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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1996
Page
2
President Clinton names Mickey Kantor as Commerce secretary two days after Ron Brown burial in an East Room ceremony. Clinton calls it a profoundly moving week as Kantor vows tough negotiations and remembers Brown who died in a Croatia plane crash.
Israeli missiles struck a Syrian post in Beirut on Friday. Thousands of villagers fled southern Lebanon amid air, artillery, and tank assaults. Police reported 12 dead and at least 40 wounded as Israel presses its offensive against Hezbollah in the border region.
Anti-terrorist police in Dublin say a 26 year old man from north Dublin was arrested on the IRA suspect list after a long surveillance operation. Police say he is not tied to recent London bombings but is a suspect in August 1994 England bombings.
Aiken Standard offers HOME DELIVERY and various MAIL options with monthly and multi month rates. The newspaper is published by Aiken Communications in Aiken, South Carolina, with the postal address P.O. Box 456 124 Rutland Drive, Aiken SC 29802 and notice to send address changes to P.O. Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
The White House says political motives did not drive its move to avert automatic cuts in Medicare and other programs this fall. The farm bill signaled by President Clinton would cost money over two years, potentially lifting automatic cuts to 7.1 billion, while critics call the accounting questionable.
In Plantation Florida a package bomb exploded inside a house injuring three children and killing a woman. An 11-year-old neighbor who brought the parcel indoors helped set the event in motion. Police and federal agents investigated the blast on a quiet Jacaranda Lakes street. The victims’ identities were not released.
President Clinton vetoed a sweeping foreign affairs bill that would shrink diplomatic agencies and tighten pressure on China. The measure passed Congress 52-44 in the Senate and 226-172 in the House but failed to override. Clinton cited constitutional risks and danger to U.S. leadership abroad, warning it would limit state secrets control and complicate China policy. The bill would affect agencies including AID ARCDA and USIA, with a compromise allowing one to be kept. Senator Helms argued the plan saves 1.8 billion dollars.
The proposal restricts aid to Turkey blocking Armenia relief and requires prior Congress notification for UN peacekeeping votes involving U S armed forces. It funds 100 million dollars for an eight Bosnian self defense fund to arm and train Bosnian Croat federation forces, and seeks full accounting of missing U S soldiers and normalization with Vietnam.
Rebels controlled Monrovia for a seventh straight day as gunfire looting and shelling forced the evacuation of 157 Americans and about 900 foreigners. U N and Red Cross pulled out, leaving 60,000 homeless as government troops bombed the military barracks where warlord Roosevelt Johnson’s supporters hid. Two children died and 17 were wounded in Friday attacks on a church and barracks.
Washington reports question whether pressure to meet a public schedule influenced instructor Joe Reid in Jessica Dubroffs Wyoming takeoff during a rainstorm. Aviation experts warn publicity flights create external pressure that can lead to dangerous outcomes, with lawmakers and groups criticizing media driven record chasing.
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