23 Oct 1989
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1989
Page
1
Dallas optometrist Dr. John Herron colors lenses with ophthalmic dyes to glow green and red in the dark. The lenses last about a week and cost 7.50 a pair. He aims to sell them as a fun conversation piece and plans to wear them at a Halloween party.
The Lundberg Survey of 12,000 stations shows average all grades price at 109.12 cents a gallon, down 0.53 from Oct 6. Self service regular unleaded 97.74 cents, premium 114.87. full service regular unleaded 127.26, premium 139.92, regular leaded 126.01.
Fair skies are forecast tonight with a low in the low to mid 40s. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny with a high in the upper 70s. Details are on Page 6A.
Obituary notice lists several individuals from Blackville Barnwell North Augusta Yemassee and Johnston with passing noted. Names include Travis B Abney Johnston Ray Brown Thelma W Clegg Glen W Elliott Charles Jackson Jr Willine Stewart and Wallace Waldo with reference to page 6A for details.
During Hurricane Hugo WKQB Q107 FM stayed on air until 12 20 a m Friday overcoming an early power loss at its North Charleston studio. The Ridgeville transmitter lost power after midnight and returned at 9 p m Friday, aided by generators and planning.
A Bay Area rescue effort resumes as workers return to the region to ease commuter gridlock. The quake has caused extensive damage on Interstate 880 in Oakland with 59 dead and thousands homeless or injured.
Atlantis aimed for an early landing at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert to avoid high winds, concluding a five day mission that deployed the Galileo probe to Jupiter. The $1.5 billion spacecraft traveled about 2.4 billion miles, with Galileo now operating flawlessly en route to the planet.
Rescue teams face crowds at the wreckage after the TAN-SAHSA Boeing 727-200 crash near Honduras. 131 dead, 15 Americans aboard, three survived. Barry Trotter of the NTSB warns looting obscures evidence while some remains are transported to the U S for treatment.
Aiken County deputies pursue two stolen 1990 Pontiac Bonnevilles after they are spotted by Deputy David Dobbins. One driver, Tony Ricardo Williams, 18, of Augusta, is wounded by gunfire and taken to Eisenhower Army Medical Center. The other suspect escapes. pursuit continues with Department of Public Safety.
Ernest Bach aged 46 of Aiken was killed early Sunday when his eastbound car left Shiloh Church Road and struck a pine thicket. His wife Patricia Bach survived and was hospitalized in stable condition. The wreck remains under investigation.
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