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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1983
Page
2
The Aiken Jaycees County Fair draws crowds with a guesser age and weight attraction, 28 rides, 25 to 30 games, four shows and a circus. Local Merchants Night offered 50 cent admission savings, gates open 1 p.m. Sunday is Aiken Standard Day, rides all day cost six dollars, regular admission is 1.50, parking free, exhibit pickup Oct 9.
Representatives of more than 800 banks worldwide favor lending Brazil an additional 6.5 billion while postponing 5 billion in repayments to ease its debt. Brazil owes over 90 billion and is about 3 billion in arrears on interest as it moves toward free elections amid 153 percent inflation.
A captured rebel pilot says CIA officers direct anti government attacks from Honduran bases. Nicaragua protests Washington’s “generous assistance” to rebels as evidence of growing CIA involvement. Rebels threaten to strike oil facilities along Nicaragua’s coast and warn against approaching vessels.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck parts of the Northeast and Canada, rattling dishes and shaking furniture for about 15 seconds. Felt across New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and into Canada to Montreal, with the epicenter northeast of Blue Mountain Lake in the Adirondacks. No damages or injuries reported in the remote area.
The 200 member Business Council forecast steady growth for 1983 and 1984 with gains of 3.1 and 4.8 percent inflation adjusted, led by IBM's John R. Opel. They cite federal budget and foreign trade deficits as major clouds, and note unemployment remains a concern though improving. Prime rate expectations vary, averaging 11.3 percent.
Interior Secretary James Watt is described as anguished by calls for his resignation from once-allied senators. Sen. Alan Simpson says Watt remains undecided about resigning while possible replacements surface, including Joseph Simmons III and Clifford Hansen, as Republican leaders warn a no confidence vote may pass.
Former Georgia governor Lester Maddox calls for Strom Thurmond to resign and consider leaving the country for backing the Martin Luther King holiday. He labels Thurmond a coward or senile and warns of betraying South Carolina and the nation if he votes for the King bill. Thurmond did not respond to the letter.
John Travolta says he will move into directing within two years and will direct Sylvester Stallone, aiming to call the shots on his former director. He’s in Rome to promote Staying Alive, Stallone directed sequel to Saturday Night Fever in which Travolta stars as an aspiring professional dancer. Prince Philip travels to Bangkok to receive an honorary forestry degree from Kasetsart University and to support the World Wildlife Fund International in fundraising.
The Aiken Standard offices at 124 Rutland Drive are open 8 30 am to 5 30 pm Monday through Friday. Emergency numbers provide long distance sheriff fire and ambulance services and contacts for police fire hospitals and crisis lines across Aiken County and neighboring towns.
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