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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1983
Page
2
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 3.9 billion recession relief bill with 1 billion fewer dollars than the House measure. It shifts funds toward unemployment food and shelter aid while cutting brick and mortar public works projects.
Members of Congress plan to challenge Attorney General William French Smith's expansion of FBI authority for domestic spying. New guidelines broaden FBI infiltration and monitoring of U.S. groups that advocate violent social and political change.
Washington AP report notes House Foreign Affairs Committee weighing a nuclear freeze proposal as opponents urge Reagan to release classified Soviet threat papers. Demonstrations planned outside the Capitol as the panel acts six months after a similar measure failed by two votes.
Indiana University faces a measles outbreak with up to 320 infections. Health officials warn nonimmunized students could be barred from campus after spring break as students head home to avoid transmission.
Columbia AP reports that despite recent rain, South Carolina remains in a slow recovery from a severe dry spell. State climatologist John Purvis notes that the drought lingered through 1980 and 1981 as comparison.
Tornadoes struck east central Florida damaging the Space Coast area and Satellite Beach ballpark while a sweeping winter heat wave from Texas to New York set records. No injuries reported. Satellite Beach suffered at least 150000 dollars in damage as neighborhoods, docks, and a ballpark were affected. Rainfall totals rose in Ocala and St. Augustine with rivers expected to crest later in the week.
Archbishop James A. Hickey told a congressional panel that El Salvador's civil war should not be solved by force and urged the Reagan administration to back negotiations. He voiced disappointment as Reagan prepared to brief leaders on his plan, including proposed extra military aid of 60 million dollars to the Salvadoran government.
Pope John Paul II told Guatemalan President Efrain Rios Montt that disrespect for life is a crime and condemned last week's firing squad executions of six men. The Vatican said the pontiff expressed pain over the deaths and urged defense of Indian peasants against injustice during his visit to Guatemala.
President Reagan travels to Orlando to address the National Association of Evangelicals and visit Epcot Center. White House aides say he stays in touch with conservative groups, but Viguerie argues the gap is in follow through with action to win congressional support for policy aims.
University of Utah researchers plan the first human implant of tiny polyurethane blood vessels within four to six weeks. The project aims to help up to 300,000 people annually, addressing small-diameter vessels making up about 75 percent of the circulatory system and potentially aiding heart and arterial disease patients.
Comedian Bill Cosby has asked for a jury trial in a libel case brought by Walter and Eugene Whitehead of New York City and Philadelphia. The brothers claim Cosby referenced them in a Tonight Show monologue in 1980 about learning about sex.
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