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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1989
Page
2
On this day in 1788 Maryland voted to cede a 10 square mile tract for the national government, creating the area that would become the District of Columbia and host the capital.
The Energy Department will not pursue its appeal over a $78 million class action judgment by 14,000 neighbors near Fernald Ohio nuclear weapons plant. The department cannot fund the payout from its planned source, complicating the historic settlement acknowledging potential harm from uranium dust contamination and suspension of operations for cleanup.
Bogota authorities report a surge of violence after a cocaine lord’s death as six men are found dead at a south Bogota dump and four more bodies appear in a resort town. Five men die in a Bogota prison in battles between rival drug groups amid the Medellin cartel power struggle.
The Aiken Standard lists subscription rates of $5.90 for 3 months, $17.70 for six months, and $35.40 for 12 months, with annual totals of $54.00 and $108.00. The paper is published by Aiken Communications Inc. and mailed from Aiken, South Carolina, with address changes sent to P.O. Box 456.
In a day of ferocious fighting hundreds are reported dead as rebels and pro protesters seize Bucharest from loyalist forces. Ceaușescu and Elena flee the palace, later captured or fled, while protests spread across Romania following Timisoara demonstrations. Nicu Ceaușescu is also shown in custody.
U S troops stormed a fortified Noriega guest house near Panama City and narrowly missed capturing four Brazilian voodoo practitioners. The building held about 50 pounds of cocaine, a blood bucket, voodoo artifacts, potions, and a brewing area. Army officials noted uncertainty over the blood and the potions usage while witnesses recalled candles burning and smoldering ashtrays.
Tens of thousands celebrate as two gaps near the Brandenburg Gate open at 3 pm allowing West and East Berliners to converge. Chancellor Helmut Kohl and East German premier Hans Modrow attend while crowds surge, drink champagne, and chant Come Together under flags of Berlin, West Germany, and East Germany.
The Senate Ethics Committee will formally investigate five senators for intervening with federal regulators on behalf of Charles H. Keating Jr. and will also probe Sen. Alfonso D Amato. The case ties to the Lincoln Savings and Loan collapse, with lawmakers having received over 1.3 million dollars in campaign funds. Regulators seized Lincoln Savings in Irvine, California, in April, in what could be the era s worst thrift failure, costing taxpayers more than two billion dollars.
In Hagerstown Maryland a bomb exploded in Circuit Judge John Corderman's third floor apartment injuring him lightly. He is in stable condition. Police evacuated the building amid reports a delivery person brought a package with two pipe bombs and a live device remained inside. A neighbor described the delivery as normal and timing around the incident. Motive under investigation.
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