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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1983
Page
2
Washington AP reports the Environmental Protection Agency plans a rule to raise the allowable level of particulate air pollution. An agency analysis warned the change could cause hundreds more deaths annually, while the EPA says the science advisory board backs the looser standard as protective of health.
In Paris, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela reported progress toward a uniform price cut among OPEC members to preserve the cartel’s role as global price and production pace-setter. Oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani said a majority supports lower prices, while Humberto Calderon Berti of Venezuela agreed the accord is advancing.
President Reagan ordered review will propose no major policy changes toward El Salvador despite warnings of a worsening military situation. The United States should stay the course by boosting military aid to the Salvadoran army and continuing social and economic reforms.
House Ways and Means Committee endorses a 165 billion package aimed at restoring Social Security solvency. The plan mirrors bipartisan reform ideas and moves to the House floor next week while a separat e dispute over raising the retirement age remains unsettled. A committee considers adding Medicare revamp and extended unemployment benefits up to 16 weeks.
Boo Boo, Ted Turner’s pet bear, is missing from Hope Plantation near Jacksonboro and presumed dead after an October escape and November sighting near her pen. Her mate Yogi remains nearby as authorities search for the culprit and the animal’s fate.
In Columbia the Senate considers a bill to reduce minimum jail terms for drunken drivers and make penalties mandatory for repeats. The Judiciary Committee backed the measure along with two other DUI proposals, arguing the change would deter DUI by ensuring offenders serve time.
Comedian Pat Paulsen handed out donor cards during a National Kidney Foundation drive on Capitol Hill. Sen. Alan Cranston signed up among about 100 participants as Paulsen quipped about transferring organs after he becomes president. Buckingham Palace gossip says the Queen Mother backstated cricket and received an honorary OBE. Singer Peter Noone broke his wrist during a London performance and will miss several days of The Pirates of Penzance, returning by Saturday at the earliest.
Senators Strom Thurmond and Mack Mattingly urge a full environmental impact statement and public review before restarting the L-Reactor at Savannah River Plant. They cite potential cesium release and heated water effects, asking for hearings in Beaufort, Aiken, Augusta, and Savannah.
More than 7,000 residents deserted flooded neighborhoods as heavy rain and 84 mph winds battered California for a second day. Nine deaths, 210,000 homes and businesses without power, and up to seven feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada were reported amid mudslides and a downtown Los Angeles tornado. Two minor earthquakes added to the disruption.
President Reagan treated Queen Elizabeth II to enchiladas and Mexican lunch at his Mount Wilson ranch as stormy weather limited the Pacific view. The queen described the visit as enjoyable while aides noted plans shifted to San Francisco after the weather.
On the Lisbon layover en route to a nine day Central America tour the pope described the mission as the first papal voyage to the region and urged a triumph of love harmony and peace among spirits and peoples He noted violence in the region and called for brotherly love during a pastoral journey while recalling his Fatima visit and the narrow escape from an attacker two years earlier.
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