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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1996
Page
2
LAS VEGAS AP Charles Kuralt retired CBS correspondent jokes his travel show On the Road kept him away from the office for nearly three decades. He accepted an award for distinguished service at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention noting they cannot fire you if they cannot find you.
Stephen Smith told prosecutors exerted heavy pressure on him during his testimony about an illegal loan shared with two Whitewater defendants. His remarks came as the seventh week of the federal fraud and conspiracy trial of Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and co-defendants James and Susan McDougal began in Little Rock Arkansas. Kevorkian trial begins with jury instruction dispute
President Clinton and President Kim Young-sam urged the United States and China to sponsor four party talks between South Korea and North Korea to establish lasting peace on the peninsula. They spoke at a cliffside hotel in Cheju Do, noting Pyongyang’s— and Beijing’s cautious reactions— while stressing the goal of a precondition free conference and the potential China role.
A funeral for 7-year-old Jessica Dubroff drew about 200 mourners as a white coffin with flowers and a tiny blue airplane lay in state. Her mother Lisa Hathaway recalled Jessica's drive to fly saying she would fly until she died, cementing the girl’s legacy as she pursued becoming the youngest cross country pilot.
Publicist Liz Rozenberg says Madonna is four months pregnant with her first child by Carlos Leon. The singer, 37, is in Budapest filming Evita and is described as deliriously happy. The Sun cites an unidentified source. Leon and Madonna reportedly plan no marriage, but expect strong support from him.
The State Department reports about 20 of 470 Americans in Liberia a week ago are unaccounted for. Spokesman Glyn Davies said on Monday that some of the 20 may have left the country on their own.
As of Sunday 65 helicopter sorties evacuated 1,795 people from Monrovia, including 306 Americans, with evacuees from 64 countries. Charles Taylor spokesman Reginald Goodridge criticized the airlift, saying the crisis is not deep enough to warrant evacuations.
Helena reports the mountain shack of Theodore Kaczynski, a suspect in the Unabomber case, resembled a well stocked high school chemistry lab with materials capable of creating gunpowder blocks. Ed Keller of the University of Montana notes the setup could produce dangerous explosions in compact packages.
In Lebanon the Ein el Hilweh refugee camp near Sidon was struck by six rockets from three Cobra gunships before dawn. Col Munir Makdah, a dissident militia leader, survived with two bodyguards and his wife wounded. The attack follows Israel's six day old war against Shiite militants and comes as Beirut suffers a blackout after power stations were destroyed.
The FDA approves a two drug treatment for ulcers that promises a cure and prevents relapse. Astra Merck will market Prilosec with Abbott’s antibiotic Biaxin. The decision honors Dr Barry J Marshall who linked H pylori to ulcers in 1983.
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