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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1983
Page
2
Murrells Inlet bricklayer Tony Cimo reports to prison for his role in the September bombing that killed Rudolph Tyner on Death Row. He says he acted to end a four year ordeal and argues for a tightened or abolished death penalty appeals process while noting his family’s hardship.
Pope John Paul II visited Poznan to honor Polish workers killed in 1956 protests. He knelt at a site with two crosses memorializing 1956 victims and praised the Solidarity movement, receiving thunderous applause from over a million people. Bells rang as his Mass began with the pope naming Solidarity for the first time during the eight day visit.
Challenger astronauts activated a dozen SPAS experiments converting the shuttle into an orbiting factory. John Fabian started the first experiments 20 minutes early as five crew members begin three days of science following two satellite launches. SPAS stands for Shuttle Pallet Satellite and will release Wednesday with Sally Ride and be retrieved later.
South Carolina officials reject a GAO recommendation to extend accepting low level nuclear trash past 1986. Gov. Riley's aide says obligations to the nation are over and SC will focus on its own disposal, as the state joins a Southeastern compact to ban out-of-region waste from 1986 with 1992 storage takeovers.
The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. states ecumenical bodies influence is small but real with 5 to 10 percent of assembly actions touched by interchurch councils. A special seven member committee studied questions about the National Council of Churches and World Council of Churches while Presbyterians coordinate rather than cede control.
Prince William turns one as Princess Diana and Prince Charles visit Canada postponing celebration. A spokesman says a larger gathering will occur next month when the couple reunites. Victor Chapman notes the 18 day tour was too short for the infant. Patricia Hearst Shaw heads to New York with husband and child from the West Coast. Bernard Shaw joins Hearst security in New York. The Duchess of Windsor, 87, celebrates quietly in Paris with flowers and cards as illness limits her.
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