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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1987
Page
1
An unreleased Peace Committee report urges seminary professors to teach that Adam and Eve were real people, reflecting majority Baptist belief. Critics fear it aims to enforce conformity and curb academic freedom as the panel presents in St. Louis after a Dallas meeting.
CDC survey of 34,395 residents in 25 states and DC shows Southeast and Midwest prefer smokeless tobacco with West Virginia at 10.2 percent, Alabama 9.8 percent, while Massachusetts and New York report 0.4 percent. Prolonged use links to cancer and gum disease.
Weather forecast notes storms possible tonight and tomorrow. Overnight low near 70 degrees, with tomorrow's high in the upper 80s. Details continue on Page 11A.
Death notices list Hazel Branning Augusta George B Bundrick Aiken Eldora S Geter Bath and Johnny W West with details continued on Page 10A indicating obituary notices across multiple communities.
The Commerce Department reports the April U.S. trade deficit at 13.3 billion, down from March's 13.6 billion. Imports fell 3.6 percent to 33.5 billion, while exports slipped 4.4 percent to 20.1 billion, keeping the four month total at 54.3 billion. The weaker dollar aids improvement but raises inflation and rate fears. The administration argues dollar devaluation was necessary to curb the deficit.
President Reagan challenged Mikhail Gorbachev at the Berlin Wall urging him to open the gate and tear down the wall. He spoke in German and pressed for free air access to West Berlin amid protests and a nine day Venice trip.
U S government data show May wholesale prices up 0.3 percent easing from April. Energy costs held steady while food prices, especially meat, pushed the Labor Department index higher. The 12 month rise was 3.7 percent. Trade deficit narrowed to 13.3 billion in April, signaling an improving balance of imports and exports. Gas costs fell, offset by higher natural gas and home heating oil.
Washington AP reports that 1984 saw a record 2,477,192 marriages in the United States while the marriage rate for women aged 15 to 44 fell to 99 per 1,000. The postwar generation sustains high total marriages despite fewer young women tying the knot per capita.
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