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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 2000
Page
8
Americans trimmed furniture and food purchases but bought more cars, boosting total retail sales to 262.2 billion dollars. Commerce Department reports a slower January gain after a 1.7 percent December rise, with unemployment at a 30 year low and inflation easing.
Public high schools in the capital restrict basketball game admission to students and parents of players for the rest of the season due to violence concerns. Allen Chin of the DC Interscholastic Athletic Association says ID checks will be enforced from today through February 22. He notes trouble outside the gym, not inside. Two Wilson High seniors, Andre Wallace and Natasha Marsh, were fatally shot near a game on Tuesday.
Energy Secretary Bill Richardson says the Clinton administration faces a heating oil price crisis with limited options. He unveiled $130 million more for low income heating costs, mostly for the Northeast, on top of $45 million previously. He noted 10 to 14 million homes use oil, and lawmakers in the Northeast voiced strong complaints.
Rescuers hunted for six people missing after a massive landslide buried several houses in Zenica, Bosnia Herzegovina. A 20 year old woman was recovered, and Turkish NATO soldiers aided in the night search as a hillside collapse left a waterfilled crater and mud still flowing. About 400 residents were evacuated from the affected area.
Hezbollah guerrillas struck a mountaintop base at Beaufort in southern Lebanon, killing one Israeli soldier and wounding another during a midday rocket and mortar assault. The attack heightened tensions after days of heavy fighting while a multi-nation truce monitoring team met to ease the crisis.
NBC will air a two hour tribute to Arista Records and its president Clive Davis. The program, 25 Years of No 1 Hits Arista Records Anniversary Celebration, will be taped April 10 at Shrine Auditorium. Davis founded Arista in 1975 signing Barry Manilow.
Austria prioritizes restitution to Nazi victims after decades of delay. Critics question motives, fearing image repair due to the Freedom Party joining the government led by Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel. Lawmakers press for formal talks and compensation for slave laborers and Holocaust victims.
The FAA issues a federal directive requiring inspection of about 1,100 MD-80, MD-90, DC-9 and 717 jetliners after Alaska Airlines found similar equipment damage on two MD-80 planes. Airlines have 72 hours to comply as disruptions were expected.
A second day of debate failed to produce a final bill as House Republicans argued quotas hinder charter school progress. Nine of 43 amendments were debated before lawmakers adjourned for the weekend, leaving the measure unresolved.
Washington reports say week long attacks hit major Internet firms using dozens of zombie computers. Experts suggest attackers infiltrated and secretly loaded attack software on those devices, turning them into unwitting participants in a crime. The debate centers on responsibility, Internet security, and the need to tighten the fragile online infrastructure.
State Sen. Charles Tyrone Ty Courtney has been charged with bank fraud mail fraud and a false statement on a loan application. He was released on a 25000 unsecured bond as his Spartanburg law firm accounts were frozen and clients reassigned. His suspension from practice and Senate absence pending trial were ordered.
President-elect Ventura moves toward creating an Independence Party by urging Reform delegates to vote to leave the national organization. Minnesota Reform Party Chairman Rick McCluhan said a departure requires two thirds of 300 delegates and that a party setup is under discussion. Trump has shown interest in a presidential bid under the new banner, with talks of him as candidate or Ventura as president with Trump as vice president, which McCluhan dismissed.
The South Carolina Ports Authority initially refused a Freedom of Information request from a North Carolina group seeking documents on a 1.2 billion terminal expansion. After the Southern Environmental Law Center said it represented Charleston residents, the authority agreed to disclose. Critics called the stance unlawful and urged a law change.
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