24 Dec 1995
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1995
Page
1
Liberty AP reports 500 of 1,100 workers left the AT T Global Information Solutions plant as the firm exits the personal computers business. Tears and hugs marked the final day as layoffs followed the September announcement.
Death notices for Robert Allen Kimmons Robie Cobb Roberts Lucille Graves Walker and Johnston appear as obituaries. The Aiken Standard offices close Christmas Day with publication and morning delivery. Circulation service for missed deliveries offered. normal business resumes Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.
Washington sees a pivotal budget fight as Clinton and Republicans near decisive talks to resolve 2002 deficit goals. With a partial federal shutdown deep into its ninth day, Democrats accuse Republicans in the House of crippling agencies while both sides seek political leverage and a breakthrough before lawmakers return after Christmas.
In Aiken the Santa letters flow through the Post Office with Woody Bates, the chief elf, handling about 200 letters a year. Santa’s assistants sort mail for delivery to the North Pole, as children write for Christmas gifts at local shops or by letter.
Aiken County expects no snowfall for Christmas with sunny skies and highs near 50 and lows around 20. Santa letters from local children highlight wishes, including a 2-year-old father who died at Thanksgiving, with a request list spanning a Sega Genesis to a television set.
In Tuzla NATO commander Admiral Leighton Smith urged all parties to stop the violence after gunfire struck an American C 130 cargo plane carrying aid to Sarajevo and a British Sea King helicopter transporting mothers and infants was shot at twice north of the capital. He warned those responsible would be held to account while noting cooperation has been generally good despite some setbacks.
NATO formally assumed the Bosnia peacekeeping mission in Tuzla center of operations for 20000 American troops as part of a 60000 strong multinational force enforcing the Dayton peace plan. A landmine near Sanski Most wounded two British soldiers, one seriously, highlighting mission risks.
A late year fire at a private school party in Sirsa Haryana India killed up to 415 people and injured about 300 as the single exit canvas tent collapsed during the stampede. Police say most victims were students ages 5 to 17 from Dayanand Arya Vedic School. blood donors queued at Sirsa hospital as authorities moved injured to Chandigarh and Ludhiana for treatment. The cause cited was a short circuit in the lights though the exact sequence remains under investigation.
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