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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1983
Page
2
A winter storm hits the West bringing over a foot of snow in Nevada and Utah and 70 mph winds in Arizona. The South faces deadly tornadoes and lightning storms, with at least three deaths. In Pennsylvania a twin engine plane crashed in a hillside during a rainstorm killing six aboard. cause is under investigation.
Police connected the church massacre at Mountain Lodge Pentecostal Church in Darkley County Armagh to the Irish National Liberation Army, a Marxist offshoot of the IRA. Three elders were killed and seven injured as masked gunmen opened fire during Sunday worship.
Israel seeks the extradition of John Demjanjuk a 63 year old retired autoworker from the United States for trial on charges of killing tens of thousands of Jews at Treblinka Poland A Cleveland federal court will hear the case on January 23 1963. Israel weighs extradition of Bishop Valerian Trifa and Neal Sher discusses cases with Israeli officials during a visit last summer.
West Germany Chancellor Helmut Kohl defended plans to deploy Pershing 2 and cruise missiles this year as police fought protesters outside the Parliament. He urged Soviets to seek a nuclear arms agreement while warning no democracy bows to coercion.
New York stock markets prepare for the Bell System breakup with 1.5 billion shares trading on a when-issued basis. AT and T and seven regional companies will become separate entities on January 1, 1984, with early trading to price the divestiture.
NRDC and other anti nuclear groups threaten further court action if the Department of Energy does not revise the draft environmental impact study for the L Reactor restart. They seek delaying measures to lessen environmental effects with a final EIS due Jan 1 by Congress and a federal court. DOE targets Dec 23 for final document. The L Reactor is among four Savannah River Plant plutonium production reactors, mothballed since 1968 and slated for restart to support weapons production.
Lt Col Guion R Bluford Jr first Black American in space returns to Philadelphia as honorary grand marshal. Gov Thornburgh and Mayor Green greet him at City Hall with a four day visit, reception and testimonial and Bluford Week proclaimed. Herschel Walker salutes Army Rangers in Grenada homecoming.
Discount sale on bookcases, tables, lamps, pictures, desks, gun cabinets, sofas, and recliners. Located near 961 Aiken-Aug. Hwy. Call 593-3048 for details.
In Pleasant Hill Iowa a dynamite filled storage building exploded injuring homes up to 45 miles away. Des Moines youths Clint Woodard fourteen and Jeffrey Waddell thirteen are missing after being near the bunker when the blast occurred. Police doubt they survived. investigators inspect torn cloth as possible evidence.
The Aiken Standard lists contact numbers for subscriptions classified ads and feature ideas 648 2311 and 649 1555. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday at 124 Rutland Drive.
Aiken Community Hospital and Sheriff and EMS numbers are listed. Local fire departments and police stations across Aiken County including Graniteville New Ellenton North Augusta Wagener and Salley provide emergency contacts. Deaf emergency line and poison control are included with highway patrol also listed.
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