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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1983
Page
2
More than 100 Soviet tourists died when the passenger ship Alexander Suvorov struck a railway bridge on the Volga River tearing off its top deck. Unconfirmed reports suggested up to 200 fatalities as passengers watched a film in a hall on the upper deck.
In Managua the Sandinista government expelled three U S diplomats accusing them of colluding with the CIA to kill Foreign Minister Miguel D Escoto with poisoned liquor and to form terrorist assassination squads. The diplomats flew to Guatemala City and then to Washington as U S officials denied the charges. The expelled diplomats are Linda Pfeifel David Creig and Ermila Rodriguez.
After two weeks of talks with the Reagan administration the House Foreign Affairs Committee prepared to approve cutting undercover aid to Nicaragua. A party line 21 12 vote rejected extending financing without Nicaragua halting arms shipments to El Salvador rebels. The plan would end covert aid after 45 days and replace it with 80 million in open assistance to friendly nations to curb gun running in Central America.
In an open letter Gen Jose Guillermo Echeverria Vielman urged President Ef Rain Rios Montt to schedule general elections to satisfy the popular will and end international isolation. He warned the president, a born again Christian, is biased against the Roman Catholic Church and accused the government of sectarianism at the highest levels.
Sumter AP report states USC President James B. Holderman expects tuition increases for nearly all 35,000 students across nine campuses. The plan, unveiled at a Sumter Rotary luncheon, will be reviewed by the USC Board of Trustees Thursday and he expects approval.
A Surfside Beach family realizes a misidentification after a hospital mixup. Two newborn girls were sent home with the wrong parents on Sunday. A Conway couple returned the child identified by tag, and blood tests plus footprints confirmed the error. Hospital officials will discipline the nurse and revise discharge procedures requiring both mother and two nurses to verify identity and medical records before release.
Los Angeles jury rules 10-2 in favor of CBS and 60 Minutes in a $30 million slander lawsuit filed by California doctor Carl Galloway over an insurance fraud report. The verdict upholds press freedom and the broadcast's fairness despite Galloway’s claims.
William Shott 18, a North Salem High School senior, died by his own action three weeks after his girlfriend Cathy Ann Petruso 17 died in a drive-in theater crisis. The note near his body said he would join her. Friends and officials describe both teens as popular and deeply affected by the losses.
Washington observers sense the possibility of Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker leaving as President Reagan weighs reappointment. Signals include White House openness to replacements and renewed criticism from Treasury Secretary Regan, with Alan Greenspan and Fed Vice Chairman Preston Martin named as potential successors.
Princess Diana and Prince Charles join stars at the Octopussy premiere meeting Roger Moore Maud Adams and Bond beauties after the show. John Kennedy Jr graduates from Brown University as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Caroline watch from the crowd with 14,500 attendees.
A government jobs notice lists more than 150000 federal state and local openings for skilled and unskilled positions. Applicants are urged to request a free report by midnight Saturday and mail name address and date of birth to Government Employment News Service Buffalo NY. One dollar is requested for expedited delivery.
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