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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1987
Page
1
Rudolf Hess the last imprisoned Nazi leader was taken from Spandau prison to a nearby British hospital in West Berlin after reporting not feeling well. A British spokesman cited by AP said Hess, age 92, was resting. a Bird newspaper report claimed he had been occasionally comatose and mentally unstable.
In Salt Lake City a 61 year old Logan man Thomas A Nielson received his grandson Jonathan Simpers heart after a fatal car train crash in rural northern Utah. He was persuaded to proceed with the transplant and remained in critical but stable condition at LDS Hospital. Jonathan Simper was among four teenagers who died in the collision Tuesday night.
The forecast calls for clear skies tonight with a low in the upper 30s and mostly sunny conditions tomorrow with a high in the upper 60s. See Page 12A for full details.
The notice lists deceased include Lena F Bodie Greenwood Stephen D Brodie Jackson James O Cook Aiken Jesse F Cook North Augusta Gloria J Doby Glenarden Md John B Frantis Greenville Marion S Hall Aiken Val L Hendrix Columbia Edward C Kinsey Bamberg Joseph E Quarles Cokesbury Pearl B Shoaf Clearwater Details appear on Page 5A for full obituaries and funeral information.
As Reagan grapples with the Iran Contra affair, a possible U S Soviet deal would remove all medium range missiles from Europe with each side keeping 100 warheads. Analysts note limited reductions and caution over trust and verification amid Star Wars debates.
February unemployment held at 6.7 percent as 290000 married women found work and total payrolls rose by 370000. The Labor Department notes a 61.2 percent civilian work rate and a 2.2 million annual workforce increase led by retail trade and services.
The House Ways and Means Committee proposes a $2.8 billion revised budget raising taxes including a three cent cigarette tax, higher beer license fees to $200, a higher mobile home tax cap to $500, and a new sales tax on salvaged vehicle sales, while restoring $43 million to the capital expenditure fund and trimming various areas.
A South Carolina tax package proposes a three cent cigarette tax rise to ten cents per pack, beer license fees up from 140 to 200, and a higher mobile home sales tax cap from 300 to 500. It also adds a vehicle sales tax to salvage by insurers and diverts 10 million from debt retirement but may restore it later.
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