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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1986
Page
2
About 9,500 applicants crowded Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo for 270 refurbishing posts at a General Electric Co subsidiary. Jobs pay 6.50 to 11 dollars per hour and many roles are heavy mechanical positions that have been leaving the area.
A 30-year-old farmer in Kuala Kangsar Malaysia walked into a police station and handed over a World War II 11.8 inch Japanese bomb found while clearing land on Friday. Police reported the discovery and surrender to authorities.
Caroline Kennedy and Edwin A Schlossberg, a designer of museum interiors, are engaged and plan to marry this summer. Kennedy is 28 and the daughter of President John F Kennedy, assassinated November 22, 1963.
About 1,500 people mostly women gathered at a department store to meet Princess Stephanie of Monaco designer of swimwear. An assembly line process had models passing a photo to the princess and co designer Alix de la Comble before returning to fans. Some attendees called the process impersonal.
Satellite dish dealers form Tennessee Satellite Dealers Association to protest signal scrambling by HBO Cinemax and other cable channels. They plan a dish caravan to Legislative Plaza in Nashville on Wednesday before congressional hearings in Washington. Leaders cite high decoder costs and 1000 percent markups while senators Gore and Cooper push bills for fair pricing and potential moratorium on scrambling.
Washington plans a bold campaign to win congressional approval for a $100 million aid package to Nicaraguan rebels. President Reagan to meet UNO leaders in Washington and possibly deliver a televised address. Secretary Shultz links aid to promoting democracy and contrasts Nicaragua with the Philippines.
Protestant leaders launched a 40 hour strike across Northern Ireland to protest the Irish Republic's influence, with pickets outside Harland and Wolff shipyards and several power plants. Police cited minor incidents as workers in Bangor faced gate access warnings at Glen Mouldings. Leaders urged nonviolence while urging Thatcher to scrap the Anglo Irish agreement.
Congress moves into budget skirmishes this week with a package of measures aimed at cutting deficits through 1988. Proposals include extending cigarette taxes, a tobacco price support program, offshore oil revenue sharing, and loan write offs, with White House veto threats and Senate plans to proceed without final approval.
The notice lists phone numbers for subscriptions and classified ads and notes news tips lines. It provides office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday hours, plus the mailing address at 124 Rutland Drive and Box 456 in Aiken South Carolina.
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