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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1996
Page
2
New York City considers exporting up to 15 percent of its 13,000 tons of daily residential garbage to Staten Island Fresh Kills. The plan follows decades of sending residential waste to the 3,000 acre site after bans on ocean dumping.
Bob Dylan approves a recording of Knockin on Heaven's Door featuring a new verse honoring slain schoolchildren and urging gun control. The rest of the song remains the same, capturing Dylan’s response to mass shootings and public safety concerns.
NASA scientists grow edgy ahead of Monday’s planned launch of Mars Pathfinder probe No 3 from Cape Canaveral. Past near misses include a solar wing failure on Global Surveyor and a failed Russian launcher, raising concerns about plutonium aboard Pathfinder and mission timelines through 1998 and beyond.
Indian social activist Anna Hazare concluded a hunger strike after two Maharashtra ministers resigned, while Hazare vowed a broader corruption crusade starting December 6. The 59 year old campaign figure, who has aided hundreds of villages since 1975, urged systemic reform and praised Gandhi style nonviolence.
About 150000 protesters fill Belgrade streets in the largest rally against Slobodan Milosevic. Students led with 15000 marching and hurling eggs at city hall and state TV offices, calling for recognition of opposition victories and Milosevic's resignation.
Defense Secretary William Perry spoke to US troops at a remote Saudi base describing harsh living conditions as deterring war with Iraq. He noted the relocation from Dhahran after a terrorist bombing that killed 19 comrades, stating soldiers are protected yet endure sparse upkeep in the 850 mud colored villas surrounded by razor wire and guard towers.
Washington report says the 105th Congress will push restrictions on abortion with a vetoed late term ban likely to be revived by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. He warned the issue will not go away as the fight over what critics call a partial birth procedure resumes in January.
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