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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1987
Page
2
Washington observers say Contras have scored recent successes including downing a Sandinista helicopter and conducting sabotage and propaganda. The claims come as Iran-Contra hearings threaten to undermine administration support for more aid in Congress.
Restorers report 10 years of work ruined as helicopters used for the economic summit cause facade stone and Porta Della Carta blocks to fall. Paolo Peruzza accuses security forces’ rotor noise of dislodging the marble and stone fragments during last week’s gathering.
Civil rights activist Julian Bond rebuked media claims of cocaine use during a National Association of Black Journalists speech. He blasted reporters for prurient coverage and said he left journalism for politics to seek honest labor.
Zachary Bennett of New Bern North Carolina survived 19 hours adrift in the Gulf of Mexico. He waved a life preserver to attract a passing ship after eight vessels and two sharks bypassed him. Bennett, 32, was knocked overboard from the Gulf King during a 21 day voyage and was rescued by a research vessel.
Charles Nolan Roof received a life sentence for murder and James Franklin Copeland got ten years for accessory in the January shotgun killing of 18-year-old Douglas Wayne Hutto of Catawba. Hutto was shot at close range and left entangled in a barbed wire fence. body found January 17 by dirt-bike riders.
Charlotte residents Steve Garcia and Kevin Morrell aimed to fly 60,000 feet of kite line to surpass a 37,908 foot world record over the Atlantic. The attempt collapsed when a support kite snagged on the Maisons-Sur-Mer condo complex at about 2 p.m., aborting the feat.
South Carolina parolees may face random drug tests as a condition of release when drug use is suspected. The program, piloted in Anderson, Charleston, Horry and Darlington counties, aims to deter drug use and improve monitoring of early releases. If initial tests are positive, offenders may admit and seek help. repeated positive results could lead to stricter supervision.
Secretary of State George P. Shultz toured Corregidor in the Philippines and backed a plan to restore the battlefield, museum, and memorial. The island known as The Rock faced vandalism and decay as historians urge U.S. effort and funding to preserve the site for visitors and veterans groups.
The Iranian Embassy in Beirut says none of the eight American hostages in Lebanon is in Tehran and Iran has no role in their captivity. Ash Shiraa cited sources close to Montazeri, who reportedly demands trials for some hostages, while a rival faction favors swapping assets.
Aiken Standard lists subscription and classified advertising phone numbers 649-5316 649-1555 and news idea line 648-2311 with display ads. Offices at 124 Rutland Drive open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and mailing address P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
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