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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1990
Page
2
Former Atlanta Archbishop Eugene Marino, who resigned over an intimate relationship with a woman, was admitted to a hospital psychiatric unit. Archdiocese spokesman Rev. Peter Dora said Marino was hospitalized late Thursday and that no other details or hospital location would be released.
Coroner reports Brent Mydland died of a drug overdose. Autopsy found a puncture mark and lethal morphine and cocaine levels in his blood. No foul play suspected. Mydland was found in his Lafayette home on July 26. family problems were noted but not linked to the death.
The National Geographic Society plans a sixth edition that removes the Berlin Bonn red line and treats Germany as a single entity. Chief cartographer John Garver notes inevitable unification and shows Bonn and Berlin as capitals with only the West German flag, in a 240,000 copy edition printed in Willard Ohio ahead of November release.
Marilyn Quayle joined a White House ceremony where President Bush signed cancer detection legislation she championed. Bush praised her strength and urged Americans to declare war on cancer while noting she plans a delayed return to public life after a family vacation in Arizona.
Rockets and small arms fire raked Monrovia as rebels surged to topple President Samuel Doe before peacekeepers arrive to enforce a cease-fire. Fire and smoke curled over Tubman Boulevard as fighting raged near Paynesville and government forces.
The Magellan probe, NASA’s first U.S. planetary craft since 1978, fired its braking rocket and entered Venus orbit at 9:32 AM after a 948 million mile journey. Engineers cheered as mission control confirmed orbit, with radar mapping planned to begin by September 1 to reveal Venusian volcanoes and clouded terrain.
Soldiers, riot police, and ANC marshals moved through mixed race townships of Port Elizabeth to restore order after four days of rioting that left 42 dead. Police said the unrest stemmed from rent protests and school conditions, with arson, looting, and stone throwing continuing in quieter pockets.
Firestorms sparked by lightning swept Yosemite National Park and other California areas, forcing about 10 000 people to shelter inside the park overnight as roads were blocked and evacuations began. Norbert and Edith Fischer planned two days in Yosemite for its centennial year but moved on to Sequoia National Park while their daughter Lori mourned the missed sight. The fires, driven by 21 000 lightning strikes, burned over 100 000 acres and damaged 28 structures across the state.
A northern California Tehama County fire scorched 39000 acres and 17000 acres burned in Sequoia National Forest. Fires spread through Idaho Oregon Montana Nevada Utah and Washington with 19000 firefighters staffing the West and over 16000 lightning strikes in 24 hours. Three Yosemite area villages were evacuated, Foresta saw 28 structures burn, lights out in the valley forced Friday departures as crowds queued for exits. Joe Salazar of Santa Fe Springs recounted unprecedented lightning and traffic as he and others fled the area after 17 years visiting Yosemite.
The Teamsters union agreed not to strike against United Parcel Service even if vote counting shows rejection of the proposed contract. UPS spokesman Alan Caminiti said there will be no work stoppage for the foreseeable future. If ratified, the pact would be retroactive to Aug. 1, with the old contract expiring July 31.
South Carolina Attorney General Travis Medlock offers to recruit a special prosecutor in York Spartanburg and Anderson counties to stop proposed lottery courier services. He says Lotto Courier Service would sell $1 tickets from other states for $2 plus a transport fee, seeking loopholes in the constitution and statutes. Circuit Solicitor Larry Grant of York County says he will prosecute if the operation opens in York.
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