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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1996
Page
2
Los Angeles AP reports composer singer songwriter Randy Newman will debut at the Hollywood Bowl this month. He will conduct the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra on August 18, performing film segments from Toy Story Awakenings Pain Ragtime Avalon and The Natural.
Branson reacts coolly as Dennis Miller skewers the Ozarks travel hub on Late Night with David Letterman. He dubs it Las Vegas for toothless crowds and jokes about 1973 AMC Pacers and infomercial scalper prices amid country music fans. In Indiana, Margaret Ray pleads guilty to shoplifting near Indianapolis.
Aiken Standard lists HOME DELIVERY prices eight ninety five per month and related three six and annual options for COUNTY and OTHER MAIL. It gives advance payment instructions and notes publication details including ISSN founding year and contact address in Aiken South Carolina.
Bob Dole enshrined Jack Kemp as his running mate at a Russell Kansas rally praising him as a talent filled American original. Kemp touted shared values and vowed to unite the American family while the crowd braved rain and celebrated the ticket amid GOP hopes ahead of the convention.
In Londonderry 15000 Apprentice Boys chose to march on the east side of the walls avoiding direct clash with police. Barricades of barbed wire were set along the walls to deter Catholic rioting as Protestant leaders warned of a future walk. A Catholic rally urged no confrontations while clashes risked with rocks and beer cans but police withdrew armored cars after Sinn Fein leaders ordered crowd restraint.
Widespread anger shakes the West Bank and Gaza as Palestinian factions denounce Yasser Arafat over security abuses and living hardships. Riots erupt in Nablus and Tulkarem after a prisoner death, students stage a one day strike, and a blockade bites thousands. Arafat’s leadership is challenged as Netanyahu’s election strains persist.
A Johannesburg crime attempt injures Nick Leonsins, fracturing his skull and bleeding scalp. He blames the government, highlighting post apartheid tensions. Mandela and the ANC face rising fear as crime affects whites, investment, and social needs. Police are understaffed and under equipped as crime worsens.
In Holguin Cuba Fidel Castro turns 70 amid gray beard and tremulous voice yet remains strong and defiant. He delivers July 26 Revolution Day address as foes seek to topple him with sanctions and threats. He has endured 37 years of American pressure and internal dissent remains tightly controlled.
The Smithsonian celebrated 150 years by unveiling a bell cast by the same foundry as the Liberty Bell. The event recalls the 1846 act creating the institution funded by James Smithson’s bequest of gold sovereigns. The complex now includes 16 museums and global research, praised by undersecretary Constance Newman as a national treasure.
Georgia woman K C Bassham plans to offer one inch by three inch pieces of the Tara plantation facade seen in the 1939 film Gone With The Wind. She says the fragments will be shown at Georgia locations before a permanent display at her Ian Scarlett Footsteps bed and breakfast.
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