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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1986
Page
4
About 9,500 applicants lined Memorial Auditorium weekend for 270 positions at a General Electric Co subsidiary refurbishing subway cars. Pay ranged from 8.50 to 11 dollars hourly as heavy mechanical work drew crowds, with counts dropping to hundreds by Sunday.
Report from N Djamena states government forces killed over 1,000 Libyan backed rebels and captured about 936 in northern Chad three weeks earlier. It lists 23 government fatalities across Koro Toro Ziguey Kouba Olanga and Oum Chalouba with 1,055 rebels killed and 936 captured.
A 30 year old farmer walked into a police station in Kuala Kangsar 150 miles north of Kuala Lumpur and handed officers a 1L.8 inch Japanese bomb. He said he found the device while clearing land on Friday according to the New Straits Time.
Caroline Kennedy, 28, daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, is engaged to Edwin A. Schlossberg, a designer of museum interiors. They plan to marry this summer, announced by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
About 1,500 attendees, mostly women, flocked to a department store in a Birmingham suburb to meet Princess Stephanie of Monaco, a swimwear designer. An assembly line of handing photos and signs to the princess frustrated some onlookers while she signed a cast and allowed a flower kiss. Garfield creator Jim Davis launches U S Acres farm comic in 495 newspapers, featuring Orson the piglet with simple, child friendly themes.
Satellite dish dealers organize a caravan to Legislative Plaza to protest cable scrambling by HBO Cinemax and other stations. The Tennessee Satellite Dealers Association cites high decoder costs and seeks fair pricing, with advocacy from Sen. Gore and Rep. Cooper and FCC review amid looming hearings.
The Reagan administration seeks $100 million in aid for Nicaraguan rebels, promising a major lobbying push. President Reagan to meet UNO leaders in Washington and may deliver a televised address. Secretary Shultz links aid to democracy and warns against allowing totalitarians to dominate the hemisphere.
Protestants launched a one hour walkout in Belfast and Bangor to protest the Irish Republic gaining a say in Northern Ireland. Despite warnings, authorities and major industries planned to stay open as pickets gathered outside Harland and Wolff shipyards and power plants. Leaders Paisley and Molyneaux urged action to pressure Margaret Thatcher over the November 15 agreement. Police reported minor disruptions but no widespread violence or energy cuts.
Congress dives back into the budget fight this week examining a package of measures tied to offshore oil, cigarette taxes and a new tobacco program. The plan aims to cut deficits by about 21 billion through fiscal 1988, amid disputes with the White House over the cost and a veto threat.
Aiken Standard provides phone numbers for subscriptions advertising and news tips. Office hours are 8:30 to 5:30 Monday through Friday and Sunday 8 to 10:30 a.m. located at 124 Rutland Drive with mailing address Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802.
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