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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1996
Page
2
Los Angeles AP reports Madonna relocates to a $27 million Mediterranean style home in Los Feliz with 3500 square feet, five bedrooms, and a two bedroom guest cottage. She continues to try to sell a 25000 square foot Hollywood Hills mansion listed at 36.5 million after a stalker incident.
In Calcutta the Missionaries of Charity founder remained seriously ill with heart trouble and a lung infection but showed moments of alertness. Sisters visiting ICU were greeted with a note from Teresa saying God bless you as she requested prayers. Dr Jack Kevorkian defends assisted death claims in TV interview saying he did nothing wrong and would admit a mistake if one existed.
Subscription rates for HOME DELIVERY COUNTY MAIL and OTHER MAIL are listed with monthly and yearly options. The notice provides advance payment details and the address of Aiken Communications Inc at PO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 along with ISSN and publication notes.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he will deploy the nation’s first female chain gang next month. Fifteen inmates per crew will work five days a week for 30 days on Phoenix streets in uniforms with pink and black stripes, mirroring the men’s program that began over two years ago. Critics call it publicity stunts.
Captain reports mutiny on the Pesca Mar No 15 with ten crew slain in high seas. The vessel, bound from Pusan to tuna grounds in the South Pacific with 25 aboard, including seven Chinese nationals, was then said to be en route to Samoa for replacements. South Korean officials noted the ship later went missing after contact was lost.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat within two weeks ahead of a US visit. Spokesman Michael Stoltz and Haaretz cite a likely encounter, with timing and place still undecided. The move follows pressure from Weizman and Likud to pursue talks amid Palestinian office closures in East Jerusalem.
Former president Chun Doo hwan and ally Roh Tae-woo were found guilty of mutiny and treason for seizing power in 1979 and crushing a pro democracy uprising in Gwangju. Chun received a death sentence subject to appeal while Roh was sentenced to 21 2 years.
Fire crews battled blazes from Bend Oregon to Colville Washington amid hot dry weather and lightning. A 15 000 acre Bend fire destroyed 19 homes while 1 500 firefighters evacuated from a Dale Oregon camp. Crews faced continued flare ups and difficult terrain as fires burned tens of thousands of acres in California Utah and Wyoming.
Government wildlife officials deploy beetles to eat purple loosestrife to curb its spread across 400000 acres nationwide. The program targets wetlands from roadside ditches to Montezuma Refuge in central New York.
The Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility near Salt Lake City paused operations after monitors detected a small nerve gas leak inside a sealed area. Spokesman Jon Pettebone said there was never any danger to workers or the public as the $650 million plant, which had destroyed 206 of 14 000 rockets, resumed standby.
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