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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1986
Page
2
Emergency aid rushed to the Solomon Islands after Typhoon Jamu left at least five dead and up to 90,000 homeless of 240,000 residents. Five children were swept to sea. 50 missing as 115 mph winds lashed the islands.
Dublin police said paintings valued at least 15 million dollars were stolen from the mansion of Sir Alfred Bell. Seventeen works are missing including a Goya and a Vermeer. A police spokesman declined to identify himself and would not reveal how the raid was carried out.
In Pusan, South Korea, about 21 students armed with pipes seized the U S Information Service building, occupying all three floors and damaging facilities before police overwhelmed them an hour later. The incident followed by separate airport melee between Phil Donahue and William Ferguson, unresolved in mediation. A Bali quake measured 4.2 on the Richter scale struck early morning near Denpasar. In California, Jose Luis Medina of Jalisco Mexican Products received 60 days jail and two years probation for tainted cheese deaths.
The Soviet Union announces Yuri V. Dubinin, a Hispanic specialist named ambassador to the United Nations two months after his selection, will replace Anatoly Dobrynin as ambassador to Washington. Dobrynin returns to Moscow to a Central Committee post and is viewed as a key adviser on foreign policy to Mikhail Gorbachev.
William A. Wilson, 71, the U S ambassador to the Vatican, says in a resignation letter to President Reagan that he wishes to return to private life after five years of service in Italy. State Department spokesman Charles E Redman confirmed the move on Tuesday.
Allen H. Neuharth resigns as chief executive of Gannett Co. Inc. a day after the company completes its purchase of its 98th daily newspaper. John J. Curley, 47, is named to succeed Neuharth, 62, who remains chairman.
The Senate approved a daylight saving time extension to start on the first Sunday in April, three weeks earlier than before. The measure, attached to a fire prevention bill, faces House-Senate conference negotiations after a 58-36 vote to proceed.
Christy Fichtner, a 23 year old Dallas model, won the 1986 Miss USA crown, earning about 175000 in cash and prizes including a new sports car and a mink coat. She will represent the United States at Miss Universe on July 21 in Panama City. First runner up Halle Berry, Miss Ohio, with others from Mississippi California and Georgia among the top contenders.
The Aiken Standard lists subscription and classified ad contact numbers 649 5316 649 1555 and news tip line 648 2311 Display ad line 648 2311 Customer service hours 5 30 pm 7 pm weekdays and 8 am 10 30 am Sundays Office at 124 Rutland Drive Open 8 30 am 5 30 pm weekdays Mailing address Box 456 Aiken SC 29802
Washington AP reports the Washington Post withheld a description of the betrayed technology after President Reagan urged not to publish. Reagan spoke May 10 with Katharine Graham at the request of CIA Director Sam J. Casey amid NSA spy case involving Ronald W. Pelton.
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