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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1990
Page
2
In 1936 King Edward the Eighth abdicated the British throne to marry American socialite Wallis Warfield Simpson, reshaping royal history and Britain’s constitutional monarchy.
Vice President Dan Quayle told GOP governors that Democrats are using the Persian Gulf crisis for political advantage. He cited Senate hearings with potential Bush challengers, saying Congress has the luxury of criticism without accountability. In Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Shamir warned Bush over Iraq arsenals while seeking U S aid to stabilize ties between the two nations.
The Associated Press survey shows famine conditions are most acute in large Soviet cities while countryside areas and non Russian republics fare better. Officials in 12 cities cite panic buying and failed central distribution as causes. Gorbachev appeals to the West for grain, Shevardnadze takes the plea to Baker. The AP found food abundant in Baltic states and Central Asia, scarce in Russia and Armenia and Moldova amid unrest.
Washington reports the arrival of 1991 delayed by a leap second to keep atomic clocks in sync with Earth's rotation. The 23:59:59 UTC time will become 6:59:60 EST before 7 p.m., accounting for minor irregularities in Earth rotation.
Senators Hollings and Thurmond offered strong character endorsements for Dennis DeConcini amid the Keating Five ethics probe. The affidavits cited DeConcini’s reputation and friendship, while Hollings urged campaign finance reform and warned the system itself corrupt. Keating, Lincoln Savings and Loan’s former owner, funded $1.3 million to the five senators in the 1980s.
A.T. Browns Shell station at Cardinal Plaza in Springfield Virginia features a Japanese rock garden a five foot Ninja Turtle a miniature putting green and a 25 foot illuminated Christmas tree. The owners son and father say the display boosts business and brings joy to customers as they light up the season with reindeer a sleigh a giant candy cane and a Hanukkah menorah.
FDA clears Norplant the most effective reversible birth control for five years. Wyeth-Ayerst will train doctors to insert the six capsule implant under the skin in the arm, with a quick 10 to 15 minute procedure. The method is 99 percent effective for lighter women, may be less so for heavier users, and could be available in February pending pricing.
Navy crews searched the Gulf of Mexico for two TA-4 Skyhawk pilots after a collision during takeoff and landing practice from the carrier USS Lexington 86 miles northwest of Key West. One jet destroyed, the other missing. one pilot identified as Philip J. Palmatier Jr. The Lexington is homeported in Pensacola. weather was mostly clear.
Columbia landed at Edwards Air Force Base California on Monday night finishing a nine day mission with the Astro observatory despite a clogged waste system and a slow ultraviolet telescope pointing process. NASA officials called the mission a resounding success.
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