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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1981
Page
1
Aiken Standard reporter Dede Biles covers the Southern 500 stock car race at Darlington. The event atmosphere is a major story alongside the on track action. Biles files a first hand report for tomorrow’s edition.
Mount St. Helens renewed activity after an 11 week pause with a mild eruption. UW Geophysics Center spokesman A B Adams notes no ash expected. USGS geologist Dick Janda says the eruption is non explosive and unlikely to emit ash.
Princeton based Squibb Institute researchers report Arthreonam a new antibiotic from bacteria not fungi aims to treat septicemia and other penicillin resistant infections. Tested on animals and volunteers it moves to 1500 hospital patients this fall with U S market readiness by 1986.
About five hundred Haitians gathered outside the Krome North Camp in Miami waving Let my people go in Creole to demand freedom for detained Haitians. The two hour protest was peaceful after a mass escape attempt by refugees last week. The demonstrators included Haiti natives.
William Styron spoke at the University of South Carolina about his difficult start as a writer. He recalled that his first novel was poorly received and ranked by Time magazine as one of the year’s three worst, alongside Catcher in the Rye and From Here to Eternity.
Savannah River Plant may receive a 500 million dollar Department of Energy program to modify the site for plutonium production and breeder reactor research. Officials say the plan is cheaper and faster than building a new defense reactor and could begin in 1983, finishing in about six years.
President Reagan carries an $85 million stage-prop check as he backs New Yorks Westway highway project and makes a Labor Day appearance at Gracie Mansion, while union leaders plan to march on Fifth Avenue in protest of air traffic controller actions.
On Labor Day Lt. Robert Knight of Falcon Security works while others rest. He describes a lone, demanding holiday shift with weather, rain, and occasional danger, balancing family sacrifices and the need to keep people safe.
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