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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1990
Page
1
Local prep basketball results list scores across South Aiken North Augusta Strom Thurmond Ridge Spring Monetta Wagener Salley Blackville Hilda Williston Elko Thornwell Wardlaw Academy with multiple teams tallying wins and losses across a busy schedule. Standout performances feature top scorers and tight finishes at several gyms as season play continues.
Abe Lincoln the robot defeats a Kermit the Frog in a quiet Disneyland civil war over the fate of the Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln show. Park officials will keep the Lincoln display, rejecting plans to replace it with a Muppet themed attraction for now. Local visitors voice support for Lincoln, while rumors of a broader change circulated among 8,000 employees.
Obituary notes the deaths of Dewey J. Lucas of Pelion and Alice Knotts Whetstone of Salley. Page 6A provides full details of services and survivors.
Attorney E Bart Daniel pledged no midnight pleas or secret deals in the government’s probe of state lawmakers accused of selling votes for money. He named five indicted officials in an undercover operation, with more indictments expected as the investigation continues. Prison terms could reach 20 to 30 years and fines up to 1.25 million dollars in a single case.
In Aiken and at Kroger in Hitchcock Plaza communities place red white and blue ribbons on homes fences and store doors to show support for American troops in the Middle East. Families and workers including the Szymowskis and Kroger staff display flags signs and ribbons to express solidarity with loved ones serving abroad.
The Soviet Union said it would back a U N Security Council resolution calling for minimum force to stop all shipping to and from Iraq. It also signaled potential participation in an international naval force to enforce the U N embargo, with Moscow open to continued diplomacy but noting force could be used within a diplomatic framework.
Aiken County leaders expect to apply 2.4 million dollars from the Department of Energy to wipe out a about 1.5 million dollar shortfall. The money includes 1.6 million immediately and 800000 next spring for tax roll removals at the Savannah River Site plus 1.6 million in the final two years. If two thirds goes to the school system, county share could fall to about 20000 by year end.
Boston developer Michael Spear 49 president of The Rouse Co. died in a private plane crash near two houses, along with his wife Judy 47 and daughter Jodi 19. The Spear family perished. occupants of the houses escaped injury. Spear led projects including Faneuil Hall Harbor Place South Street Seaport and Underground Atlanta. James W. Rouse mourned the loss, praising Spear as a brilliant leader. The Spears resided in Columbia Maryland with a Cape Cod summer home in Chatham Massachusetts.
Brian Keenan, the Irish hostage held for over four years, was released by Lebanese captors and was en route to Damascus. Iran and the Organisation of the Islamic Dawn helped secure the release, with Irish Foreign Minister Gerry Collins confirming Keenan's move from Beirut to Damascus.
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