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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1997
Page
2
Seoul stocks fell 7.4 percent in a single session amid dwindling foreign reserves and a downgraded credit rating. The Korea Composite Index closed at 366.36, down 29.70 on the day, with analysts warning of potential national bankruptcy without urgent foreign loans.
The Nagano Winter Games flame reaches Tokyo from Greece to begin a seven thousand runner relay around Japan before the opening ceremony. It will be displayed in Tokyo districts and used to light the torch for the relay starting January 6 as the games open February 7.
President Clinton visited Sarajevo to urge Bosnia's leaders to deliver responsible government and continue peace efforts. He praised NATO's role since the Dayton accord and pledged long term U.S. involvement to cement peace, signaling troops may stay beyond 1998 if needed. General Wesley Clark prepared a refined NATO mission plan.
Declassified documents reveal the United States detonated over two dozen atomic blasts from 1961 to 1973 to probe using nuclear explosions for harbor, tunnel, and canal construction. The largest test at the Nevada site on July 6, 1962, was six times bigger than Hiroshima and displaced 12 million tons of earth with quake level energy. Officials called radiation tests on pigs and other animals during the Cold War disturbing.
House Republicans will push for immunity to compel testimony on campaign fund raising abuse as 46 witnesses have invoked the Fifth Amendment, 12 fled the country, and a dozen more are foreigners who refused interviews, per the Government Reform and Oversight Committee chaired by Burton.
In Sacramento US District Judge Garland Burrell Jr. weighs if Kaczynski can claim mental illness to negate legal intent in four Unabomber attacks. The defendant balks at neurological exams amid signs of a rift with his lawyers while proceedings continue.
Federal indictments target a T shirt company operating in Georgia and Alabama for employing illegal immigrants supplied by a Southwest smuggling ring. Ten people named in the indictments, including company president Fred Parrish, alleged illegal workers paid up to $1,000 each to smugglers.
The Aiken Standard lists office hours and contact numbers for subscriptions and editorial. Rates shown include home delivery at 8.95 per month, 26.85 for 3 months, 107.40 per year, and various county mail prices. publisher Scott B. Hunter is reachable at 648-2311 Ext. 203.
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