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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1989
Page
5
Glenn Close recalls five years with Up Wit People in the 1960s, stating the era was idealistic and naive, with no rebellion. She says the experience allowed world travel but she missed parts of that period and acknowledges her youth and lack of spiritual tools at the time.
An article excerpt profiles broadcaster Earl Jennings and his self view of education at Carleton University. It moves to Jerry Lewis meeting five year old Ashley Antolak of Athens as this year’s Muscular Dystrophy Association poster child and Lewis sending Ashley classic films. It closes with Peterborough filmmaker Stan Brakhage receiving the Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime cultural contribution.
California and Nevada telephone workers end a two week strike as negotiators reach a tentative contract with modest pay raises and health care cost controls. Local 9415 president Jessie Wilson says members are satisfied with the agreement and feel they won. About 42,900 Pacific Telisys operators repair and factory staff return to shifts. Bell Atlantic in the Mid Atlantic area nears a settlement with one of two striking unions.
Bethel New York hosts Woodstock anniversary as rain drenched grounds thin crowds to about 3500 from peak. Sheriff says end of celebration with little official backing. one serious injury, a few arrests, but mostly peaceful reunions with memories of the 1969 festival.
Lincoln Schultz and four companions begin a four year walk from Georgetown Guyana to Goree Island near Dakar to mark Columbus 1992 and the African slave trade anniversary. They travel through Latin America to Canada then by ship to Ireland and Europe then across Asia and Africa. A canoe capsized near the Orinoco, causing losses, but the group pressed on to Caracas where they seek fundraising and YMCA support.
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