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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1981
Page
11
Gale force winds sweep Lake Washington over the weekend as two major Pacific Northwest windstorms hit the region. The bridge between Seattle and Mercer Island stayed open, while a nearby bridge closed for several hours Saturday and Sunday.
Space shuttle debriefings start for astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly after a two day flight aboard the Columbia Cut from five days due to a fuel cell failure. Engineers at Edwards and Johnson Space Center report heat shield tile work and future shuttle schedule details.
Washington reports that Murray Weidenbaum forecasts unemployment may hit 9 percent before recession ends, potentially 9.5 million out of work. He expects a rebound by late 1982 as Reagan policies take effect amid criticism from Stockman and lawmakers.
President Reagan, back in Washington from Texas, says he plans no changes in his administration despite questions around national security adviser Richard V. Allen and budget director David A. Stockman. He declined to comment further while awaiting a Justice Department probe.
Baptist minister Bernie J E Dingle who was 51 was convicted of killing his estranged wife nurse Ernestine Simpkins Dingle 30 at their Greenwood home. Circuit Judge Julius H Baggett imposed a life term after a one hour jury deliberation.
Union County coroner Bud Harris linked the deer hunting season to two deaths and one injury during the weekend. Clarence White, 24, of Blacksburg, died when his .44 Magnum rifle discharged while descending a tree stand in Cross Key. Paul Ward, 34, of Travelers Rest, was shot after a deer startled a group, with friend Jimmy Clark firing at the animal. Ward suffered fatal head, shoulder, and back buckshot wounds. Michael Neely, 27, of Spartanburg, was wounded in a separate incident.
Federal agents seized a $1.5 million Hilton Head Island oceanfront home owned by Louis Villar 43 known locally as Richard Bentley. Villar, arrested near Santa Barbara last week, faces federal drug charges and is held on a $5 million bond.
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