Weather More Clouds For The Weekend
A weekend forecast shows increasing cloud cover across the region with cooler temperatures and light winds. Forecasters expect scattered showers late Sunday as a low pressure system approaches from the west.
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1990
Page
1
A weekend forecast shows increasing cloud cover across the region with cooler temperatures and light winds. Forecasters expect scattered showers late Sunday as a low pressure system approaches from the west.
Stockbridge Massachusetts AP reports a historic Bible given to the last Mohicans in the 1700s will be returned to the Stockbridge Munsee tribe in northern Wisconsin. Frederic Winthrop Jr. leads the private group housing the Bible and trustees approved the return. Tribal chairman Reginald Miller says the tribe will care for it and values the gesture.
The Nuclear Fuel from Three Mile Island has been moved to Idaho National Laboratory. Officials report 22 rail shipments carried about 300000 pounds of fuel and debris from TMI to Idaho Falls, completed in July 1986.
Obituaries list Patrick M. Jenkins of Aiken John Evans Kendrick of New Ellenton Harold D. Hightower of Clearwater and Alton Pete Herring of Aiken with page sixA reference for full details.
The Aiken Standard profiles Gov. Carroll A. Campbell Jr. as he nears the April deadline to announce candidacy. He hints at strategic plans and promises to reveal “a few things” at his formal message, with expectations he will seek a second term.
A Shiite Muslim cleric in Lebanon says a hostage release is likely despite US actions described as arrogant and cowboy-like. The Tehran Times hints a release could precede liberation of another captive as Hezbollah factions hold most Western hostages.
The Soviet blockade extends to food shipments as gas, heat, and factory closures bite Lithuania. Deputy PM Brazauskas warns of a two week crisis without a political solution, while Lithuania insists on independence and resists concessions. Paratroops raid a Vilnius publishing house amid rising tensions.
At North Augusta High School more than 300 students paid 5 dollars to enter sidewalk chalk squares for an art contest. Squares were judged at 1 pm by Augusta College professor Steve Greenquist. Art teacher Kitty Stark praised the event as a great student body activity.
Federal liens against James Brown have surpassed 11 million dollars with IRS interest increasing the unpaid balance annually. Liens filed in Aiken County cover 1969 to 1984 with several years above one million in taxes. The South Carolina Tax Commission adds about 1.17 million dollars owed in state taxes for 1978 to 1983. Brown, the Godfather of Soul, began a work release assignment in Aiken County at 11,500 dollars per year as he awaits a parole hearing next spring.
The Bush administration condemned Moscow’s Baltic crackdown and said President Bush would summon congressional leaders next week to consider retaliatory actions. Reports from Vilnius described Red Army soldiers storming a printing plant and beating guards as Lithuania faces economic pressure and reduced food shipments. Bush joined a political trip to Birmingham and Orlando amid the crisis.
The ist movement Sajudis reported fourteen people injured including Lithuanian Parliament member Zygmas Vaisvila after Soviet actions. Moscow halted all crude oil shipments and closed three of four natural gas pipelines to Lithuania as a coercive move.
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