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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1985
Page
2
Mayor Edward I. Koch proposes a voluntary dimming of large ads and decorative lighting to improve view of Halley’s comet. A plan would run at specific times from December 1 to January 15, but the mayor says the city cannot be completely blacked out.
Nancy Kulp, the Beverly Hillbillies actress, will teach a history of motion pictures and television in America at Juniata College next week. The Pennsylvania native, once a congressional candidate, has lived in Port Royal and Mifflintown and was endorsed by Buddy Ebsen in her congressional bid against Bud Schuster.
In Gonaives Haiti on Thursday soldiers fired on unemployed youths protesting political and economic failures. Three people were killed and 14 injured with a fourth death attributed to unknown causes as demand for reform grows in a country ruled since 1971 by President for Life Jean-Claude Duvalier.
Republic Airlines Flight 241 from O Hare to Milwaukee aborted takeoff due to an engine fire. Pilots detected warning lights and evacuated 45 people with no injuries reported, officials said.
The Quebec branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society appeals for blood donations after many people halted giving due to AIDS fears. Dr. Francois Ranger, the Red Cross deputy medical director in Montreal, says hospitals in Montreal and western Quebec face shortages and struggle to meet needs.
The Arcade Theater in Lake Charles Louisiana a famed National Register of Historic Places venue burned down in the second of two fires in one day. The historic venue once hosted stars including the Barrymores Houdini and John Philip Sousa.
The Aiken Standard provides phone lines for subscriptions and classified ads including 649 5316 649 1555 and 648 2311 and lists office hours 8 30 to 5 30 Monday to Friday and mailing address 124 Rutland Drive Aiken SC 29802 All advance payments to Aiken Standard PB Subscription with rates shown for 3 6 and 12 months.
Readable emergency contact list includes Abused Persons Coalition, Aiken and New Ellenton police and fire, North Augusta and Wagener departments, EMS, poison control, and support groups. Provides numbers for sheriff, highway patrol, and local agencies along with publication details for The Aiken Standard.
Mexico raises Isthmus light crude by 76 cents a barrel and keeps Maya heavy crude unchanged. Analysts say the move will have little impact on U.S. pump prices, noting Mexico is the largest supplier to the United States and debt issues drive pricing.
Los Angeles AP reports two years may pass before human tests of artificial red blood cells begin. C Anthony Hunt and team guard safety in rats and propose fat bubbles encasing hemoglobin to deliver oxygen to vital organs.
Scientists report a natural brain repair process linked to Alzheimer’s disease. damaged neurons trigger neighboring cells to sprout axons to reconnect surviving cells. The repair remains unsuccessful so far, leaving the disease to progress to dementia and death.
Atlantis astronauts Jerry Ross and Sherwood Spring prepare for six hour spacewalks to erect a 45 foot beam and a pyramid from 99 aluminum struts in the shuttle’s open bay. They test concepts for a large permanent space station planned for assembly in orbit in the early 1990s.
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