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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1978
Page
6
Police said Toshio Matsushima, 20, died after a club initiation beating by seven Takushoku University students. He suffered bruises, a broken arm, kidney injuries, and died of secondary shock. seven students are charged with accidental homicide.
Thai officials announced the removal of Khun Sa from the country, citing his control of 200 to 300 tons of opium annually. Reporters toured deserted trenches and empty rooms, while Khun Sa’s Shan United Army fighters seek refuge in northern Burma.
The Association of Flight Attendants calls for mandatory life rafts on any airline operating over water. Federal rules require rafts only beyond 50 miles from land, with some exemptions. The debate intensified after a National Airlines jet without rafts crashed near Pensacola, Florida, where rescuers from a tugboat saved most passengers.
Peter F. Vaira was officially appointed U S attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania succeeding David Marston who was dismissed by the Justice Department in a Carter era controversy. Carter formally appointed Vaira on Thursday after an earlier announcement. Vaira 41 has spent a decade as a trial lawyer and supervisory attorney in the department anti racketeering section.
A bald eagle born at the Cincinnati Zoo this week has died. Zoo officials said the bird died Thursday and the cause will be investigated. It was the first bald eagle born at the Cincinnati Zoo and one of only a few captive births recorded.
Colombian pilots and Curacao police captured an armed hijacker after a five hour standoff on a Colombian airliner. Two Americans aboard included Peace Corps volunteer James Edwards and his grandmother. Passengers were questioned overnight for accomplices while the hijacker demanded 2 million pesos.
In Lisbon AP: former president Americo Tomas who was banished to Brazil after the 1974 military takeover may return to Portugal. President Antonio Ramalho Eanes stated there is no legal barrier to his return and that humanitarian reasons should prevail over politics.
In Milan a 41 year old Christian Democratic Party official Tito Berardini was shot in both legs by three attackers in a blue outfit who emerged from a white Fiat. The incident marks the seventh kneecapping in seven days linked to the Red Brigades after the Moro kidnapping and murder.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a partial rollback of higher Social Security taxes by a 19 to 18 vote, using general tax funds to ease payroll tax increases for 1979. If enacted, the rate would drop to 5.85 percent with a higher wage base, a move opposed in the Senate and supported by President Carter.
Six months after the Kelly Barnes Dam flood killed 39 people at Toccoa Falls Bible College in Georgia, 45 seniors plan to graduate as they say the disaster strengthened their faith. Students describe viewing the tragedy as God’s sovereign plan and a test of endurance that drew peers closer to God.
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