12 Sep 1985
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1985
Page
1
TCL contestants from Mississippi and Ohio compete in preliminaries for the state pageant. Judges assess poise, gowns, and stage presence as finalists advance to the evening program.
Obituary notices and opinion pieces balance the section with sports and weather items. Classified listings appear beside calendar notes, comics and lifestyle features. The page also includes Dear Abby guidance and television listings.
Cear Moyer, 47, in Augusta Warrenville, remains in critical but stable condition at University Hospital after becoming the seventh patient to receive a piggyback heart transplant Tuesday night. He has ischemic cardiomyopathy and has waited two months, with prior hospitalizations for heart failure and two bypass surgeries.
The forecast calls for a cool spell with tonight's low in the mid 60s and tomorrow's high near 80. Steve Gilbert of the weather service says the cool trend continues through the weekend with Saturday to Monday highs in the mid 70s and lows around the upper 50s.
In Lexington County South Carolina deputies investigated a loud boom near Pelion and Gaston. Four F-16s from Shaw Air Force Base were on a training mission over Aiken State Park matching the noise, but officials say speed did not create a sonic boom.
CMMATU performed Snoopy! for the first time with a unusual warmup singing Happy Birthday to Elmer Wilson. Wilson’s daughter Betsy Wilson Mahoney plays Sally in the production opening October 18 at the Aiken Community Playhouse.
Weyey finishes alongside Lewis H. Boatwright and eleven others including Eva Bailey of Blackville Gladys Horton of Augusta Emma Hoover of Aiken Allen McManus Edgefield David George Aiken John Heath Jackson Annie Hightower Lithonia Georgia William Bailey Blackville Leonard Hubbard North Augusta Connie Blocker Aiken in a regional event.
Pete Rose tied Ty Cobb’s career hits mark with his 4 191th single and broke it with 4 192, in a 2 0 Reds win over the Padres. Tears, field celebration, and a televised on-field call from President Reagan followed. Rose later added 4 193 with a seventh inning triple as Marge Schott presented a red Corvette. Cincinnati Mayor Luken to rename Second Street to Pete Rose Way.
A South African white government committee urged abolishing pass laws that restrict blacks from white areas. The plan, likely to be backed by President Botha, requires Parliament approval and would shift to an urbanization strategy with increased investment in black townships and informal settlements. Riots and police deaths were reported as the country faces ongoing anti apartheid unrest.
Four Democratic congressmen and the Union of Concerned Scientists petitioned a U.S. District Court to block Friday's ASAT test. They argue the administration is not pursuing a good faith treaty to ban space weapons while the Reagan team says testing aims to advance talks with the Soviet Union in Geneva.
State Rep. Joseph Anderson of Edgefield County urges pageant directors to investigate claims that the pageant president forced last year’s winner to use his wife’s grooming service. The nonbinding resolution seeks inquiry and awaits legislative reconvening in January.
Researchers mapped HRV-14, detailing the virus with a 20 sided shell and a genetic core, using Purdue Cornell and a supercomputer. The advance, aided by NSF and NIH funding, offers potential new drug strategies and broader insights for viruses linked to diseases from leukemia to AIDS.
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