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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1990
Page
2
Briefly from wire reports describe a blackout hitting Manhattan that disrupted stock trading and halted subways. Elevators operated again in the tallest skyscraper while lower Manhattan remained dark, with thousands of workers walking home across the Brooklyn Bridge as traffic stalled.
Seventy nine radical students and dissidents were arrested at the U S 8th Army headquarters in central Seoul. Five surged into the main gate while 74 others were arrested on a street near the compound. Police said there was no violence and the vehicle was stopped about 30 yards inside the facility.
In Santa Ana California Anna Johnson 2-year-old yes file suit seeking custody of a baby conceived from Mark and Crispina Calvert via a surrogate arrangement worth ten thousand dollars. The child is due in two months and Johnson claims the biological parents would not provide a good home. The case mirrors but diverges from the Baby M custody decision in New Jersey.
In a medical first at Johns Hopkins On cology Center five tablespoons of umbilical cord blood from a newborn sister were given to her brother Michael Sancilio to help form new bone marrow and battle his juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia. Christina is too young to donate bone marrow and the family risked waiting until she could donate. The operation follows earlier uses for Fanconi's anemia in Cincinnati and France.
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Washington July retail sales rose 0.1 percent to 149.5 billion, marking the second monthly gain after declines. The Commerce Department revised June higher to 1.1 percent, with durable goods up 0.3 percent as consumer caution grows and policy rates stay tight.
An Associated Press poll of 1,004 adults finds most Americans believe an international embargo will fail to remove Iraq from Kuwait yet oppose U S military strikes to force a change. Fear of an oil crisis grows while broad support exists for sending troops to defend Saudi Arabia. President Bush announces troop deployment as Iraq annexes Kuwait.
U S Marines flew helicopters into a rebel held port in Liberia to airlift 97 foreign nationals including at least four Americans to safety after evacuations from Monrovia. Rebels under Charles Taylor threaten the peace talks as a West African force faces deployment delays.
ABIDJAN Ivory Coast AP troops fighting for rebel chief Charles Taylor killed his rival Prince John on Bushrod Island Monrovia in an ambush. Defense minister Weewiyu said Johnson was killed this morning and body taken to NPF headquarters. He stated Johnson was trying to flee Monrovia when he encountered Taylor forces.
An Associated Press telephone poll of 1,004 U S adults Aug 8 12 shows views on oil shortages and U S troop deployment to defend Saudi Arabia amid fears of possible Iraq attack. Margin of error is three points.
NASA released a Hubble image captured August 3 showing 30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud with at least 60 stars in a region once thought to host a single massive star. Ed Weiler calls the view exciting and notes image restoration removed haloing from a mirror flaw.
The ACLU files a suit in Richland County Circuit Court challenging a sales ban on 2 Live Crew's As Nasty As They Wanna Be. It seeks to bar arrests of store owners for selling the album and names Solicitor Jim Anders as defendant. Three record stores join as plaintiffs, with Bates arguing the law improperly subjects a person to arrest.
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