02 Mar 1986
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1986
Page
1
A Federal Reserve Board wealth review notes that only 1 percent of American families earn over 150000 dollars annually. Among the wealthiest, bankers insurers and real estate professionals dominate the top tier, with 31 percent of families earning 280000 dollars or more annually headed by someone in those fields.
North Augusta officers report 28 year old Sandra Bates Aldrich found dead at her Oriole Drive home from a single gunshot wound. Dennis Mitchell, 31, of the same address, was arrested and charged with murder by the North Augusta Department of Public Safety. The victim was shot with a high powered rifle.
A sunny and cold day is forecast with a high in the low 50s. Tonight remains mostly fair with a low around the low 30s. Details appear on page 8A.
Obituary notice lists W Bond Aiken Julia Kibler Leo Carrington Sarah Collier Wallace Lankford Robert Hall Jack Gleaton Naomi Scott with details on page 6A. The column records deaths across multiple cities including Aiken New York City Belvedere Greenwood Springfield Waynesboro and provides brief identifiers for each individual.
The Savannah River Plant faces roughly 53 million dollars in federal budget cuts under Gramm Rudman Hollings, with the 1986 budget reduced to 1.119 billion and about 2600 employment losses via attrition and hiring slowdowns. Top projects at the plant continue, including the Defense Waste Processing Facility and the Naval Fuel Materials Facility, both on schedule with substantial workforces and targeted completions in 1986 and 1987.
The 5,000 delegates to the 2th Communist Party Congress vowed to render the U S Star Wars program useless and to double industrial production by the year. They adopted changes to party rules, saluted with red party cards, and approved Gorbachev's economic plan while pledging to continue personnel changes in the Central Committee. Defense Minister Sokolov dismissed SDI as a space threat and warned Washington against nuclear tests, pledging an effective Soviet response if needed.
The Savannah River Plant starts an employee substance abuse testing program as part of Du Pont’s effort to rehabilitate workers with drug or alcohol problems. The system includes for cause random and pre employment tests, with confidential results and case by case rehab plans. A lab in San Diego analyzes samples after sealed transport from the plant medical department.
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