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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1986
Page
2
About half of 42 officers in a New York City booking office were found sleeping during the midnight to 8 a.m. shift at the Bronx County courthouse. One lieutenant and eight sergeants face administrative charges as 20 officers are said to have slept or tolerated sleeping in the central booking dormitory.
A Los Angeles County Fire Department report cites carelessness and poor judgment including alcohol use as causes of the Twilight Zone helicopter crash that killed Vic Morrow and two children. The study faults several involved, especially the special effects crew, and was released during the involuntary manslaughter trial.
Keith Newby, 12, of Versailles died from a gunshot wound after a Woodford County Scott County football game in Versailles. A 12-year-old classmate was charged with first degree assault and released to his grandparents custody.
Joseph David Otto, 61, was found dead in his Willow Glen home. The day before, he gave police a tape alleging his wife Brenda Susan Otto, 35, and her boyfriend Marvin Elmer Mark Jr., 52, plotted to kill him. They are jailed on murder charges.
The House approved a bill allowing a posthumous promotion for Air Force Lt. Col. Ellison Onizuka, killed in the Challenger disaster. Sponsored by Rep. Bill Nelson the measure would promote Onizuka to full colonel but provide no new benefits to his family as it heads to the White House.
Ramon Conte Hernandez, 56, the last of about 1,200 exiles jailed after the 1961 CIA backed Bay of Pigs invasion, arrived in Miami from Havana with his mother and daughter, thanking Americans as he rejoined his family. He fled Cuba in 1959 and spoke of freedom.
El Tiempo criticized the United States for canceling Colombian journalist Patricia Lara’s visa and deporting her. Lara, who says she never joined subversive groups, plans a lawsuit while U.S. officials cite a security list. She returned Friday after a news conference in Bogota.
A 90.7 billion five year federal highway and mass transit bill died as Congress adjourned for the year. House Public Works Chair James J. Howard said the effort failed to reconcile House and Senate versions and would be revived next year. The bill had cleared the House August 15 and Senate action came September 24.
President Reagan signed a 576 billion fiscal year spending bill at Camp David after delays left the government with no funding and 500000 federal workers sent home. The measure funds almost all federal agencies, includes a modest 1 percent rise over last year, and trims overall authority relative to the president’s request. It bans anti-satellite tests, urges compliance with SALT II, funds Star Wars at 3.5 billion, and provides 100 million in aid to the Contras in Nicaragua.
Former President Jimmy Carter says a CIA financed documentary firm helped six Americans escape from Iran during the 1980 hostage crisis. He noted the company operated quietly to deliver word to the Americans in Tehran through the Canadian embassy and recounted an agent with a German passport using a coded middle name to gain passage.
Rescue workers head home as stores reopen and families begin to rebuild after the October quake that devastated San Salvador. The disaster killed about 1,000, left up to 300,000 homeless, injured over 8,000, and caused up to 2 billion in damage.
Classified advertising lines offer phone numbers 649 5316 649 1555 and news tips 648 2311. Office hours 8 30 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. weekdays with Sunday hours 8 to 10 30 a.m. Location 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina address Box 456 29802. Rates listed 1 14 4 90 14 70 29 40 98 80.
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