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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1982
Page
11
Washington AP reports John W. Hinckley Jr in a military stockade after shooting the president compared his life to a movie script and said the movie isn't over. A psychiatrist testified Hinckley may have borrowed the movie analogy and poems from others, questioning origins of his story.
A man linked to about 100 contract murders nationwide was captured with pistols silencers brass knuckles and handcuffs. Bernard Barton Hunwick held without bond in Broward County jail on charges of attempted murder kidnapping and armed robbery. Todd Adams said Hunwick is one of the biggest hit men in the nation.
A federal judge halted two oil lease auctions off Southern California as Interior Secretary Watt faced a setback in West Coast exploration plans. Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall ruled Watt did not adequately assess economic impacts on coastal communities. Governor Brown, newly nominated for Senate, criticized Watt’s coast policy as illegal.
Ronald D. Roberts, 37, son of evangelist Oral Roberts, was found dead in his car northwest of Tulsa from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Osage County Sheriff George Wyman said he died after four months of court-ordered drug counseling. He had received a one-year deferred jail term in February after admitting illegal cough suppressant purchase.
Dr. Gary E. Myerson of Emory University reported a study of 134 arcade players who use rapid button punching or joystick twisting. He found 65 percent showed at least one physical complaint such as blisters, calluses, or joint discomfort linked to video game play.
The House faced a chaotic budget showdown over three 1983 spending plans. Democrats push 784.1 billion outlays with 676.7 billion revenues and a 107.4 billion deficit. Republicans seek 765.2 billion outlays with 665.9 billion revenues and a 99.3 billion deficit. If both fail, Reagan’s February budget with a 122.2 billion deficit remains.
Former captives from the U S Embassy in Tehran urged Congress and the Reagan administration to end purchases of Iranian oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The appeal, signed by at least a dozen ex-hostages, cites honoring dead Americans and contradicting policy against Iran.
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