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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1987
Page
2
The Justice Department announced a preliminary inquiry into the PTL television ministry once led by Jim Bakker. Officials say the probe will examine taxes and potential fraud and could lead to a criminal investigation of Bakker's former empire.
Prime Minister Errol Barrow, who steered Barbados to independence and pushed Caribbean unity, died at his home aged 67. Governor General Sir Hugh Springer swore in Deputy Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford as his successor, who pledged to carry out Barrow's programs.
Fijian troops fired at a jeep carrying British Consul Jim Liddell and Lt. Col. Mike Busby after they refused a vehicle search near Suva harbor. No injuries were reported. The incident followed a May coup that toppled Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra's government.
Tamil separatist guerrillas ambushed a bus near Arantalawa in eastern Sri Lanka killing 33 people including 29 Buddhist monks. More than 50 attackers in uniform opened fire and fled, as the government reports 11 injured and questions loom over the broader civil war operations in Jaffna and Delhi’s diplomatic strains.
Christians and Moslems join a nationwide strike in Beirut and across Lebanon to protest Prime Minister Rashid Karami's assassination by a bomb in his helicopter. The strike closes schools shops and airports as Army Chief Aoun places forces on maximum alert amid sectarian fears. Karami's body lies in state in Tripoli ahead of a Wednesday funeral.
Congress eyed a bill to require President Reagan to disclose U S plans for the Persian Gulf. Speaker Wright predicts strong bipartisan passage. Reagan to discuss allied help guarding Kuwaiti tankers at Venice summit.
Contact numbers for subscriptions and ads are listed for the Aiken Standard. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday with Sunday hours 8 to 10 30 a m and the mailing address 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29802.
The Aiken Standard provides emergency numbers as a service. The newspaper is published weekday afternoons and Sunday by Aiken Communications Inc. in Aiken South Carolina.
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