Vanna White Buys Aspen Marriage License
Beach resident Vanna White and her boyfriend George Santo Pietro obtained a $20 marriage license in Aspen Colorado amid celebrity sighting. The couple filled forms at Pitkin County Courthouse with deputy clerk Kim Schultz noting no one recognized White. Santo Pietro’s mother welcomed the news of their engagement.
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Aspen
Colo
Beach
Vanna White
Vanna
Brooklyn
George Santo Pietro
Pitkin County
Kim Schultz
Santo Pietro
Catherine Santo Pietro
Plainview
N.Y
Deaths Wise M. Butchington and Aiken Hubert L. Highs
Obituaries note the deaths of Wise M. Butchington and Aiken Hubert L. Highs with an invitation to page 8A for full details.
No Light In Economic Tunnel Signals Long Recession
The Commerce Department leading index fell 1.2 percent in November, the fifth straight drop, signaling higher unemployment and a sustained slump into late 1991. Unemployment rose to 5.9 percent, with auto and appliance orders down 10.5 percent. analysts warn the recession is in place and likely to persist through the third quarter of 1991.
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Washington
Robert G. Dederick
Northern Trust Co
Chicago
Commerce Department
Ain
William K. MacReynolds
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Gulf Standoff Tops 1990 News Poll In AP Ranking
Iraqs invasion of Kuwait sparked the top news story of 1990 in an AP editors and directors poll with 2,506 points. Reunification of Germany ranked second, followed by Soviet reforms, the savings and loan crisis, and warming US Soviet relations. The list also noted budget battles and Thatcher era end.
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Iraq
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
Associated Press
Germany
Soviet Union
Fol
Congress
America
Europe
Panama
Manuel Noriega
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Saddam Hussein
United Nations
Gorbachev Faces Split Over Unity as Congress Ends
Mikhail Gorbachev wins constitutional powers and a new vice president post but fails to resolve how to bind the 15 republics. A rift with the Russian Federation over the budget highlights ongoing fragility. Shevardnadze resigns amid warnings of dictatorship and Ryzhkov suffers a heart attack, altering core political alliances.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Congress of People’s Deputies
Russian Federation
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Gorbachev
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Communist Party Apparatchik Gennady I. Yanayev
Fresh U S Troops Deployed To Gulf Amid War Standoff
The Pentagon announced plans to vaccinate troops against potential germ warfare as 17 ships and about 16 000 Marines and sailors head to the Persian Gulf. Carrier groups USS America Theodore Roosevelt Saratoga Midway and Kennedy converge, boosting US presence toward 430 000 in Saudi waters. The New York Times noted vaccines could start within weeks and that vaccine supplies were not yet sufficient.
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Pentagon
Persian Gulf
America
Gulf
Neside
Theodore Roosevelt
Norfolk Naval Base
Virginia
Saratoga
Mediterranean
Midway
Arabian Sea
Kennedy
United States
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Kuwait
United Nations
New York Times
The
Retailers and Consumers Fight Liquor Price Hikes
Higher taxes and wholesale cost boosts prompt January price rises and a run on liquor in Aiken. Mary Ann Bennett of Pries ters on Price Street reports a large order and savings for buyers who act now, while wholesalers hide hikes behind the new federal luxury tax.
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Gilbey’s
Mary Ann Bennett
Priester’s
Price Street
Bennett
John Boyette Jr
Aiken
Silver Bluff Road
Boyette
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