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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1987
Page
1
Scientists report identifying a bovine immunodeficiency-like virus BIV in cows that may accelerate AIDS drug and vaccine development. The virus does not appear to infect humans, offering a safer testing model versus primate viruses.
PITTSBURGH AP A three-year-old girl named Tabatha Foster from Madisonville Kentucky recovering from a five organ transplant was taken off a respirator and shows strong stable vital signs in Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh ICUs. She received a new liver and four other organs in an experimental procedure weeks ago and doctors await answers on the Monday loss of consciousness.
The Aiken Standard offices close at noon Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving. The paper resumes normal hours on Monday.
A gray forecast notes mild conditions with rainfall likely tonight and tomorrow. Lows will be in the 50s and highs in the low 70s as brief showers pass across the area.
Obituaries list Daniel D. Day of Blackville Marion R. Lawson of Aiken and Horace J. Surratt Jr. of Greenwood with details on Page 8A.
Staff writer Carol Woodward discusses how Thanksgiving, rooted in early Plymouth and Indian sharing, now often means families are separated by distance or circumstance. Epworth Children's Home in Columbia, supported by Methodist churches, hosts children whose parents may not be able to visit during holidays.
Negotiations persisted around the clock as Oakdale inmates and Atlanta detainees faced mounting tension. Officials reported talks with federal negotiators, with six or more hostage situations and ongoing relief efforts including faith services for relatives.
Typhoon Nina struck the Philippines with 127 mph winds causing widespread destruction and cutting off communications. Officials reported about 200 confirmed deaths in Sorsogon with other fatalities in Marinduque Laguna Masbate and Legazpi City.
Columbia AP House Ways and Means Chairman Robert McLellan predicts rejection of Gov. Carroll Campbell’s reserve fund reduction. Budget board backs consolidating two funds and trimming reserves to 5 percent to free 34 million for agency programs. Board adopts 1988-89 plan with raises and spending shifts.
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