09 Jun 1986
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1986
Page
1
The Farmers Home Administration will sell several houses in Aiken County acquired through loan computations and deemed unsuitable for Section 502 housing. Homes are single family, priced below market value, with downpayments waived or reduced during a 90 day sale period.
The forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of thundershowers this afternoon with humid conditions. Tonight the chance of showers remains and lows near 70. Tomorrow there is a 20 percent chance of afternoon showers with highs near 90. See details on Page 8B.
Obituary notices list Willie Barnes Augusta John T Cooper Whitmire Willa Grizzard Bath Eldrich J Henley Augusta John H Jacobson Aiken Melvin B Johnson Augusta Clara B Key Aiken Brenson McLeod Aiken with reference to detailed page 78 for full details and funeral arrangements.
The Rogers Commission found a seal failure in the shuttle booster caused the disaster killing seven astronauts and faulted NASA for a silent safety program that hid critical problems. It urged redesign of the solid rocket boosters, expanded testing, and better management at Marshall Space Flight Center to prevent a repeat.
A Harris poll shows 65 percent favor a law capping damages at 150000 with free life long medical treatment for those needing it. Most see claims too easy and settlements too large, with broad support for overhauling liability laws and restricting contingency fees and big settlements.
LOS ANGELES AP reports gasoline prices increased for the sixth consecutive week yet remained 24 cents per gallon cheaper than January. The national average rose to 97.08 cents in the two week period ending Sunday as demand and supply dynamics affected wholesale and retail margins. Dan Lundberg, who surveys 17,000 stations for the Lundberg Letter, notes earlier year consumption decline hurt prices but a later market turnaround improved revenue despite lower volume.
In Cape Town an outbreak of massive clashes between black vigilantes and militant youths near the Crossroads squatter settlement left at least six dead and hundreds of shacks burned. Police used buckshot and tear gas as thousands fled the blaze and a refugee center burned. The fighting follows May clashes that left 33 dead and tens of thousands displaced.
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