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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1987
Page
1
Army Staff Sgt. Duane Finch says he will never play taps again after a 20 year career at Fort Bliss. He laments those funerals with no mourners and notes the toll of daily practice and dedication. Finch awaits July 1 retirement on final leave.
Actor Tom Cruise, star of Top Gun, is forced out of a Bryar Motorsports Park amateur race about halfway due to a brake fire. The 25 year old walked away uninjured with Mimi Rogers by his side as promoters noted his aim for a national racing license. Paul Newman aided Cruise with sponsorship and racing introduction. About 50 teenage girls watched the event.
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies tomorrow with a high around 90 degrees. Tonight will be fair with a low near 60 degrees. Details appear on Page 5A.
The death notices include Gladys W Banks Carrie R Edwards Leonard G Frick Johnnie E Gregory Pearle W Griffith Sidney Lee Johnson rabel Patterson Tishira Sims Eddie W Thompson Benjamin Turner Agnes K Vinson and others from Burnettown Saluda Leesville North Augusta Hephzibah Johnston Union Augusta Eastover and Aiken jurisdictions. Their passing is recorded in regional papers.
In Saragosa Texas survivors cope after a tornado destroyed the 76 year old farming town. About 500 attended an outdoor Mass as 29 dead include six children. Red Cross and church officials mobilize a disaster relief center and aid from Canada.
Coral Gables Florida AP reports forecasters warn of possible killer storms in the 1987 Atlantic season starting June 1. Insurance officials fear a repeat of deadly events like 1928 Palm Beach and 1969 Camille while experts note only six storms formed in 1986.
NOAA lists this year’s hurricane names for both coasts. East Coast begins with Arlene and includes thirty names. West Coast opens with Adrian and includes a parallel set.
Memorial Day honors the nation’s military dead as the Constitution marks its 200th anniversary and the Golden Gate Bridge is celebrated. The weekend saw mass outdoor activity including the Indianapolis 500 won by Al Unser Sr. for the fourth time. Vice President Bush to deliver the keynote in Philadelphia for a 16 week bicentennial commemoration of the Constitutional Convention.
South Carolina hospitals face employee refusals to treat AIDS patients as cases rise to 132 since 1983 with 79 deaths. Richland Memorial Hospital officials call resignations “unusual” while noting strict infection control, education, and patient care obligations.
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