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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1986
Page
4
Benjamin A. Joyner was sentenced to life for the 1984 Rossi murder and 20 additional years for stabbing co defendant Willie Earl Nesmith in a Kirkland Correctional Institution cell. Nesmith recovered from the stab wound and testified. Joyner will be ineligible for parole until 2004 and must serve at least a quarter of the 20 years.
The court ruled 5 to 4 that evidence obtained by watching from the air does not violate the Fourth Amendment. The decisions overturn California and Michigan rulings, with one case involving a backyard marijuana operation and the other air pollution from a Dow Chemical plant.
Vernon Walters the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations warns that countries receiving American aid will see less money if they repeatedly oppose U N policy in the General Assembly. He notes many aid recipients vote against the U N despite U.S. funding and align with communist bloc positions or Moscow's influence.
A brief reflection highlights that a person is defined by what he lacks and what he could achieve, not by material possessions. The aphorism credits Jean-Paul Sartre as the source and invites contemplation on potential and virtue beyond wealth.
A columnist in Scrabble, Virginia, reflects on secular humanism and belief in God inspired by two Carolina wrens building a nest. He notes natural complexity, questions atheistic philosophy, and argues evidence of a divine plan is evident in nature around Blue Ridge Mountains and in everyday life.
Jan recalls his homeland as Soviet tanks rolled into Prague in 1968. He and Frantisek Faltys recount a life of exile, shifting loyalties, and the Czech Communist Party amid wars, alliances, and the Cold War.
The piece tracks Bill Bradley from early scorn as a dunking recruit to a reborn national figure as tax reform gains Senate traction. It weighs his intellect against a ho hum public persona and weighs 1988 presidential prospects against rivals like Hart Biden Gephardt Dole Kemp. Bradley's wealth and limited campaign machinery temper the momentum, while peers praise his role in tax reform.
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