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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1986
Page
1
University of Maryland analysis shows white victims raise death penalty odds in South Carolina by 142 times versus black victims. An updated model with nine variables lowers the rate. parallels Georgia findings reviewed in McCleskey v Kemp as Supreme Court weighs arguments in a major constitutional challenge.
Washington report says the Reagan administration will announce an inter agency task force aimed at aiding economically distressed rural areas. Lawmakers Pat Roberts and Tom Coleman praised the move as overdue and said the panel will include top officials from all executive departments and independent agencies.
A cold night drops to around 40 degrees followed by 70 degree daytime temperatures tomorrow. Skies remain clear tonight and tomorrow with no precipitation expected. Details on Page 3A.
Obituary notices list several deaths including Wilkes A Fore Burnettown Earline B Foreman Aiken James Hannibal Aiken Mark S Hasty Jr Aiken Virginia Hawkins North Augusta and Ann Edna Ross Aiken Details follow on Page 11A
New York will host Boston in game one after the Mets beat Houston in a 16 inning thriller to clinch the pennant. Boston completed a dramatic rally to win the pennant and end a 68 year wait for a title.
The defense budget bill reduces the Pentagon build up for a second year while permitting heavy weapon buys. It authorizes 291.9 billion for the fiscal year, about 10 billion less than last year and far below Reagan’s 320 billion target. The measure, a House and Senate compromise, drops most proposed arms control provisions, arguing they would weaken bargaining with the Soviet Union.
Ellen Pattis says a taped confession aired on ABC does not fit Jon Pattis character. Pattis, 49, was arrested in Iran in June on spying charges for the United States after allegedly giving the CIA information on Iran’s economy, military, oil, and telecommunications. She notes his health and weight changes, and believes his life may have been endangered prompting a coerced confession.
American economist James McGill Buchanan, 67, professor at George Mason University, was awarded the 1986 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science for developing the theory of public choice and applying economic analysis to political decision making. The academy cited his work filling a gap in traditional economics.
Wole Soyinka of Nigeria becomes the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature at Stockholm. The Swedish Academy lauds his work as shaping drama of existence with a broad cultural perspective and poetic overtones.
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