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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1987
Page
1
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In Beverly Hills the smoking ban that took effect April 3 bans smoking in stores public meetings and most restaurants except hotel venues and permits smoking in restaurant bars. Restaurateurs report losing more than half their patrons versus prior years while Mayor dismisses talk of amending the ordinance despite calls from businessmen led by Rangoon Racquet Club co owner David Zwaaf who chairs the restaurant association.
Hollywood faced heightened safety after the Twilight Zone incident. Director Hal Needham canceled a simple biplane shot until a formal plan with the FAA and multiple approvals were secured. The sequence was completed only after a bureaucratic push and safety scrutiny.
A weather forecast shows a 30 percent chance of rain or thunderstorms tonight with partial clouds and a low in the upper 50s. Tomorrow, expect mostly cloudy skies, a 20 percent rain chance, and a high in the mid 70s.
Death notices list Betty J Bedingfield Eliza J Campbell John V DeMase Mary McMahon Edward J C New and Clifton C Sherrill Jr across North Augusta Johnston Aiken Warrenville with brief locality notes. Obituaries acknowledge their passing and associated towns.
President Corazon Aquino urged greater United States military assistance amid a renewed Communist insurgency and Muslim guerrilla threat. She cited limited mobility and intelligence as hampering forces fighting about 24 000 New People s Army guerrillas and asked for 130 helicopters to boost a 250 000 strong army.
The National Archives begins releasing Nixon era files 13 years after resignation. First batch includes Ehrlichman and Dean White House files totaling 252 000 pages from the 1.5 million page special files, with others from Krogh Strachan and Dent.
Networks race to cover the Iran-Contra hearings with ABC NBC CBS CNN and C Span offering live and extended coverage from the Senate Caucus Room. Executives stress overcoverage to capture major witnesses while juggling daytime programming and ad revenue.
South Carolina doctors at the annual state medical association meeting proposed requiring an AIDS test for marriage licenses and followup contact tracing for positives. The plan aims to curb an anticipated AIDS rise, with education and voluntary testing emphasized despite not being a cure.
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