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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1999
Page
8
Eight teens fled into the rugged Utah desert after allegedly assaulting camp counselors. Five were found cold and hungry as searchers with bloodhounds and helicopters resumed efforts. Temperatures hit near three degrees with concerns for survival.
Pasadena engineers failed to contact the Mars Polar Lander after four days of attempts and six contact windows. NASA officials said all simple failure causes have been eliminated and the mission faces likely scrutiny of Mars program management and budget decisions.
In a rare U S criminal case tied to the May 11 1996 Everglades flight fire SabreTech was found guilty on nine of 23 charges for recklessly supplying hazardous oxygen generators. Two SabreTech employees were acquitted. Victims relatives call the verdict a dagger in the heart and vow to appeal, arguing the tragedy was an accident not a crime.
Coca-Cola chairman and chief executive M. Douglas Ivester will retire after April shareholders meeting after 2 1/2 turbulent years marked by slumping stock, a racial discrimination suit and a Europe product scare. Douglas N. Daft, a long time Coke executive, designated as replacement by the board. Ivester told a special board meeting of his plans to retire.
Kirk Douglas receives the Spencer Tracy Award at UCLA becoming the 11th recipient. He turns 83 this Thursday and debuts his film Diamonds this Friday. Tracy's daughter Susie presented the honor, with past honorees including James Stewart Harrison Ford and Jodie Foster.
In Columbia lawyers plan to prove Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn lured Leslie Price to a Jais Tega Cay home and forced her to perform oral sex in September 1997 while his defense seeks to show Price was promiscuous and the act was consensual. Jury seated, judge warns to stay attentive as proceedings may run long.
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