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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1988
Page
2
TOKYO AP reports Mount Tokachi eruption belched flame and smoke up to 6 000 feet high prompting warnings of possible casualties and damage. Tremors continued while mudslides eased by morning as schools near the 9 600 foot volcano kept students home. Nearby weather stations issued alerts to residents amid ongoing volcanism.
The government granted clemency to more than 2,000 politically motivated offenders at a Cabinet session. Twenty-one prisoners, including Kim Hyun jang and Moon Boo shik, were released for leading a raid on the U S Cultural Center in Pusan in early 1962. Protesters set fire to the center, killing one person and injuring three.
Insurance groups claimed a major victory after a jury ruled Shell Oil Co. must spend up to 2 billion dollars to address three decades of pesticide pollution at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado. Lloyds of London said the verdict was a straight win for insurers.
Monthly rate four dollars ninety three cents with multiple prepaid options and six and twelve month plans. The Akon Standard, established 1867, is published weekday afternoons and Sunday by Akon Communications Inc. P O Box 45 Tas Fund Orv Aken SC 9802. Postmaster address changes to P O Box 486 Alken SC 29802.
A West Virginia elector Margarette Leach broke with the slate, casting a vote for Lloyd Bentsen for president and Michael Dukakis for vice president. The remaining 537 electors voted for Bush and Quayle, 426 each, as pledged. Leach cited the need to send a statement about the aging Electoral College system.
Colombo reports say Sinhalese extremists hacked and shot nine supporters of Prime Minister Premadasa after election results favored him in a presidential race. Voters totaled about 9.3 million with 53 percent turnout nationwide, with low turnout in Tamil districts and curfew to be imposed after results.
Soviet officials warn the cost of rebuilding after the December earthquake in Leninakan Kirovakan and Spitak will slow Mikhail Gorbachev's reform drive. Deputy Prime Minister Batalin says next month housing construction begins. Ryzhkov notes costs may exceed 83 billion dollars.
Soviet officials and Red Cross leaders urged donors to pause Armenia relief shipments and fund rehabilitation instead. They cite 140 relief flights and 27 000 rail cars, with two thirds not unloaded, and call for money to support artificial limbs production and orthopedic centers for about 4 000 amputees.
NICOSIA Cyprus a PLO executive committee member Mustafa Zibri says Yasser Arafat's recognition of Israel and renunciation of terrorism conflict with Palestine National Council resolutions. Zibri notes Arafat's statements risk deep dissent within the PLO while Habash’s faction questions moderation.
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