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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1986
Page
2
The 101 year old Napa mansion and 257 acres including Springs Valley Winery, linked to Falcon Crest, is for sale as owner Michael Robbins retires to France. Lorimar to film there. price reportedly around 20 million.
A presidential panel envisions a half century of manned Moon and Mars outposts with permanent life support, expanding space travel to potentially 1 million travelers daily. The National Commission on Space, appointed by President Reagan, will present its 200 page report "Pioneering the Space Frontier" to the White House next month, dedicating the work to the Challenger crew.
General Motors has dropped efforts to buy state owned British Leyland trucks and commercial vehicles divisions after Britain removed the profitable Land Rover from the sale package. GM spokesman Eric Fountain said negotiations collapsed when Trade and Industry Secretary Paul Channon offered only the money losing trucks division, making the package nonviable.
Lieba Wasner of Milton learns a long missing Latvian friend Yakob Basner, once Riga neighbors, is alive in California after a chance Labor Day call. They last saw each other in 1940s, Basner moved to Long Beach six years ago, cousin connected them near a pool last year, and Wasner plans to fly to California this week.
Jim Whitaker, a rookie at the top level, led his team to the Vanderbilt Knockout finals in the 1986 spring North American bridge championships in Portland. He was upset by Edgar Kaplan’s team, the former world champion, after reaching the final as the ninth seed and facing a strong third-seeded Kaplan squad.
Communist rebels said they are willing to negotiate a nationwide cease-fire with President Corazon Aquino's government. The statement from the Communist Party and the National Democratic Front was delivered via Antonio Zumamel and dated March 18. Aquino aides called reports of a revolutionary government speculative while confirming the cease-fire offer could aid stability.
In Columbia AP report about South Carolina’s Education Improvement Act potential layoffs. Up to 900 teachers may lose jobs for failing minimum knowledge tests, many with over 20 years in the classroom, sparking debate on testing fairness, Civil Rights Act concerns, and teacher qualifications amid funding limits.
Greenville marks its 200th with the Jubilee Parade featuring 105 entries from bedpan brigades to kudzu costumes while Columbia presents a solemn Parade of History through its capital from origin to integration. The Greenville event kicks a week of activities, with educators in academic robes marching to kazoo tunes and bells.
Pravda denounced the Nevada nuclear test as brazenly challenging world public opinion. It did not say if Moscow would end the March 31 moratorium. The piece notes Gorbachev’s stance while asserting U S testing complicates any joint ban and cites Star Wars concerns.
The Washington Post reports U S Navy F-14 Tomcats from a three carrier group repeatedly crossed Col Muammar Khadafy s line of death off the Libyan coast during a Sunday exercise in the Gulf of Sidra Libyan forces did not engage the jets and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger could not confirm the report on Good Morning America.
Aiken Standard provides phone numbers for subscriptions and classified ads including 649 5316 649 1555 and 648 2311 plus news ideas. Office hours are 8 30 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 10 30 a.m. Sunday with address 124 Rutland Drive and mailing box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
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