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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1986
Page
2
Florence RP Former South Carolina congressman John Jenrette, convicted in the Abscam bribery case, is freed from the Alston Wilkes Home. He says he is happy to be out and hopes for a second chapter in life, with no immediate plans to return to politics.
London police charged British singer Boy George with heroin possession after arresting him Saturday. He was released nearly 12 hours later and ordered to appear before a London magistrate on July 29, while undergoing treatment for heroin addiction.
Austria's Health Ministry reports berries and wild game still tainted by Chernobyl fallout with cesium 137 traces. Lamb and honey may also carry radiation though most foods including milk beef vegetables poultry and water remain below safe limits.
Three people died on South Carolina highways this weekend per the Highway Patrol. Richard Marion Burton, 24, of Chester, died about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in a collision on State Route 72. Ricky McClurkin, 27, of Chester, died about 1:30 a.m. Saturday when he was run over in Chester. Madeline W. Harley, 77, of Florence died about 9:28 a.m. Saturday when her car ran off U.S. 76 and struck a tree west of Florence.
An early Saturday 4.2 magnitude earthquake centered near St Marys in northwestern Ohio shook parts of Michigan Indiana West Virginia and Kentucky. About 30 Ohio families lost power briefly with no serious damage or injuries reported.
A white collar union approves a new contract while promising to honor another union's picket lines in Philadelphia. The city remains without new talks and continues to bid out trash collection as 8,600 tons of rotting garbage pile up at 15 temporary dumps.
Protestants in Portadown and 18 other towns paraded past charred debris to celebrate King William of Orange's 1690 victory and denounce the Anglo Irish pact. Police held large security as clashes with Catholics and police erupted after Friday night, though Saturday processions were largely peaceful.
The American Medical Association filed a friend of the court brief in the Supreme Court arguing a Justice Department view that dismissing workers with AIDS could be justified by contagion fears is legally incorrect. The Chicago group, representing over 280000 physicians and medical students, attacked the DOJ analysis in a tuberculosis rights case.
William Bill Griffin of West Columbia enters the South Carolina gubernatorial race as a Libertarian candidate. He requests inclusion in debates with Republican Carroll Campbell and Democrat Mike Daniel, urging the League of Women Voters and WIS TV to allow his participation.
Dawn Elizabeth Smith won the title in a three night competition at Greenville Memorial Auditorium. Melanie Williams, Miss Aiken County, was a finalist and Danette Day competed for Miss Aiken County. Smith will receive a $6700 scholarship and represent the state in Atlantic City in September.
In Soweto a thousand mourners ignored emergency rules, singing banned songs at a funeral for a 1 year old killed last week. Across Johannesburg’s outskirts migrants clash with local youths as five dead and five homes burned in Meadowlands.
Upshur County deputies hailed a safe end to a hostage ordeal after jailer Mrs. Rosalie Williams was held by Jerry Walter McFadden alias Animal. McFadden surrendered in Big Sandy as police closed in, following his escape from jail and prior rapes and a capital murder case.
In Bangor Maine authorities reunited a 9 year old boy with his mother Janice Siegal who had not seen him since 1982. The child known as Kristopher Smith attended St Johns Elementary in Bangor while living with Leslie Helen Moore who used the alias Patricia Smith and held temporary custody since 1979. Moore age 38 was jailed in Penobscot County on 50 000 bail.
The Aiken Standard provides phone lines for subscriptions 649 5316, classifieds 649 1555, news ideas 648 231, and display ads 648 2311. Office hours 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday and Sunday 8 to 1030 a m at 124 Rutland Drive Aiken SC 29802.
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