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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1990
Page
2
In 1978 the American space probe Pioneer Venus began transmitting its first information and picture of Venus to California scientists as it orbited the planet.
Senate ethics panel questions M Danny Wall as it continues scrutiny of the Keating Five. The investigation centers on regulator interactions with Lincoln Savings and Loan after its April 14 1989 seizure and the $1.3 million campaign ties to the five senators including Alan Cranston. A separate note outlines the Computers at Risk warning about growing cyber threats to critical infrastructure and finance.
Bonn Germany The Social Democrats the main opposition party face a deep crisis after Os kar Lafontaine failed to unseat Chancellor Helmut Kohl and declined the chairmanship He cites duties as Saarland governor and laments weak party support. East Germany vote share dropped to 25 percent.
NASA officials said about ten percent of Astro's 230 planned targets may be scrapped as the automatic aiming system for the ultraviolet telescopes encountered glitches. Colum bia astronauts reported partial recovery after calibrations, while the X-ray telescope required ground control corrections to realign and regain operation.
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Oil prices slide and stocks rally after a Sky TV report that Saddam may quit Kuwait but keep the Rumaila oil field section, a deal rejected by U S and British officials. The report cites Soviet mediated talks with So viet mediation.
Transcript shows DC-9 captain William Lovelace expressing confusion in dense fog shortly before a Northwest Boeing 727 collided on a foggy Detroit runway. Twenty four injured, two critical, both planes survived. investigators cite visibility problems and multiple tower communications.
Retired Col Eduardo Herrera Hassan, a Noriega ally turned critic, escaped from Nao island prison by helicopter and seized Panama National Police headquarters. U S troops and Panamanian police surrounded the building near the canal zone with no injuries reported. Endara’s government said Herrera aimed to topple the administration and claimed police support.
President Bush travels from Punta del Este to Argentina to back democracy and a hemispheric free trade pact. He calls the military conflict there not a reflection on democracy and joins Uruguayan leader Lacalle in pressing for tariff and subsidy reforms amid GATT talks.
ARLINGTON Va AP a new study finds 91 percent of nonsmokers are regularly exposed to high levels of cigarette smoke suggesting the EPA may have underestimated passive smoking risks Dr Michael Cummings of Roswell Park Buffalo says childhood exposure to parents smoke could be greater than adult exposure from a spouse or coworker He spoke at an EPA panel meeting amid questions about potential conflicts of interest involving tobacco industry ties
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