10 Feb 1989
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1989
Page
1
A Norwalk waiter Guang Da Shen, 19, was ruled temporarily incompetent to stand trial by Superior Court Judge Edward Lea Vitt. He allegedly attacked two men after they left a paltry tip at Dragon House Restaurant on January 14. Victims Louis Pabian and son Neil were among those involved.
Alicia Portela sues Metro Distributors Inc in Dade Circuit Court for wrongful death after her 29 year old son Luis Oscar Perez, who had been under psychiatric care, bought a pistol from the shop across from their home and shot himself. She claims she warned the dealer not to sell him a gun citing his mental state.
Fair skies are forecast tonight with a low in the 20s. Saturday will bring partly sunny skies with increasing clouds in the afternoon and a high in the upper 50s. Details are on Page 8B.
Obituary brief lists deaths of Dora B. Wynn of Brooklyn New York and Yson of Orangeburg Lexington with instruction to see page 88 for full details.
The 1989 Aiken Triple Crown kicks off March 18 with the Aiken Trials, followed by the Aiken Hunt Meet on March 25 and the Aiken Saulky Races on April. Other sports include the Masters April 6 to 9 and the Stroh's Lobster Races on May 6.
President Bush urged no new taxes and a fight to cut the deficit in a budget that forecasts a 1 trillion deficit under optimistic growth. House Speaker Jim Wright and Senate Leader Bob Dole framed the plan as a starting point for cooperation amid partisan tension.
President George Bush asks Congress to appropriate 150 million dollars this year to restart the Savannah River nuclear weapons facility. He cites expanding control room staff seismic modifications and improvements to Department of Energy personnel as key activities.
President Bush asks Congress to fund 150 million dollars this year to restart three nuclear production reactors at the Savannah River Plant. The plan covers expanding control room staff and hiring outside nuclear industry experts. The K-Reactor may resume operation later this year or early next, with prior safety upgrades completed.
A proposed reform to ban outside earnings prohibit use of personal expenses and ban honoraria for speeches to special interest groups is deemed dead after a Tuesday vote rejecting federal pay raises. Aides say no reforms will pass. the plan would have raised pay from 89 500 to 135 000 and tightened travel expense rules while allowing charities to receive honoraria.
The Labor Department reported January wholesale prices surged 12.7 percent annually, the largest monthly jump in over three years. Food and energy spikes drove the Producer Price Index up 1.0 percent, with intermediate and crude goods rising sharply. The result is a hotter inflation signal that could influence Federal Reserve rate decisions as unemployment sits around 5.4 percent.
San Francisco scientists report a newly observed pulsar spinning about 2000 times per second, three times faster than any seen before, formed from Supernova 1987A about 170000 light years away. Carl Pennypacker of UC Berkeley calls it a landmark for understanding birth of pulsars and final stages of massive stars. The event follows the naked eye visibility of Supernova 1967, the closest in four centuries.
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