Time Magazine names Ted Turner Man of the Year 1991
Ted Turner named Time Magazine Man of the Year for 1991 by editors for CNN live coverage of events in 1991. Turner credited his staff while CNN President Tom Johnson praised the choice amid pivotal global events including Baghdad bombings the Soviet coup Yeltsin trial and Thomas hearings.
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Ted Turner
Time Magazine
Turner
Robert Edward Turner III
Turner Broadcasting System Inc
Turner Network Television
WTBS
CNN
Tom Johnson
Boris Yeltsin
Atlanta
Ted
Johnson
Baghdad
Yeltsin
William Kennedy Smith
Clarence Thomas
Where Are Soviet Nukes Aimed
Washington reports that Soviet missiles appear still aimed at America because there is nowhere else to aim them. The piece questions whether wartime era forces should be kept as Russia reshapes post-Soviet security under Yeltsin and possible future nuclear powers.
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Washington
Soviet Union
America
United States
Russia
U.S
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin pushes privatization while CIS debates military futures
Yeltsin orders privatization of state land and farms, enabling private transfer before spring planting. Ukraine Moldova and Azerbaijan push to form their own armies amid friction over economic and foreign policy in the CIS. Interfax reports the Central Bank of Russia may run out of funds in days as price liberalization and sales of state assets widen economic stress.
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Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Ukraine
Commonwealth
Moldova
Azerbaijan
Commonwealth of Independent States
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Yeltsin
Central Bank of Russia
Interfax
Crush At Campus Gym Ends In Eight Deaths
Eight people were killed and at least 28 injured in a crush at City College in Harlem as fans rushed a charity basketball game led by rap artists Heavy D and Puff Daddy. Police said six died from trampling at the door and two died later at a hospital.
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New York
City College
Harlem
Daniel Carlin
Heavy D
Puff Daddy
Charlisse Miles
Moore warns rush on South Carolina Senate reapportionment
Senator Tommy Moore of Clearwater says many reappointment plans are in play as the 1992 session opens January 14. He warns the clock is ticking with courts looming and a goal to pass a Senate map before intervention. Plans from governor, lieutenant governor, Senate, GOP, and NAACP proliferate.
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Thomas L
Tommy) Moore
Clearwater
Senate
DAR
Columbia
Sen. Moore
Federal Judiciary
House
State Republican Party
NAACP
Local Front Obituaries and Classifieds Notes
Obituaries and classifieds brief items appear in the Local Front section with notices on services and upcoming events. Brief sports and weather updates accompany local listings in the newspaper layout.
Community tips line and contacts listed for tips
Local readers are invited to call 648-2311 to share news tips. Names Mary Billings and others from Augusta Hartsville Batesburg Burnettown Barnwell are listed as contacts. See Page 10A for details.
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Mary Billings
Augusta, Ga
Charles Bryant
Salle
Annie Es
Hartsville
Jewell Hilbert
Batesburg
Mellie Sawyer
Burnettown
Cora Wooley
Barnwell
Slippery Saturday Rain Pauses Local Driving
Rain from the coast drenched Aiken County causing slick roads and hazardous driving. Deputies reported only a couple of fender benders as motorists avoided major crashes amid continued showers and predicted lingering rain into the night.
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Aiken
U.S. Weather Service
Tritium Levels In Savannah River Exceed EPA Standard
Tritium levels in the Savannah River surpassed EPA limits prompting an earlier shutdown of two counties water intakes Beaufort and Jasper as samples showed higher readings 20 miles from the intake. The Beaufort Jasper Water and Sewer Authority halted withdrawals at 7 AM Saturday with eight days of storage left.
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Savannah River
Hilton Head Island
Environmental Protection Agency
South Carolina
Beaufort-Jasper
Berry
Savannah
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