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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1997
Page
2
Unemployment sits at a 24 year low while inflation rises slowly as Greenspan and Fed colleagues prepare for rate decision. Market volatility, dollar weakness, and a UPS strike settlement loom over the economy and policy path.
Haitian immigrant Abner Louima announced plans to sue New York City and the police for 55 million dollars for an assault described by a federal prosecutor as an act of almost incomprehensible depravity. Two more officers were charged, bringing to four, as federal and city offices join in examining civil rights violations in the incident.
Washington negotiators say United Parcel Service and the Teamsters reached a five year tentative agreement ending a 15 day strike. The pact adds 10,000 full time jobs, raises full time pay by 3.10 per hour, and preserves a multiemployer pension. Approval by union committees was expected by tonight.
At the Churchwide Assembly the ELCA voted against closer ties with the Episcopal Church while approving a Lutheran Reformed pact to share clergy and Communion with Presbyterians, Reformed Church in America, and United Church of Christ. Leaders pledged continued dialogue and seek a new plan.
Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center ending a 12 day 4.7 million mile mission. Crew of six US astronauts and one Canadian tested a robot arm observed Hale-Bopp with UV telescope and released a German built satellite measuring atmospheric temperatures and ozone related gases.
Mir's crew struggled to repair the main computer and restore full control as ground teams reported no fixes yet. Officials warned it would take two to three days to fully restore the system and the oxygen generator after a prior docking issue caused the station to wobble. No danger to the three astronauts was reported.
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