27 Nov 1985
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1985
Page
1
Major U.S. airlines expect record traveler traffic for a Thanksgiving fare sale with discounts up to 85 percent on most continental routes. Callers jam phones before tonight’s deadline as travelers plan to fly the day before Thanksgiving and the following Sunday.
The shuttle Atlantis lit the sky in a 7:29 p.m. launch visible from Florida to Georgia. About 55,000 watched at Kennedy Space Center as a fiery vapor trail and pillar of flame thrilled poolside loungers and observers across multiple states. The event lasted nearly eight minutes before disappearing behind a feuding bank about 690 miles east of Cape Canaveral.
Clemson University reports record enrollment in its School of Textiles with 150 undergraduates, up from about 80 in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Director Edward A. Vaughn credits aggressive recruitment and curriculum changes for the growth amid industry layoffs.
Myrtle Beach city council prepares for one more public hearing before a final vote on a renourishment plan to fight beach erosion. Coastal Science Engineering Inc. proposed the sand-dumping strategy and has won preliminary approval from the council.
Deaths reported for Tommie Mosley in Trenton Freddie Harrison in Jackson Mrs Beatrice T Swofford in Augusta Mrs Virgie W Hartley in Batesburg and other area victims reflect a sequence of local passings with memorial details to follow.
Gorbachev told the Supreme Soviet the United States seeks military superiority with one sided arms plans and Reagan’s space weapons research blocked any arms control at Geneva While calling the summit significant he blamed Washington for prolonging tensions and warned the civil war in Afghanistan remains unsettled He praised personal contacts with President Reagan and said dialogue between leaders is stabilizing
Atlantis crew launched at night and deployed the $42 million Morelos B satellite, intended to drift to its station in 1989. The mission also plans two space walks to prep for space station work.
Anglican envoy Terry Waite told reporters at the White House that the mission to free Americans held in Lebanon is at a highly dangerous stage but the United States should not compromise its principles. He supported the Reagan policy of not pressuring Kuwait and said a way forward could free hostages without policy change.
Thanksgiving weekend TV guide highlights the Jets versus Lions at the Silverdome, Cowboys hosting the Cardinals, Texas A M at Texas, Virginia at Maryland, and college clashes including Vanderbilt versus Tennessee, Notre Dame versus Miami, West Virginia versus Syracuse, and Georgia versus Georgia Tech with NFL games Sunday across CBS NBC ESPN WTBS WJBF.
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