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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1990
Page
2
In 1988 two indictments were unsealed in Florida accusing Panama's military leader General Manuel Antonio Noriega of bribery and drug trafficking.
Former President Reagan praised the House of Hope for troubled girls and received its first humanitarian award. Shelter founder Sara Trollinger recounted the Reagans’ support, including a $1,000 personal check in 1985 and a 1987 certificate of appreciation, with a 1988 videotape urging citizens to view the home as a national model.
The Census Bureau weighs post survey checks to adjust 1980 figures. Critics warn of political impact as undercount of minorities and poor urban residents could shape federal funding and representation. A plan uses a large post census survey to estimate the undercount and apply adjustments.
Calderon, backed by the Social Christian party, defeated the governing party candidate to succeed Oscar Arias. He said the victory was for the Costa Rican people and voiced pride in the outcome. Official returns showed Calderon ahead of Carlos Manuel Castillo by about 169,352 votes.
Silviu Brucan former Communist and top foreign affairs adviser resigns Sunday from the National Salvation Front in a letter to Rompres. Three days earlier the front agreed to share power with new parties in a Council of National Unity until elections set for May 20.
The House subcommittee led by Tom Lantos said it will continue hearings into the HUD scandal after Attorney General Dick Thornburgh sought a special prosecutor. New information prompted the panel to press forward, with witness Thomas Demery's appearance discussed in relation to independent counsel oversight.
Winnie Mandela said further reforms are needed before Nelson Mandela can be freed. She urged the lifting of the 34 year state of emergency and renewed pressure on authorities after visiting Mandela at Victor Verster prison farm. de Klerk had earlier lifted many controls but not all, and Mandela still demands complete emergency abolition.
Secret Service agents and police removed about 20 protesters who tried to block a limousine for El Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani outside a Harvard gym in Cambridge. The Harvard Crimson said Cristiani may have been in the vehicle, though no arrests were reported.
The reliability of a key witness and the transcription of covert recordings dominated discussions as John Gotti and Anthony Guerrieri near verdict. Closing arguments set to begin, with a Tuesday jury reckoning the assault and conspiracy charges over the shooting of Carpenters Union Local 608 official John F. O'Connor.
A tight slate lists Economic Reports due Monday for Productivity and Friday for the Producer Price Index, plus Wednesday home sales by state. It notes international diplomacy briefings in Moscow Brussels Geneva and Prague, U S travel by Baker and Jackson, and legal actions in Alaska California and New York with trial dates and appeals proceedings.
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