24 Oct 1988
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1988
Page
1
A clarification note on Sundays Aiken Standard page 1A corrects a headline about Savannah River Plant leukemia deaths. The government study found SRP workers overall healthier than the general American workforce, with one subgroup showing higher leukemia deaths not linked to radiation or stated causes.
Vice Presidential candidate Dan Quayle will appear 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at Regency Mall on Gordon Highway at U.S. 1. He will deliver a 15 to 20 minute speech on the mall’s first floor center stage, with U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond also slated to appear.
Fair tonight with a low in the upper 30s. Tomorrow mostly sunny and near 70. Page 6A details.
Obituary notices list deaths including Gladys A Best Augusta Ishamel Bryant Hollywood Florida Walter Franklin Johnston Leila J Griffis Charlotte N C Charlie L Holton Davisboro G Gladys Morris Graniteville Curtis E Munn Valdosta G Charlotte Reynolds Edgefield Lucille Thomas Augusta more details on Page 6A
Barrow Alaska NOAA and Soviet help converge as two trapped California gray whales struggle in moving ice. Airdropped holes and a pontoon ice auger may free them but an airlift remains the least preferred option if open water is not reached. A third, youngest whale vanished and is presumed dead as icebreakers approach.
George Bush opened 15 days of campaigning with stops in Waterbury Maine Burlington and planned to contest Dukakis in California while Dukakis targeted California’s 47 electoral votes. Campaign aides claimed Bush sought to erode Dukakis’s base amid accusations of racist tactics linked to Willie Horton remarks.
Columbia Governor Carroll Campbell aims to end a Cadillac welfare system by boosting carrier competition and forcing uninsured motorists to carry coverage. The plan adds rate guidelines, stiffer penalties, and shifts to reduce high risk pool use. It would cap or limit reinsurance pool funding fees and broaden rate classifications while requiring proof of insurance for teens.
A July poll of 2,041 adults for the National Science Foundation finds many Americans misbelieve basic facts. Only 79 percent correctly know Earth orbits the sun. 21 percent err, 7 percent say they don’t know. Laser beams seen as sound waves and atoms misseen as smaller than electrons. Experts warn of broad scientific illiteracy affecting civic discourse.
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