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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1998
Page
2
Puerto Rico awaits a tight election between statehood and none of the above as last minute polls show a photo finish. A victory would mark a historic step toward statehood, while defeat could stall the movement for years.
In Eastchester New York Dave Jacobs runs a parcel shop used as an Operation Santa center. Needy children and single mothers write for gifts. Jacobs offers shipping and invites customers to take letters and fulfill wishes quietly. A man even took two envelopes on a Friday.
At Space Center Houston a three and final spacewalk by astronauts Jerry Ross and James Newman wrapped up construction duties on the international space station. They lashed a toolbox to Unity and checked cables and antennas while planning future assembly as they worked nearly 250 miles above Earth.
Federal investigators began sifting debris after a devastating fireworks blast at Independence Fireworks building. The explosion produced a large smoke plume and leveled the site, with six women and one man feared dead but officially listed as missing. Identification will take time per ATF.
An anonymous man from Songdalen, southern Norway, mailed 25730 kroner to his town for elderly care but was arrested after police traced the gift as overly generous. The taxpayer admitted to years of undeclared under the table payments and chose to pay the amount he owed in taxes to clear the state.
Joan Chen named best director at Taiwan Golden Horse for Xiu Xiu The Sent Down Girl which also wins best film. Actress Lee Lu-lu and actor Lopsang Chunpei win best actress and best actor awards. Natasha Gregson Wagner details her taste for dark roles while Natalie Wood’s daughter also notes her lighter side. Rick James remains hospitalized a month after a stroke at Cedars Sinai. meds complicate discharge.
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