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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1997
Page
2
Veteran activist Qin Yongmin urges direct elections for top posts in China in a letter faxed to reporters ahead of the fall Communist Party congress. He seeks full democracy while noting the Congress is unlikely to back political reforms.
For the remainder of the week expect a mix of clouds and sun with a chance of rain lasting at least until Saturday. Highs will average in the lower 90s and lows in the 70s, continuing warm conditions.
UPS manager Floyd Parta died after his tractor trailer plunged from a ramp onto I 65 in Nashville. Police in Miami arrested four suspects in a separate stabbing of Roderick Carter, a former University of Miami football star, who was delivering when attacked after a dispute over crossing a picket line. Carter was treated and released, while Espinosa Mielgo and Rojas face attempted murder charges and Paez faces aggravated battery charges.
President Clinton uses the line-item veto for the first time to strike budget provisions aiding farm co-ops, overseas-arm financial firms, and New York state. The move could prompt a Supreme Court ruling on Congress race to grant such item veto power, with Republicans weighing strategy and possible language changes.
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida four days into its flight a satellite released from space shuttle Discovery has found evidence supporting a theory that large space snowballs pelting Earth’s atmosphere create substantial water vapor. Ultraviolet telescope readings show hydroxyl at high northern latitudes, with planetary physicist Robert Conway of the Naval Research Laboratory noting water vapor at 43 to 56 miles.
McVeigh asks for a new trial arguing jurors were swayed by pretrial publicity and survivors testimonies. The judge denied the motion in a brief order without addressing the arguments, leaving the record for future proceedings.
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