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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1990
Page
2
Former West Virginia governor Arch A Moore pleads guilty to five federal charges including extortion mail and tax fraud from his 1984 term and two campaigns. Gov. Gaston Caperton says Moore’s plea helps explain the state's financial and ethical woes as a grand jury indicted him.
Ronald Lehman, director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, says major issues in the strategic arms treaty are likely to be resolved before President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet on May 30. Gorbachev also voiced optimism after a Moscow meeting with Senate leader George Mitchell and other senators.
The White House says President Bush will use prescription eye drops for life to manage an early glaucoma in his left eye. He is not expected to have vision problems and remains in excellent health per Dr. Burton Lee.
The notice lists subscription rates for Aiken Standard: 3 months 27.00 dollars, 6 months 54.00 dollars, and 12 months 108.00 dollars. No other details accompany the pricing.
Millions did not send back census forms and many were undeliverable causing local governments to sue the Census Bureau. Barbara Bryant warned of rising costs if response remains low with only 97 percent of forms returned and an 62 percent projected by counting start.
Los Angeles Times columnist Jim Murray, 70, a four time Pulitzers recipient, reflects on his career winning for commentary. Washington Daily News editor Bill Coughlin hails the town’s excitement as two papers win public service Pulitzers for water contamination exposure and a Philadelphia Inquirer report on a blood supply threat.
StarKist Long Beach and rivals Chicken of the Sea Bumble Bee said they will stop buying tuna caught with purse seines that kill dolphins. The decision, backed by environmentalists and boycotts, affects about 70 percent of U.S. canned tuna and aims to halt harming dolphins.
The Labor Department reports a 0.2 percent drop in the Producer Price Index for March, the first decline in seven months, driven by lower gasoline and vegetable prices. Energy and food sectors show mixed moves with overall inflation easing but expectations for 1990 remaining modest.
President Bush and Prime Minister Thatcher meet in Bermuda to align views before a five day NATO summit. They discuss Lithuania unrest German reunification and arms control as Gorbachev and Soviet positions shape the coming talks. Bush briefs Thatcher on talks with Eduard Shevardnadze.
In ENUAVILLE Tennessee a judge ruled seven frozen embryos have custody rights similar to children in a divorce dispute between Junior and Mary Sue Davis. The embryos created in 1988 remain frozen and the judge barred use without appeal outcomes, now challenged in the state Court of Appeals.
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