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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1987
Page
1
Mitchell wins his third gold medal at the event reported on page 6A. The athlete added to a growing collection of titles with a dominant performance in the finals, earning the top spot ahead of rivals.
In Jerusalem, John Demjanjuk dismissed the chief defense attorney amid a request to delay the Nazi war crimes trial. Judge Dov Levine approved the firing but refused further postponement beyond the month-long recess. The trial resumes July 27 with Demjanjuk expected to testify as the alleged guard at Treblinka.
Joel DiRinaldo of Bolivar Pa and partner Stan Silk won the 8th Annual Cheat Lake Snake Bagging Contest in Morgantown WV by tossing three rattlers and two copperheads between his legs into a canvas bag. The duo finished in 2.2 seconds beating Joe Ball and Chap Eger by a half second.
This morning’s low of 61 marks the lowest for the date since 1910 when 62 was reached. Yesterday’s low of 62 was also a record. Tonight will be fair with low in the low 60s. Tomorrow’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and a high in the upper 90s.
Deaths listed include Henry A. Autry Ward Joe B Cox Loris Clouterte F Johnson James S Padgett and Joe M Priester with associated places Graniteville Augusta Hartford Conn Wade H Rodgers Elaine Q Tinch Jackson details continued on Page 8B in the newspaper.
Manila reports say communist rebels threaten to assassinate American troops and CIA agents if the U.S. aids counterinsurgency. Six government soldiers die in three ambushes as grenade blasts and land mines hit Manila area targets. A constabulary major and family are wounded in a Bataan attack.
The National Organization for Women convened in Philadelphia and calls for President Reagan’s impeachment over Iran Contra while opposing Robert Bork’s Supreme Court nomination. Molly Yard was elected NOW president and pledged to elect women to office and oppose bans on abortion and birth control.
In Washington and at the United Nations, Secretary of State Shultz and Western foreign ministers push a cease-fire for the Persian Gulf war while Iran denounces the U N draft on Tehran Radio. Velayati calls the plan an excuse for U S intervention and Iran’s acceptance hinges on punishing Iraq as aggressor.
The Senate moves toward a vote on a thousand page trade bill aimed at sharpening U S competitiveness in global markets. Provisions include curbing imports, anti unfair trade actions, reshaping GATT talks, farm export subsidies and worker retraining. The debt ceiling and Medicare legislation also loom this week as government finances edge toward crisis.
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