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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1987
Page
1
MaryAnn Golden, 31, says a Chicago Transit Authority bus driver Marvin Jefferson closed the doors on her arm after she asked for route information. She ran beside the bus for a half block screaming for him to stop. The CTA is investigating the incident.
Washington report says Sugar Ray Leonard, the WBC middleweight champion, retires again claiming no stimulus to continue boxing. He tells reporters there is no opponent providing motivation and notes this is his fourth retirement announcement since 1976.
Miami AP reports the first tropical low mood of 1987 Atlantic hurricane season remains stationary about 700 miles east of West Palm Beach and 450 miles southwest of Bermuda. Forecaster Bob Case says it shows little threat and isn’t moving or strengthening. Coastal residents need not worry at this time.
Skies will be fair tonight and sunny tomorrow with a low in the mid 60s and a high near 90. Details continue on Page 12A.
Obituaries note the deaths of Lamont Davis and James Kearse in Aiken, alongside Esther Stein in Augusta and William R. Wood in Columbia, with brief biographical verifications and funeral details forthcoming.
The U S Navy escorted Kuwaiti merchant Ibn Rashid bearing American made M 60 tanks and howitzers 16 hours from near the Strait of Hormuz to Bahrain with four warships and P 3 Orion planes. Pentagon cited reliability of supplying defense items to friendly nations and said escort is on a case by case basis. Coast Guard said Pentagon sought waiver of safety standards to speed registry.
The Commerce Department reports a 0.7 percent drop in the merchandise trade deficit to 38.3 billion for the first quarter as imports rise 1 percent to 96.5 billion and exports climb 2.1 percent to 58.2 billion The shift reflects balance of payments adjustments and weaker dollar effects in pricing and volume. The current account will be released June 16.
The Rev. Jerry Falwell accused Jim Bakker of lacking repentance over the 1980 sexual encounter with a church secretary and alleged homosexual problems. Falwell urged Bakker to return millions allegedly taken from PTL coffers as the ministry faced about 70 million dollars in debt after Falwell’s takeover the board seeks fiscal control. Bakker, in a Nightline interview, claimed Falwell used the takeover to avert a hostile bid by Jimmy Swaggart and said he could return to PTL anytime.
The NEA reports the average salary for 2.2 million public school teachers is 26 704 dollars and K 12 education costs about 4 000 per student annually. Federal share of public school budgets has fallen to 6.2 percent.
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