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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1990
Page
2
Officials say a CBS computer glitch caused incorrect payments in about 25 percent of cases. The problem, dating back unknown time, may trigger federal penalties and could take months to fix. Larry McKeown says correction earliest possible in November.
The Navy partially lifts secrecy on the A-12 Avenger stealth bomber project with an official arts drawing. Described as manta ray shaped with front underside gill-like air intakes, the aircraft joins a new generation of radar-evading planes alongside the Air Force B-2 and F-117A programs.
The Video Appeals Committee overruled a ban on a 3 hour Pakistani film depicting Rushdie as a drunken killer. Rushdie urged reversal, saying censorship harms reconciliation while he remains in hiding after Ayatollah Khomeini's 1989 fatwa.
In Wallingford Connecticut the Albert Schweitzer Memorial Foundation occupies a quiet house filled with large portraits of Albert Schweitzer and quotes from his work. The first floor displays relics from his life including busts and a book inscribed to Maria Lagendijk, the nurse who served with him in Lambarené Gabon.
The National Mediation Board ordered a new election after finding USAir’s anti union activities tainted the previous vote. The Teamsters sought representation for about 8,000 workers at 180 airports, alleging interference during their organizing drive.
In Knin police and reserves were deployed to curb Croat Serb tensions amid a referendum move for Serbian autonomy in Croatia. Army jets forced three Croatian Interior Ministry helicopters back to base, while authorities report Serbs block streets in Obrovac and Benkovac and crowds at Gracac police station.
In Soweto and surrounding townships roving bands clash in sporadic battles killing 183 over six days. Police in armored vehicles fire tear gas and shotguns as Inkatha Zulu supporters clash with ANC Xhosa residents amid mounting political tension and talks between de Klerk and Mandela.
NASA engineers in Pasadena scrambled to regain communication with the Magellan spacecraft after a radio link was lost briefly. Contact was reestablished at 1 03 p.m. PDT with a solid lock as Magellan, orbiting Venus, faced another signal drop during a behind Venus pass.
Atlantic City officials push back as the New Jersey Casino Control Commission postpones a decision on Donald Trump's bailout until Tuesday. Over 1000 pages are under review, delaying a 65 million loan to stave off a 43 million bond default on Trump Castle. The move could impact his Atlantic City and Manhattan holdings including the Trump Shuttle.
The USDA projects consumer food prices to rise 5 percent to 7 percent in 1990, up from 3 percent to 5 percent, with double digit gains in early 1990 for fruits pork eggs and dairy largely blamed on energy costs and the Middle East oil shock.
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