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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1986
Page
1
Cleveland AP reports Revco DS Inc the nations largest drug store chain halted sales of adult magazines citing poor sales not external pressure. Four stores in the Aiken area have removed magazines per local managers.
The Roubertou family welcomed four babies born within a minute at Richland Memorial Hospital. Christian and Coco Roubertou's two boys and two girls were premature, with weights ranging from 2 pounds 6.5 ounces to 2 pounds 14.5 ounces. The newborns are the second quadruplet set born in South Carolina, following a 1976 all-boys set in Charleston.
The weekend weather should be pleasant and dry with only isolated showers this afternoon and no significant rainfall until Tuesday. Lows tonight mid 50s, wind under 10 mph, skies fair. Tomorrow mostly sunny, mid 80s, details on Page 3A.
The notice lists obituaries for Joe N Weaver Edgefield John H Collins Aiken Isaac Bates Aiken Susan H Arthur Eureka Maude M Haney Oxford Ala Charlie R Stuilb Falmouth Mass Ernest E Owens Williston Matilda W Davis Aiken Thomas Robinson Jamadia NY Letha Robinson Clearwater Henry M Logue Augusta Beatrice M Richardson North Augusta John Edwards Jacksonville Fla Details pending on page 78.
The Coca Cola blimp landed at Aiken Municipal Airport en route from Florence to Atlanta for fuel and a few hours of mooring. It promotes Coke's 100th anniversary but lacks the new logo on its side.
An IAEA official said the No 4 reactor fire at Chernobyl is out and the unit will be encased in concrete. He noted damage to reactor 3 but its cooling remains functioning and no environmental or health threat is evident.
British Conservative MP Richard Cottrell says the Soviet Union asked Europe’s Common Market for large food imports after Chernobyl damages. He notes potential cost to European taxpayers and proposes tied safeguards on Soviet nuclear transparency and plant inspections.
One year after most blue laws ended, South Carolina retailers report rising Sunday sales and more in-state shoppers. Don Parker of J B White's in Aiken says Sunday business is strong and growing, while Rose's, Walmart and other merchants note gains and localizing shoppers who opt to stay in state rather than cross borders. Civil debates over worker hours persist, with Baptists stressing humane work limits and officials noting a 5 to 6 percent sales lift in Midlands malls.
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