22 Mar 1987
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1987
Page
1
A Soviet Aeroflot IL-62 with 113 passengers and 11 crew made an unscheduled landing in Budapest after the pilot requested clearance amid suspicious circumstances. Passengers and crew were evacuated and a police search found nothing unusual.
Vice President George Bush spoke at Arlington National Cemetery to dedicate a memorial for the seven astronauts who died in the Challenger disaster. NASA Director James Fletcher joined Bush in unveiling the memorial during a half hour ceremony as relatives of the crew watched.
The Aiken Standard on Friday published a map with incorrect directions to the Aiken Hunt Meet and apologizes for the inconvenience to race-goers.
Today skies are mostly sunny with a high in the mid 70s and northeast winds at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight remains fair with a low around the mid 40s and details continue on Page 4A.
Deaths reported for Allen R. Bedenbaugh Prosperity J L Britton Cephas P Derrick Greenville Alfredo M DiGregorio Monetta Arnold Kirkland Aiken Louise R Madison North Augusta George Morgan North Augusta Stacey M Outts Edgefield Frank Patten Edgefield with details on Page 4A.
Special Sections include Color Comics and Sun day Magazine with this weeks television listings features Lewis Grizzard Erma Bombeck and the New York Times Crossword puzzle.
The U S Department of Energy orders continued power reductions at three Savannah River Plant reactors citing rising evidence that emergency cooling is inadequate. The facility will operate near 50 percent capacity while safety reviews proceed, following a November 26 percent cut.
U.S. News and World Report says Ayatollah Khomeini conceived the arms deals as a giant sting to trap Washington Moscow and expose agents in Iran The piece cites unnamed Middle East sources and details a plan starting Jan 1985 with Rafsanjani Moussavi and others and alleges kickbacks and covert payments amid hostage talks and Soviet countermeasures.
Former President Jimmy Carter, visiting Damascus with Rosalynn, expects Syria to share information and use influence to aid in freeing eight Americans held in Lebanon. He meets President Assad, says no official U.S. role and that talks will cover broad topics.
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