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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1987
Page
8
Tonight fair and not very cold with lows in the 50s. Tomorrow mostly sunny in the upper 70s. Tuesday to Thursday mostly cloudy with a good chance of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lows in the 50s and highs in the upper 70s. Regional details for Mountains Midlands Coast and Beaches provided.
A fierce storm battered Britain causing $500 million in damage. Workers, engineers, and soldiers labored to restore power to over 750000 homes and reopen miles of railway lines. 21 miles of track blocked by trees, 174 downed trees on a 24 mile section. The loss includes destroyed greenhouses orchards barns and poultry facilities killing or injuring thousands of birds. Norwich Union estimated damages at $500 million.
A two alarm blaze in an underground Con Edison transformer sent dense smoke through NBC headquarters at Rockefeller Center forcing evacuation. NBC anchor Chris Wallace opened the Saturday evening news from Washington stating the incident as extraordinary in broadcasting history with no injuries reported.
Multiple death notices and funeral details for James Thurmond, Wilie Bell Maness Williams, Sylvia Baker Figgenbaum White, Elizabeth Sims, Sally Showalter Kelsey, and Philip B. Ridgeway. Includes ages, origins, survivors, funeral homes Posey’s Swengel-O'Dell George Funeral Home and burial plans in Graniteville Langley Batesburg and other local locations.
Clemson University researchers push superconducting ceramic cable work aiming for a NASA grant victory and a public program push. Engineers David Leigh and Burt Lee lead teams hoping to deliver a working superconducting cable by year end amid rising national interest and funding.
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