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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1989
Page
2
Malcolm Forbes says the Morocco celebration is paid by him and his children will eventually run the business. He denies plans to deduct any party costs as a business expense, despite reports of a $2 million tab and many attendees being advertisers in Forbes.
The Southeast Compact Commission plans a 20 cent per cubic foot surcharge on hospitals utilities and other low level waste producers to fund a North Carolina disposal site. The measure aims to raise about 9 million dollars annually with final approval expected in October in Mississippi.
Five grocery chains say they will not sell milk from cows treated with the synthetic hormone bovine growth hormone BGH. Jeremy Rifkin of the Foundation on Economic Trends says the move may delay FDA approval and that limited on farm tests have reached some consumers.
Rosemont Illinois reports from leaders of the merged evangelical Lutheran Church in America show confidence for the future amid budget strains. Presiding Bishop Herbert W. Chilstrom warned of a painful short-range picture with revenue shortfalls affecting churchwide programs.
Aiken Standard lists subscription options with monthly and 12 month mail rates and dates for customer service. Offices are at 124 Rutland Drive in Aiken South Carolina with a P.O. Box address for mail and advertising inquiries including classified and display ads.
Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki was elected Poland's first non Communist premier by a 378 4 vote in the Sejm with 41 abstentions. He pledged cooperation with the Sejm and Senate and to lead Poland from economic ruin toward democracy. The vote drew praise from Lech Walesa and cautious approval from the Soviet Union. Strikes in Silesia and Katowice paused as Solidarity urged a peaceful transition amid inflation and a $39 billion foreign debt.
President Bush praised Mikail Gorbachev for urging cooperation with Solidarity in Poland during a Maine news conference. He noted Gorbachev's 40 minute phone call and said there will be bumps as democracies develop, adding he would welcome Gorbachev to Kennebunkport. The president hosted Denmark's Paul Schlueter and wife Anne Marie during a three week vacation.
In Hilton Head Island, pro choice Holly Cork and developer David Ames face a runoff for the House seat left by the late Rep. Bill Cork. Cork led with 2,654 votes to Ames 2,226. Robert Graves 1,805. Political analyst Graham cautions against broad generalizations from a single district.
Commerce Department data show the Southwest, Rocky Mountain and Great Lakes regions posting faster per capita income growth in 1988 than 1987, though regional earnings lag national averages. Southwest up 5.3 percent to 14350, Rocky Mountain 5.5 percent to 14363, Great Lakes 6.6 percent to 16239.
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