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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1987
Page
1
Art Fosse, 25, unemployed 24 months, stood in Chicago's Dan Ryan Expressway median with a homemade sign seeking work. By 7:30 a.m. Feb. 5 he endured three hours of freezing cold traffic. He soon received about a dozen job offers and now works 40 hours weekly in construction. He may write a book to help others find jobs.
In Kent Washington an AP report says Tracy and Harvey the robots could grow vegetables for astronauts on NASA's proposed space station and cost about 740 million dollars, less than the price of transporting food from Earth per a Boeing Aerospace study.
Our weekend weather will give way to rain tomorrow. Rain begins late tonight with a low near 53? The forecast calls for cloudy skies and cooler temperatures tomorrow with a 90 percent chance of rain or thunderstorms. Highs will reach the low 60s. Page 10A has details.
Obituary notice records the deaths of Johnnie M. Brooks of Aiken Mack Hudson of Elberton Andrew Jennings of Langley Ernest Johnson of Aiken Ned W. Langley of Lake City and Louise Watkins of Trenton.
A Harlem high rise fire killed seven people including a girl and her two brothers who leaped 33 floors to their deaths. Investigators blamed shut off sprinklers and a broken standpipe valve though the blaze started in trash in the basement chute. Fire officials cited cigarette ignition and suggested systems failure contributed to the disaster.
Communist rebels proposed a limited Holy Week cease-fire in north central Mindanao during Easter and the May 11 elections. The offer, signed by NPA regional head Wilfredo Mapano, aims to allow voting without fear while the military weighs acceptance.
Aiken hosts the Triple Crown of Racing at the Aiken Training Track on March 28 with gates at 10 am and post time 2 pm. Admission pre sale four dollars for adults and two dollars for children 6 to 11. at the gate five dollars and two dollars. Proceeds fund Jaycee projects. T shirts eight dollars benefit Camp Hope. Aiken Mile Track hosts a second event on April 4 with gates at 10 am and post time 1 pm. Admission five dollars for adults and two dollars for children. parking options include Railside two rows with four adult tickets and second row four tickets. Reserved camping parking available.
The Airplane pyramid game expands nationwide with pilots, co pilots, flight attendants and passengers each paying up to 100 dollars to join. The pyramid grows until full and then collapses leaving many players who joined late with losses while early promoters profit. Authorities warn the public to avoid such schemes.
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