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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1986
Page
2
In Pretoria the Black Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu met President P W Botha for nearly two hours to discuss South Africa s state of emergency and mass detentions. Tutu said the meeting could have been better but was useful while Botha noted no word mince.
Congress resumes work on a broad tax code overhaul while Republicans push back against President Reagan over sanctions on apartheid South Africa. Senate leaders say bipartisan concern will be conveyed to the president ahead of his upcoming speech criticizing South Africa’s system.
About 13 000 striking city workers end a 20 day walkout with a 2 to 1 vote to return to work while union leaders continue contract talks. At a Sunday meeting 2 500 attendees heard Earl Stout of DC 33 say the walkout would be a hard battle if continued.
The Democratic Party names eight bid cities for the 1988 national convention with six finalists including Houston Atlanta and New Orleans signaling renewed Southern outreach. Detroit and Brook Park Ohio were eliminated while New York Washington and Kansas City Missouri join the lineup as remaining contenders.
In RANDOM LAKE Wisconsin a 14 year old was trapped four hours in a swamp wreckage after a single engine Cessna 172 crash that killed a 55 year old pilot and a 36 year old woman. The injured youth was hospitalized in critical condition. A 17 year old boy with the group was found wandering nearby and also hospitalized in stable condition. Names were withheld pending today.
The sentencing phase in the murder and armed robbery trial of Jerry Reed continues as jurors decide between death in the electric chair or life in prison for killing 67-year-old grocer J. C. McWhorter of Level Land. The jury, which found Reed guilty after two hours of deliberation, heard three hours of closing arguments.
Prosecutors charge director John Landis and four crew members with involuntary manslaughter for the July 23 1982 helicopter crash that killed Vic Morrow and child actors Renee Chen and Myca Le during a Twilight Zone movie scene. The deaths occurred during a hazardous production sequence on a remote location set.
Talks aimed at ending the 7,000 worker Detroit municipal strike stretch past a court ordered minimum for a second day. After eight hours of bargaining on Sunday the sessions continued into the morning with AFSCME spokesman Phil Sparks reporting varying assessments of progress.
In Madrid a series of car bombs and rocket attacks at the Defense Ministry injured eight. Police suspect ETA, the Basque separatist group, with bombs on Manuel de Falla Street and rockets aimed at Defense Minister Narcis Serra. Fire and smoke spread through the area as authorities evacuated streets and investigated.
Six people, four adults and two children, were killed when a stolen police car rammed another vehicle after a chase by officers on Route 38 in Moorestown New Jersey. Steven Bolling 25 was wounded and faces possible charges as investigators determine the case.
Three Western labor leaders including AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland were confined in Alexandra township for about 30 minutes during a state of emergency. They described a glimpse of black life under security forces as tensions rose with soldiers at the scene.
The NHTSA says it is conducting a preliminary evaluation of fires and fuel leaks in 1984 86 Ford E350 vans. A private safety group reports Virginia's ambulance licensing office sent a national alert, affecting about 60 000 vans. Ford notes inspections found possible factors like non Ford fuel caps and added equipment restricting radiator airflow.
Aiken Standard provides phone numbers for subscriptions, classifieds, news tips and display ads. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays, Sunday 8 to 10:30 a.m. Closed Saturday. Address is 124 Rutland Drive and mailing box 456, Aiken SC 29802.
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