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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1987

Page

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Gorillas at Milwaukee Zoo Pick TV Choices by Touch

Two 6-year-old silverback male gorillas Obsus and Quito at the Milwaukee Public Zoo select entertainment by touching sensors on the glass front of their enclosure. They can watch a local TV station, a videotape, or listen to radio or use the off switch. Their rewards hinge on what they choose.

Milwaukee Wheel of Fortune Vanna White Pat Sajak Obsus Quito Milwaukee Public Zoo

Penthouse bids for PTL figure as Hahn story lures

Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione plans a formal offer for Jessica Hahn’s photos and exclusive rights to her story. He says if she was “good enough” for Jimmy Bakker she is for the world, as Hahn keeps reporters at bay from her West Babylon home.

New York Penthouse Bob Guccione Fawn Hall Guccione Jimmy Bakker Sy Preston Jessica Hahn Pentacostal Church Bakker Ms. Hahn

Weather outlook with showers and thundershowers

Forecasters expect mostly cloudy skies tonight with a 30 percent chance of showers and a low around the low 50s. Tomorrow shows a 70 percent chance of rain or thundershowers with a high near 70. Details on Page 9A.

Notable Deaths Across Cities Listed

Brief death notices list Georgia Coursey of Swainsboro Georgia Sylvia O Dorn of New York Leroy F Hughes of Chicago and Mary F Johnson of Thomson Georgia. Details referenced on Page QA.

Georgia Coursey Swainsboro Sylvia O. Dorn New York Leroy F. Hughes Chicago Mary F. Johnson Thomson

Triple Crown events set for Aiken venues

The Aiken Jaycees present The Triple Crown at The Aiken Mile Track with two dates March 28 and April 4 Gates open at 10 a.m. and post time at 2 p.m. Admission ranges from $4 to $5 with child rates and tickets sold at local stores and banks Proceeds fund Jaycee projects and Camp Hope with T shirt sales. Railside and reserved parking options offered.

Aiken Aiken Jaycees Chamber of Commerce Aiken Drug Woodruff Drug Security Federal North Augusta Regency Mall Daniel Village Bankers First Augusta Trials Camp Hope Aiken Mile Revco

PTL settles with Jessica Hahn for 265000 in Bakker scandal

The Charlotte Observer reports PTL lawyers will pay 265000 to Jessica Hahn, whose sexual liaison with Jim Bakker led to his resignation. The new PTL board gathers to decide the ministry’s future as Assemblies of God officials weigh misconduct charges against Bakker in Springfield Missouri.

PTL CBS Television Falwell Bakker Cocoa Beach Fla Heritage Grand Hotel Heritage USA Center Richard Dortch PTL Club U.S James Watt Charlotte N.C The Observer Ms. Hahn Bank of Los Angeles

Public Defender Hiring Approved Despite Freeze

County wide hiring freeze, in effect since March 4, will be lifted for one public defender recruitment. The Public Defenders Corporation urged Barnes to advertise one of two vacancies to speed filling. Board backs keeping the office under county control after the resignation of Robert Mills for a new post in Columbia.

W. Scott Barnes The Public Defenders Corporation Barnes Public Defender’s Henderson B. Johnson Public Defender Robert Mills Mills Columbia Public Defend

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