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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1990
Page
1
The Aiken Standard previews today’s entertainment, listing Caro lina Coliseum events, a review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Billboard charts, and top video sales and rentals, all in the 1C section.
A New York based ornithologist says the Tambo Pata Candamo Reserve in the remote Amazon valley holds many rare birds and animals. Preserving it as a reserve could attract ecotourism and show developing countries they can earn from forests without logging.
In Conway, after 66 years in the Horry County Clerk of Court custody, a skull used as evidence in a 1921 murder case will be reunited with remains of Dora Bigham and four family members killed at their Florence area home on January 15 1921. The mass murder has grown into Pee Dee folklore and inspired two books The Last of the Bighams and The Piece of the Fox's Hide.
Weather brief notes a decrease in cloud cover tonight with lows in the 40s and a sunny, cool day tomorrow as highs reach the 60s and lows dip into the 30s. Details continue on Page 2B.
Obituary notice lists Wiley Fail Langley Arthur A Foreman Aiken Ray Jackson Columbia Mary Pew Bath Patricia Roberts Barnwell Raymond Usry Augusta. Details follow on page 2B.
New Ellenton receives a 4 million dollar JEDA wastewater project loan for trunk lines and a collection system. Cedar Creek will provide a treatment site. disposal is by land application. Approval hinges on Governor’s office and DHEC signing 208 facilities plan due May 1. An audited 1988 1989 financial statement is also required.
Augusta National opens with a surprise leader pair Mike Donald and John Huston posting 8 under 64 and 6 birdies respectively. Donald, who has never played this event, credits his caddie Billy Harmon for key saves as Huston also edges into contention with a clean card. Peter Jacobsen sits solo third at 67, while defending champ Nick Faldo opens 71 as many notables trail.
A Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board letter to Energy Secretary Watkins criticizes DOE safety and health directives for SRS. It cites variability in detail, unclear mandatory status, and many orders in draft form. The panel urges DOE to specify applicable standards for construction, operation, and decommissioning of SRS reactors and later apply the process to all weapons sites.
Washington reports the nation’s unemployment rate slipped to 5.2 percent in the last month while only 2,000 jobs were created, the smallest gain in four years. Manufacturing remained weak with a March loss of 30,000 factory jobs, bringing recent declines to 100,000 since November and 250,000 over the year.
Government data show 170000 new jobs in March with 26000 new jobs the smallest gain since June 1986. Household survey records total employment at 118.3 million and labor force near 124.8 million as gains continue into January and February.
President Bush prepares to raise Lithuania with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze amid talks on arms control and aid to the Soviet economy. White House and State Department officials say a second Bush Gorba che summit is planned for late May. The talks also touch on unification of Germany and restoring relations with Israel.
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