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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1987
Page
2
Washington reports August housing starts at a seasonally adjusted 1.58 million units, a 1.5 percent drop and the fifth decline in six months. Mortgage rates rose toward 11 percent, contributing to the slower pace. Through August, housing construction is down 11.2 percent from a year earlier as analysts cited tax-law effects and high vacancies.
United States and Soviet youths will participate in a 90 minute televised youth summit to exchange views on lifestyles. The American segment will air from Old Dominion University in Norfolk Virginia and the Soviet segment from a Moscow studio. PBS will broadcast live March 11 with Channel One in the USSR. Anne R Savage leads the program aiming to dispel myths about the Soviet Union.
Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd blasts Reagan era education as seven years of betrayal and silence. Secretary William Bennett counters, calling the period a fat harvest as he speaks to school administrators in Arlington during Constitution bicentennial events.
Gorbachev said a bilateral agreement eliminating medium range nuclear missiles could be reached within the year, paving the way for a Washington superpower summit. He condemned the Star Wars space defense plan and cautioned that no long range deal could occur without a broader understanding on such defenses. The remarks appeared in a Soviet press article coinciding with the UN session as Shultz and Shevardnadze met in Washington.
Washington AP says the Reagan administration pushes tighter rules on precursor and essential chemicals used to make illegal drugs. DEA official Gene Haislip urges expanded authority to curb diversion. Kodak's Robert Brothers warns of burdens on legitimate business from the proposal.
Navy Secretary James H Webb returned from the Persian Gulf and warned the United States will likely retain a sizable naval presence in the region for an extended period due to Iran s belligerence.
Manila reports President Corazon Aquino announces Joker Arroyo, her closest adviser and executive secretary, will leave the Cabinet after political turmoil and a failed coup attempt. Catalina Macaraig named as new executive secretary as Aquino reshapes government following the crisis.
Washington reports reflect optimism after three days of talks between Secretary of State Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze. Gorbachev said a treaty to eliminate intermediate range missiles could be possible this year. Both sides called negotiations constructive and noted the need final agreements before a new summit.
Baghdad said its jets struck a large maritime target off Iran at 5 35 am local time, marking a second Persian Gulf tanker attack in 24 hours after a six day lull tied to UN Peace mission. Gulf tug operators could not confirm the claims.
A presidential commission in Cape Town urges sweeping changes to apartheid legal structures, though most of the country would stay segregated. The 17-member group spent three years on a 250-page report now to be debated by the President's Council before Cabinet review next week.
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