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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1985
Page
2
In Warsaw the government reported more than 75 percent of voters participated in the Sejm elections, aiming to show stability since the 1980 Solidarity upheaval. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa dismissed the polls as sham and claimed many boycott participants.
Springfield South Dakota hosts 200 students at a campus repurposed last year into a medium security prison to teach welding carpentry and office management. Inmate Homer Chief Eagle calls it the best thing that happened though critics view it as overcrowding relief.
Ten Long Branch summer friends from Beach House condominiums faced a hijack aboard the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro. They were freed amid U S warplane involvement and returned to Newark with grieving Marilyn Klinghoffer and others, while hostage Leon Klinghoffer was killed.
U S protests over Italy freeing Mohammed Abbas, a PLO official linked to the Achille Lauro hijacking, irritate Italian leaders. Italy detained the four hijackers but did not detain Abbas, drawing blunt reactions from Prime Minister Craxi and Foreign Minister Andreotti while diplomats warn of a tense alliance.
A study from Smith College and the Population Reference Bureau warns that 6.6 million Americans aged 65 plus need long term care, with 1.4 million in nursing homes. It says rising elderly needs collide with changing families reducing home care capacity and calls for greater policy focus.
Genoa plans to cash in on the 1992 Columbus quincentennial as it vies with Spain and the United States for a share of commemorations and tourist dollars. Spain warns against burying Italy’s role while Seville hosts a major exposition expected to draw up to 30 million visitors.
The notice lists subscription and advertising phone numbers. It provides office hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and the mailing address at 124 Rutland Drive and P O Box 456 in Aiken South Carolina 29802.
The Aiken Standard provides emergency numbers as a service. The paper notes it is published weekday afternoons by Aiken Communications Inc. and lists the mailing address P.O. Box 456 124 Rutland Drive Aiken S C 29802.
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