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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1986
Page
2
President Reagan signed emergency aid totaling 20 million dollars for the Honduran military in response to a large scale Nicaraguan incursion into Honduras. Officials said the move followed a Monday night request from Honduran authorities after Sandinista forces penetrated up to 15 miles inside Honduras to disrupt Nicaraguan Contra rebels.
Investigators consider sabotage among possible Arrow Air crash causes as inquiry opens next month. Bernard Deschenes, chairman of the Canadian Aviation Safety Board, says an explosive device is among many possibilities under study. In Tokyo, homemade rockets were fired at the U.S. Embassy and the Imperial Palace with no injuries reported. Police blame leftists. rockets launched from vacant cars, likely RC or timed devices.
AP reports Joe Namath is dismissed from ABCs Monday Night Football after one year as analyst. The Ben Capital Cities buyout totaled under 1 million dollars. OJ Simpson may join college football. Frank Gifford and Al Michaels are set for new MNF roles.
New York AP reports 11 year old Katerina Lycheva greeted by flowers music and crayon signs as Brooklyn elementary students share hopes for peace during her sixth day of a five city tour. She plans UN and Statue of Liberty visits with a Central Park roller skate break.
Washington reports February CPI fell 0.4 percent the steepest decline since 1953 with fuel and food costs driving the drop. Gasoline down 5.9 percent, home heating oil minus 10.1, food minus 0.7 with vegetables and meats leading the fall. Wholesale prices also slid, while economists forecast further energy and food declines before a plateau.
The Defense Department released a 156 page booklet detailing a massive Soviet effort to protect land based arsenals while achieving parity with the United States in cruise missiles. It notes a laser capable of blinding satellites and ongoing modernization of conventional forces.
Aiken Standard lists contact numbers for subscriptions advertising news features and display ads. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday with Sunday hours 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The paper is located at 124 Rutland Drive and mailing address is Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802.
In Manila President Corazon Aquino signs an interim freedom constitution that abolishes the National Assembly and grants her lawmaking and appointment powers until a new charter is ratified. It restores habeas corpus, set to last about a year, with a permanent document to follow by a 30 to 50 member commission.
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