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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1987
Page
2
The National Transportation Safety Board urged the FAA to raise EMS helicopter VFR visibility from one half mile to one mile and to give pilots priority access to FAA weather data, aiming to reduce accidents in bad weather based on its ongoing safety study.
Vernon died Tuesday at his Hollywood home of an apparent heart attack. Milton Berle and others praised his unique sad clown persona and his lasting influence on comedy. His son David described his father's wistful style and Chaplin like influence. Tom Bosley called him ahead of his time and deeply missed.
Rep. James Florio says Interior Secretary Hodel approved locating the memorial between the Capitol and Lincoln Memorial and will seek a waiver of the monument cap. The project, authorized in 1986, has raised about 1.6 million privately for a 5 million budget.
The President's Commission on Privatization recommends selling all public housing and replacing aid with government rent vouchers for eligible households to rent private housing. Chairman David Linowes said the plan will be in the final report due to the president by March 1.
The presidential commission on AIDS is restored to 13 with President Reagan naming Beny J. Primm of New York and Kristine M. Gebbie of Oregon to fill vacancies created by resignations. Mayberry had chaired the panel.
The Congressional Budget Office report shows the poorest 10 percent will pay 20 percent more of their income in federal taxes next year than in 1977, while the richest 10 percent will pay 6.4 percent less. The median income group faces a slight drop to about 20.9 percent, with the overall federal tax share nearly unchanged.
Daniel Ortega arrives in Washington for the first time in eight years to press Nicaraguan compliance with the Central American peace accord. He vows full cooperation during a speech to OAS foreign ministers amid stalled cease-fire talks with the Contras. The Reagan administration rejects substantive talks until progress resumes.
Tokyo foreign exchange rose to 134.35 yen as the dollar rebounded after Reagan voiced a desire to halt its slide. Meanwhile the Nikkei 225 slumped over 1,000 points, finishing down 649.70 at 21,036.76, with Hong Kong and London markets mixed and Wall Street modestly lower.
Mikhail Gorbachev may lengthen his U S visit to five or six days to better understand the United States. Raisa Gorbachev led advisers urging close contact with the American public during the summit. The talks aim to sign a treaty eliminating mid and short range missiles with Reagan present.
The notice lists subscription rates and contact numbers for the Aiken Standard. It provides office hours, mailing address at 124 Rutland Drive, P.O. Box 456, Aiken SC 29802, and phone lines for subscriptions, classifieds, and news tips.
Emergency numbers provided as a service by the Aiken Standard include Aiken Fire and Abused Persons Coalition with phone lines 649-0480 and 649-2511. The notice lists publication details for the Aiken Standard, a weekday and Sunday newspaper established in 1867.
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