20 Mar 1989
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1989
Page
1
A quick read notes the Oxford English Dictionary's second edition adds 5000 new words. It highlights terms like AIDS-related, a fax, Filofax and ghetto-blaster reflecting modern usage, plus older senses and a single Anglo-Saxon addition symbol ash.
Jim Thunder a Cree runner on a 2700 mile journey to the American Museum of Natural History pleads for the return of Chief Big Bear's calico wrapped bundle. He says a vision in 1979 urged him to bring the relic home to western Canada and that the bundle contains a bear claw a clump of sweet grass and tobacco.
Considerable cloudiness is forecast tonight with a 50 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms and a low in the mid 50s. Tuesday will be cloudy with a 70 percent chance of a thunderstorm and a high in the low 70s.
Obituary brief notes the deaths of Sara T. Farmer Chesterfield J Monroe George Aiken William E Grubbs Belvedere Warren E Hendrix Augusta Sherrill Miller Aiken Dr Charles S Muse Orangeburg Theo Roland Williston Owen C Sawyer Johnston Lucky D Smith Gibson Ga details continued on page six
The Department of Energy warns that national security could be harmed if a pending suit blocks restarting the Savannah River Plant reactors until a full environmental impact statement is completed. Environmental groups say the safety disclosures require the EIS before any restart. The SRP's three production reactors, sole source of perishable tritium gas, have been idle for upgrades with no restart date set. The DOE will prepare the EIS but will not make it a restart condition. groups threaten injunction if restart occurs before completion.
The Commission on the Future of Aiken County CFAC designated to oversee two decade growth strategy. Thomas Ber, chair of the Coordinating Council on Economic Development, released a prospectus after a wrapup meeting. Citizens group has held sessions to gather data for the Strategic Plan amid management changes at the Savannah area.
In Miami on March 4 the IAM strike against Eastern Airlines triggered a pilot Mike Caldwell to weigh a sympathy walkout. The piece follows Caldwell and fellow employees as bankruptcy looms, jobs fade, and families weigh sacrifice against union causes amid years of tense labor battles.
In South Korea a CHS3-D Sea Stallion helicopter carrying 34 Marines crashed during exercises near Pohang. Officials report 19 dead and 16 injured, with 9 in very serious condition. The cause is undetermined. reports say engine trouble and an in-air explosion.
Samuel A. Cothran will retire March 31 after 21 years as editor and publisher of the Aiken Standard. He will be succeeded by Scott B. Hunter, a 15 year veteran who became general manager in 1987. Cothran’s career spans half a century guiding the paper through growth and modernizing to a 24 000 square foot plant with offset press.
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