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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1991
Page
2
In Anchorage a federal judge ruled Exxon’s 100 million criminal fine inadequate to deter future spills, risking the 900 million civil settlement that would clean up Alaska’s shoreline. The ruling casts doubt on the billion dollar settlement and potential withdrawal from related terms.
Vice President Dan Quayle, citing USA Today remarks, calls anti missile defenses the best antidote to Third World aggressors and says he once supported investing in anti tactical ballistic missiles. He now expects the first system to be in Israel, with earlier Senate hearings urging attention to ballistic threats in Europe Korea Japan and the Middle East. Baker in Kislovodsk presses Arab Israeli talks, warning progress hinges on negotiation despite unresolved state borders.
Kurdish rebel leaders hugged Saddam Hussein on state TV and secured a tentative autonomy pact akin to a 1970 deal. Jalal Talabani said talks would continue next week with no signed agreement yet while refugees at Turkish and Iranian borders ponder return. British officers in Zakho issued a Friday deadline for Iraqi police to leave as part of the crackdown.
A 7.4 magnitude temblor devastated banana country along the Costa Rica Panama border. About 82 people died, 53 in Costa Rica, with hundreds injured and thousands displaced. Three bridges on a key road to Puerto Limon were down, halting aid and supplies.
The Senate rejected Moynihan s plan to cut the 6.2 percent payroll tax by 1 percent by 1996 in a 60 38 vote amid budget talks for 1992. Moynihan warned the surplus funds are being spent on government operations, while opponents argued the system must maintain a large reserve for retiring Baby Boomers.
CAPE CANAVERAL AP NASA readies a new countdown for space shuttle Discovery after fixing an engine wiring issue that disrupted the Star Wars mission earlier in the week. Liftoff remained planned for Sunday morning with technicians continuing work in the engine compartment and cargo bay cooling being expanded.
Tonight mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Friday mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs near 70s to 80s and lows mid-50s to 60s. Saturday and Sunday cloudy with highs near 80 and lows around 60. Regions mention mountains Midlands coast beaches.
President Mikhail Gorbachev announced a secret pact with reformists led by Boris Yeltsin and eight republic leaders to accelerate reforms and end strikes. The accord aims to stabilize policy ahead of a two day Communist Party Central Committee meeting as hardliners and striking workers demand his resignation.
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