05 Jun 1987
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1987
Page
1
Statehouse lobbyists hired Christina Richiger to sing Puccini from the third floor balcony as lawmakers left at 5 p.m. Thursday. After recess to June 25, the scene drew cheers and applause. The House and Senate plan one more day to ratify acts and handle vetoes and appointments.
Durham AP reports Duke economist Philip Cook notes victim danger rises with weapon lethality in robberies. A loaded gun allows quick killing at distance with little counterattack, per Cook in his study Robbery Violence forthcoming in Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.
Last night’s showers bring cooler temperatures to the area. Tonight will be fair with lows in the lower 60s and tomorrow mostly sunny with a high in the upper 80s.
A roster of death notices from New Ellenton to Wadesboro includes Luther E. Davis Nancy B Odiorne Sidney L Kitchens Josephine W Franklin Stewart Bibbs Jr William C Mattox Claude Bussey Camellia Allgood Owens Martha McFall Toole and Ernest Raymond Henry. The notices reference communities in Aiken Laurens Martinez Trenton North Augusta Ridge Spring Wadesboro Bath and Wadesboro.
President Reagan backs a NATO led move to dismantle hundreds of U S and Soviet nuclear missiles in Europe and Asia. Helmut Kohl supports the plan and a summit endorsement is set for next week with meetings in Reykjavik and Rome.
By July first SC motorists pay 2 cents more per gallon as gas tax rises to 15 cents then 16 cents in 1989 while rural interstates will allow 65 mph. Legislation fast tracked amid adjournment pressure to fund highway expansion for economic development and rural/coastal transportation needs.
The legislature strengthens the open meetings and public disclosure law, mandates fuller state salary disclosure, and bans secret briefings and votes by public bodies. It allocates 3.1 billion to agencies in fiscal 1988, with a 2 percent raise, trims agency spending, and adds 35.9 million in new taxes. The package raises the gas tax to 16 cents, with phased increases, lifts rural interstate speed limits to 65 mph, creates a unified eminent domain procedure, and authorizes a statewide grand jury to target obscenity and drugs. Auto insurance reforms aim to curb premiums by higher rates for bad drivers and objective rating standards.
The 6.3 percent jobless rate in May marks a ten year low for the second straight month, as the labor force expands by about 658000 with 612000 finding work, while nonfarm payrolls rise 123000 led by service sectors. Manufacturing holds near 19 million jobs as construction slips slightly.
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