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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1995
Page
2
Jackie Joyner-Kersee praised Rosa Parks as her hero saying Parks stood firm against segregation and showed people they can be strong when they work together. Joyner-Kersee noted Parks refused to move on a bus and sparked civil rights momentum.
AP review of Nixon archives shows aides ran covert polling funds and The White House concealed polls from senior officials. Nixon used polls to shape policy and campaign strategy despite professed reliance on instinct. The second item notes Senate votes to limit federal abortion funding in 50-44 and 52-41 party line splits.
Croatian troops and tanks moved into Knin, the Serb stronghold, while Bosnian forces crossed into the conflict to join the fight. The dual advance threatens wider Balkan war as UN aid workers race to address a large Serb exodus and casualties mount for peacekeepers.
Secretary of State Warren Christopher visits Hanoi on the first such trip in over two decades as the United States raises the flag at the new U S embassy. He emphasizes resolving the fate of 2200 Americans missing since the Vietnam War while seeking MFN trade talks and warns on domestic political hurdles. The trip marks a shift from confrontation to economic collaboration amid a tight media crackdown in Vietnam.
Washington debate begins on a GOP plan to unwind the federal guarantee for poor families and shift welfare design to states. The bill, a pillar of the Contract with America, passed the House in March and stalled in the Senate amid presidential politics and tensions between conservatives and moderates over unmarried mothers with children.
Senate debate stalls as Sun Belt senators push for growth funds while Majority Leader Bob Dole campaigns a bill to cut welfare by 70 billion over seven years. It would cap benefits for five years and require teen mothers to live at home and stay in school to receive aid.
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