Weather Outlook Shows Cooler Partly Cloudy Skies
Decreasing clouds today give way to party cloudy skies and cooler temperatures with highs in the mid 60s. The pattern returns toward the middle of the week as details unfold on Page 12A.
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1990
Page
1
Decreasing clouds today give way to party cloudy skies and cooler temperatures with highs in the mid 60s. The pattern returns toward the middle of the week as details unfold on Page 12A.
An 11 year old boy allegedly threatened to beat five elementary students unless they gave milk money. He was arrested Thursday at Lacoochee Elementary School and charged with felony extortion. The parent reported the fear to an assistant principal.
Fairfax residents and Dulles Airport operators condemn a sequel as giving a poor image of air travel. Edward S. Faggen, attorney, argues the film would undermine public confidence and airport operations.
Notice lists deaths including Judge Bobby Joe Millwood and Frastus J. Young with a prompt to see Page 6A for full details. The brief entry flags notable passings and directs readers to the continuation for obituary information.
Nelson Mandela to be released after 27 years in prison as President F W de Klerk confirms. De Klerk described the move as ending a long chapter and presses for negotiations to extend political rights for blacks. Mandela and his family to ride to freedom in Cape Town amid hopes of a just dispensation.
Invincible Tyson is knocked out in the 10th round at 1 minute 23 seconds. The report directs readers to Page 1B for the full story by the Associated Press.
High winds and heavy rain caused outages and damage across Aiken and Edgefield County. Downed tree limbs affected Piza House, The Colony in South Park, and neighborhoods along Martintown Road. 2,500 to 3,000 residents lost power early, with most restored by late morning after outages persisted into the afternoon.
State and local law enforcement seek the killer of Rebecca Jarvis Shores after her remains were found in a field off Pine Log Road. Shores, 22, of Aiken, vanished June 23 from her mobile home at Squires Park. Authorities identified the remains in Charleston and cited no confirmed suspect.
U N intercession sought by South Carolina delegation for Jon Pattis, jailed in Iran since 1986 on espionage charges. The letter to Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar, signed by Representatives Ravenel, Spence, Spratt, Derrick, Patterson, Tallon and Senators Hollings, Thurmond, calls for Pattis health and safety and release, with Sister Ellen Pattis noting Pattis is in poor health and has visited Tehran twice.
In a bitter divorce style clash, Manuel Noriega vows to mine secret dirt on President Bush and U S officials. His lawyers seek classified documents and taped NSA conversations to expose alleged U S involvement in money laundering and drug schemes as the CIPA battle shapes the trial fate.
Senator Strom Thurmond, Republican of South Carolina, will open his 1990 campaign with a Monday swing starting in Aiken at 9 a.m. He plans stops in Columbia at 12:30 p.m. and Charleston at 2:30 p.m., with additional visits to Greenville and Rock Hill scheduled though times are not set.
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