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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1996
Page
2
Bruce Springsteen will perform at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on December 12 as part of his fall tour promoting The Ghost of Tom Joad. The venue, a 104 year old Gothic brick building, once housed the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974, according to manager Steve Buchanan.
After firing their drummer and losing a keyboardist to a drug overdose the Smashing Pumpkins postpone two weeks of August concerts to allow more rehearsal. Jimmy Chamberlin was arrested on heroin possession as Matt Walker steps in for the interim.
Subscription rates listed for HOME DELIVERY COUNTY MAIL and OTHER MAIL with monthly and multi month options. The notice provides postal addresses for Aiken Standard and a postmaster directive for dress changes and contact details.
Boris Yeltsin, appearing tired, was sworn in at the Kremlin for a second term. He pledged to defend freedoms as soldiers, an army band, and a 30 gun salute closed the brief ceremony in Moscow with Patriarch Alexy II blessing him. Opposition privately questions whether he will complete the term.
At the Biescas campsite near the French border a flash flood swept through injuring and killing vacationers. Rescuers counted 71 bodies recovered and about 40 remain missing as cars and campers were buried under mud and rocks after two days of heavy rain. Survivors blame unsafe placement of the camp in a mountain ravine.
AP records show a 911 operator struggled to relay a bomb warning at Centennial Olympic Park amid bad connections and jammed lines. The park address gating the dispatch hampered response. officials questioned state versus city responsibility for park address in the system.
The FBI rejected a CBS claim that no evidence tied guard Richard Jewell to the Centennial Olympic Park bombing. An FBI spokesman said Washington officials denied the report and declined further comment. The July 27 bombing killed one and wounded 111 as Jewell worked security at the park.
In Pueblo Colorado police arrested 20 year old parishioner Douglas J Comiskey after Rev Tom Scheets 65 and retired Rev Louis Stovik 77 were found stabbed to death in the rectory behind St Leander Church. A green note posed Why. Detectives held Comiskey without bond pending charges.
Protestants plan a march along the city walls despite barricades and troops while Catholics refuse to cancel their own plans. Mervyn Johnson of the Apprentice Boys warns violence is likely. Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein urges cancelling the Fountain leg. The march marks the 1689 siege by forces of James II, a point of sectarian memory amid housing and rights grievances.
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