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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1990
Page
1
AAP report notes Gaffney mayor, cites messages left for Ms Dixon and Blacksburg council pressure over Ms Dixon’s ability to lead. Community leaders express compassion but doubt effective leadership can continue, prompting resignation considerations.
Rostburg Maryland based biologist Howard B a Medicare State University professor embarks Saturday for Siberia to start a Soviet American research project. The goal is to help save the endangered Siberian tiger once widespread across Asia but now fewer than 30 remain. Habitat loss from timber cuts and farming pressures near the Soviet Chinese border endangers the remaining cats.
The Minneapolis City Council passed a revised ban on cigarette vending machines with three exceptions. Machines will be allowed in factories and workplaces, in restaurants with license and in certain other specified areas, while the original broad ban failed to pass.
A 50 percent chance of thunderstorms and rain is forecast today. Highs reach the mid 50s with lows in the 30s, and over the weekend clouds persist with daytime highs around the 50s each day. See Page 8A for details.
Page 5A details obituary items for John Stroman of Wagener and Thelma Carr of Graniteville. The notices summarize deaths and related service information. Further specifics appear on the referenced page.
Lawmen seek leads after the body of a possibly missing woman was found in a field off Pine Log Road. Officials would not confirm identity but mentioned Rebecca Shores as a possible match. The body will be sent to Charleston for forensic identification. Shores disappeared June 23 from a nearby mobile home park.
Huntington Beach Calif workers cleaned miles of beaches and boats amid a slick from a punctured tanker drifting off the coast. Officials reported up to 300000 gallons of Alaska crude oil, with containment efforts under way and a state of emergency declared. Booms ringed the Bolsa Chica Wetlands and Newport Bay as crews worked to stay ahead of the spill without yet reaching wildlife habitats.
Secretary of State James A. Baker III reported progress toward agreements cutting long range missiles and troop levels in Europe. He called a Soviet counterproposal very interesting as talks with Gorbachev and Shevardnadze aimed for a summit and a chemical weapons abolition measure. Bush proposed 195000 troops each in Central Europe, with 30000 remaining elsewhere.
Senators grilled the Bush administration over why US troop strength in Europe cannot be cut. Taft testified American forces in Europe will not be reduced below 195 000 even if Soviet troops retreat. Pressler pressed for sales in South Dakota and urged that allies like France and West Germany share more of the burden. Dobbins said listening was key as NATO's future was debated before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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