organizers risked weapon searches.
At least nine people died during the Fourth of July weekend in South Carolina from drownings and traffic crashes. Drowning victims Thomas Troy III, 46, the Rev. Henry Raysor Jr., 40, and Ben Isaac Grant, 22, fell with a boat trailer into the Savannah River at Johnson's Landing near Allendale. A pedestrian, George Roney, 81, was struck by a car near St. George. Others include Donald Wizorek, 17, in Barnwell. Onie Cochran Propst, 70, near Ridgeway. and Bonnie L. Firth, 25, along I 26 in Orangeburg County.
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