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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 2000
Page
8
Three fourths of Americans including many gun owners support selling guns with trigger locks. Voters split on solving gun violence with enforcement versus tougher laws, 43 percent favor enforcement, 33 percent back tougher laws, 20 percent choose neither. Donna Mesa of Honolulu cites need for more enforcement.
Census Director Kenneth Prewitt hailed a 65 percent mail return as a major milestone matching the 1990 rate and announced a nationwide door-to-door drive starting April 27 to reach uncounted Americans and reach a 100 percent census. Short form returns exceed 1990 while the long form lags behind at 54.1 percent.
An AP report puts total cleanup costs for the nation's nuclear weapons program between 168 and 212 billion dollars, up to 44 percent from two years ago. It notes 113 sites with 17 needing up to ten more years, while five may finish sooner, reflecting better understanding of contamination and cleanup needs.
Gloria Estefan will tape her first network TV special Caribbean Soul The Atlantis Concert on Paradise Island April 29 with Marc Anthony Celia Cruz and Jose Feliciano. The hourlong CBS air date is May 12 at 8 p m. in Latin America a special version will air.
One year after the Columbine attack, mourners remember at Clement Park with flowers bears and candles. Kim Blair survivor fears balloons recalling gunfire as services planned statewide moment of silence at 11 21 am and school remains closed.
Attorney General Janet Reno takes center stage as the 11th Circuit orders Elian Gonzalez to remain in the United States while the court considers an asylum hearing. The ruling leaves open the possibility of reunification with his father Juan Miguel Gonzalez in the United States under court supervision.
In Columbia a House subcommittee backed a plan to move the Confederate flag from the State House. Rep Leon Howard says he is forming a coalition of flag supporters and opponents to defeat it. NAACP leaders vow continued opposition and a broadening economic boycott until the flag is removed.
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