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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1985
Page
4
Blue Cross Maryland will issue plastic Life Cards with laser encoded data up to 800 pages of medical history. Doctors and insurers gain instant access, boosting treatment and billing efficiency, but risks of privacy invasion and abuse require legal safeguards.
Esther Surasky Persky daughter of Hiram C. and Friedel Copeland Surasky immigrated from Russian Poland as a baby. She attended Winthrop College and worked as a private secretary for Aiken’s Winter Colony families. Married to Nathan Persky, they had son Mordecai Persky of New York. She died May 7 at 86 after a months long illness. The Perskys were civic and business figures in Aiken.
On May 11 1935 President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 7037 creating the Rural Electrification Administration. Faced with hard labor and scarcity women paid the $5 signup to bring running water electric lights and appliances to farms, transforming rural life as generations now take for granted.
A guest editorial notes digital television could surpass current analog sets with improved picture quality by converting signals to computer language to reduce distortion. It highlights features like two or three programs on one screen, freeze and magnify functions, and the ability to print pictures. First digital sets expected to market before 1986 and widespread by decade's end.
Former football coach George Allen champions a defense driven foreign policy toward Nicaragua while critics accuse him of ignoring offense. The piece attacks liberal Democrats and endorses a tougher stance, citing the Contras, Ortega, and comments by Rep. Dellums as evidence of an ostrich mentality.
A compilation of quips and satire from Ashley Cooper to Mary Norton Kraft, with editorial pieces from George Norwig The Island Gazette and assorted jokes. It captures regional humor about drinking, race, media, and everyday life in a breezy late night column style.
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