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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1990
Page
2
On this date in 1955 a Montgomery Alabama seamstress refused to yield her seat on a city bus triggering a landmark civil rights protest. The event galvanized the bus boycott led by leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and sparked broad national attention.
Washington A thrift regulator told the Senate Ethics Committee that Senator Dennis DeConcini overstepped propriety by seeking to influence an examination of Lincoln Savings and Loan owner Charles H. Keating Jr. He said four other senators did not, naming John McCain Donald Riegle John Glenn and Alan Cranston. The remarks referred to a April 9 1987 meeting with San Francisco based regulators leading the Lincoln investigation.
President Bush appoints William J Bennett to head the Republican National Committee succeeding Lee Atwater who remains as general chairman. Bennett, former drug policy director, is described as a strong conservative advocate lacking tactical political experience. Martinez to lead drug policy office. Atwater praised the choice as Bennett steps into the party post in January.
German soldiers and workers cleared one of the last Berlin Wall segments on Friday. A two block stretch near Pankow and Wedding now carries murals, while other sections nearby will become memorials to escape deaths as remaining barriers are torn down next year.
A local court in Borsad permitted a woman to publicly beat her husband before granting divorce. The Oct. 7 incident surfaced after a social group complained, with no further action taken. The husband sought divorce to wed another woman. the beating was a condition, under Hindu law restricting polygamy to one wife.
The Aiken Standard lists subscription rates, contact numbers for classifieds and news tips, and office hours. It provides mailing and office addresses, ISSN, and postage information for the newspaper established in 1867.
The GAO reports 72 of 113 licensed U.S. nuclear plants may have installed or received nonconforming fasteners and other parts. NRC officials say current risk is not a safety threat though regulators have issued advisories and promised stronger oversight.
The first planeload of Western aid reaches Moscow as Germany and other nations pledge milk flour canned goods and staples for children and hospitals. Amid shortages in Leningrad and other cities rationing begins, with parents and hospitals reporting dwindling supplies and rising hunger.
President Bush named outgoing Florida Governor Bob Martinez to head the national drug control effort. Martinez is known for hard line penalties, prison expansion, and law enforcement, while critics say the choice favors a political ally over broad expertise. If confirmed, he will replace William Bennett and pursue a tougher enforcement stance.
Outgoing Florida governor Bob Martinez will become head of national drug control policy, replacing William Bennett. He has served as mayor of Tampa and governor, implementing drug tests for state workers and a death penalty law for drug kingpins, and will take over the policy role starting November 1990.
NASA entered the final hours of Columbia fifth countdown for a 10 day mission to place Astro observatory in orbit 218 miles above Earth with seven astronauts. Weather forecasters predict 65 percent launch chance as delay due to past hydrogen leaks and telescope issues.
As Lake Berryessa recedes after four drought years, remnants of Monticello reappear near Spanish Flat California. Former residents and visitors walk the shores to recall a farming town erased for a dam project in the 1950s. Harold Moskowitz recalls pitched homes and trees buried or burned. Ronnie McGuinnis notes the valley birthplace of his life.
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