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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 2005
Page
17
Officials who run Boardwalk Hall voted 7-0 to release Miss America from the Atlantic City venue contract after the pageant organizers announced plans to relocate due to dire financial conditions and a lost TV contract with ABC. The decision ends a long association with Atlantic City.
An AP report states a 7-year-old boy died after slipping through a 14 inch gap in the Ye Old Mill ride floor at Playland Amusement Park in Rye New York. Investigators found two of four operators were not present when he boarded the ride and ordered the gap sealed as the probe continues.
A federal commission voted to close Walter Reed Army Medical Center, relocate most services to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda and some to Fort Belvoir, with a 340 bed expanded facility planned. One time costs total 989 million and 301 million savings over 20 years.
Hurricane Katrina pounded the southeast coast with rain and 92 mph gusts, killing a man in Fort Lauderdale and a pedestrian in Plantation. The storm dumped heavy rainfall, toppled trees, and left over 412000 Florida customers without power as it neared Hallandale Beach and North Miami Beach.
Iraq extends deadline by one day for a new constitution amid Sunni Shiite tensions. If no agreement, referendum set for Oct 15 with possible bypass of parliament. Violence rises near Iran border as Shiite groups push for stability and nationwide political consensus remains elusive.
Thousands of Chinese and Russian troops ended an eight day exercise with a mock paratrooper invasion on China's east coast. The drills involved 7000 Chinese and 1800 Russians to show growing military ties amid U S influence concerns. Western reporters were barred from access.
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