12 Sep 1988
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1988
Page
1
Frankfurter AP report says Captain John Testlake testified the hijackers pistol whipped the flight engineer and that Mohammed Ali Hamadi fired the fatal shot. Testlake described a close look at the accused, during the Beirut ordeal.
An AP report notes DEA official Francis L. Young urged legalizing marijuana for limited medical use. He argued federal law must be updated, saying current classifications are unreasonable and arbitrary and would hinder patient relief.
Partly cloudy skies expected tonight and tomorrow. Lows in the lower 70s and highs in the low 80s. Details on Page 6A.
Obituary notice listing multiple deceased individuals with last names Barnes Cato Coleman Casnahan Cotton Crawford Greer Hallman Jones Myers Nadeau Palmore Player Reece Smith Washington Watson. City and state locations include Cayce Augusta Belvedere Aiken Langle Leesville Sumter Edgefield and Ridge Spring. Details continued on Page 6A.
Five shifts of five workers with 25 golden shovels broke ground at the new Aiken County Public Library site in the old Aiken Elementary building. Construction includes renovating the south end and exterior, adding more than 24 000 square feet of space and over 200 parking spaces. The library will relocate from Banksia, with Board of Education offices to the north end of the building.
A letter allegedly by Rudolf Cordes said he would be released within 48 hours and tied his fate to Mohammed Ali Hamadi on trial in Frankfurt for air piracy in the 1985 TWA hijacking that injured a U.S. Navy diver. Bonn officials expressed optimism but could not confirm the report.
A government study led by Lynne Cheney shows Americans now spend more on cultural events than sports, while humanities majors decline sharply. It cites a rise in bachelor degrees overall but a 33 percent drop in humanities, with language English philosophy and history all down. The report criticizes colleges for ethnic emphasis and calls museums and libraries a parallel education system reaching millions outside campuses.
Senate supporters pressed to push the textile and apparel import restraint bill to the House as it passes 57 to 32. The measure would freeze 1987 import levels and cap growth at 1 percent. footwear imports would also stay at 1987 levels. Critics warn higher prices and reduced choices.
Snow eased fires in Yellowstone National Park offering relief to crews as temperatures rise and wind speeds drop. Parks officials reported 3 to 4 inches of snow south of Mammoth Hot Springs with humidity near 90 percent, while a forecast of warm dry weather kept crews vigilant. In California’s Sierra Nevada foothills a wind driven fire burned 10 000 acres destroying 13 homes and 7 to 17 other structures and damaging boats at Lake Wildwood as about 700 firefighters fought the blaze and one worker avoided injury by sheltering under his bulldozer.
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