04 Sep 1986
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1986
Page
1
George W. Brelsford the personnel manager confirmed a workforce reduction of 60 at the Aiken fiberglass plant due to decreased activity. He noted further changes for other employees at the site, part of a broader cutback following a prior June layoff of 190 workers at multiple facilities.
Wickes Company completed the disposition of Owens Corning Fi berglas stock with 2.2 million shares sold. The firm expects a about 30 million total net gain from the sale after terminating its 74 dollar per share offer amid Owens Corning recapitalization plans. The last shares traded at at least 78 dollars.
New York AP reports 300 supermarket shoppers nationwide cite leaking packages broken potato chips and surly cashiers as major irritants. They favor crush proof snack boxes and drip free meat containers along with friendlier clerks over new gadgets like toothpaste pumps and talking registers.
As summer ends the heat loosens with a partly cloudy to mild night and lows in the low 70s. A 30 percent rain chance persists tonight and again tomorrow with cloudy to partly cloudy skies and highs in the low 90s. Details on Page 12A.
Obituary notices list Roosemary M. Thermansen Aiken Henrietta Hilton Jackson Morgan D. Sellers Edgefield Beulah R. Johnson Warrenton Ga and William Lee Herndon Augusta with references to details on Page 12A.
Police in Soweto fired warning shots and tear gas to stop a mass funeral for at least 20 riot victims as youths forced barricades and protests shut down jobs and streets. Clergy and mourners faced police action while bodies were buried and crowds dispersed by armored vehicles and gas.
In late August GM rates fell to 2.9 percent and some dealers cut to 2.4 percent with 36 and 48 month terms. The move boosts traffic by about 50 percent and sales by about 25 percent as 1987 models approach. Dealers warn stock may run out before new cars arrive.
Washington awaits Moscow reply on a plan to swap U S News & World Report reporter Nicholas Daniloff for Soviet physicist Gennady Zakharov who faces espionage charges. The court had refused a prior request to delay transfer until trial.
Fred and Carolyn Bunch face a future without their daughter Aleta after Alexander Williams IV was found guilty of murder and other charges and sentenced to death by electric chair. He received life terms for related crimes, while the family awaits appeals and marks a long, painful path ahead.
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