10 Apr 1989
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1989
Page
1
The Paris Tourism Office reports 20 percent more visitors than last year at the start of the French Revolution bicentennial festivities. Nationally officials anticipate breaking the prior 38 million visitor record with an estimated 15 percent rise, said Xavier Beguin Billecocq of Maison de la France.
Three London tabloids front pages speculate about Princess Anne potential divorce after disclosures of letters to a royal aide. Headlines in Daily Mail Today and Daily Mirror frame a royal marriage crisis with royal aide Timothy Laurence named in released letters. Buckingham Palace released a statement denying the writers’ identity amid ongoing press speculation.
Cloudy skies and a sixti percent chance of rain are forecast tonight with a low in the upper 30s. Mostly cloudy skies on Tuesday with a 40 percent chance of a thunder shower. Highs will reach the mid 50s. Details on Page 6A.
A list of recent deaths includes Ethan P. Allen of Thomson Georgia Sara R. Arnett of Great Falls Bruce M. Ballard of New Ellenton Virginia C Green of Clearwater George W Hayden of Augusta Tom Lloyd of Augusta Harvene B Moseley of Clearwater Jeanette B Ream and Mamie Saunders with details referenced on Page 6A.
The Justice Department report notes an 18 percent jump in 1988 crimes after five years of decline. Car thefts and burglaries rose at least 9 percent, with personal crimes up 12 percent and household crimes up 2.6 percent. The vast survey covers about 99,000 people in 49,000 households.
Nick Faldo defeats Scott Hoch in a Masters playoff at Augusta National after Hoch misses a par putt on the first sudden death hole. Faldo birdied the 11th to clinch the title as Hoch blundered away victory on the 10th.
Several hundred anti abortion activists prayed and sang inside a rust red snow fence labeled Cemetery of the Innocents on the Washington Mall. They stood among 4400 white crosses and Stars of David while abortion rights demonstrators marched by. A few women displayed enlarged fetal photographs as Susan Brimmer of Columbia Maryland urged viewers to consider the other side of abortion.
Los Angeles reports show gasoline prices leaping over 10 cents amid the nation’s worst oil spill impact. Analyst Trilby Lundberg notes this as the fastest and greatest wholesale price rise in U.S. history, with 22 days ending Friday bringing the average retail price to 1.1063 dollars per gallon from 1.0037.
The South Carolina delegation welcomed Mikhail Gorbachev s pledge to end production of nuclear weapons materials this year and to close three weapons plants while warning the move could ease tensions only if it slows the Soviet arsenal s growth. Senate and House members called the announcement token and cautious about broader impact.
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