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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1990
Page
1
A barge loaded with gasoline collided head on with another barge in the Intracoastal Waterway near Union City Louisiana. The Coast Guard reported no injuries as of 11 p m local time. The waterway was closed as a precaution for an undetermined gasoline amount.
The notice lists individuals including Lloyd F. Brewer in Martinez Georgia James O Grice in Johnston Bessie Johnson in Augusta Cora M Jordan in Warrenville James O Kennedy in Augusta Wallace J Mayson in McCormick Cornelia P Newsome in Sandersville Lavern Robinson in Beech Island Krista L Skinner in Clarks Hill Hasting W Watts in Aiken and Sara B Youmans in Warrenville. Page 3A contains full details.
A new format for television listings makes them easier to read and three new comic strips join today's issue. The Far Side For Better Or Worse and Calvin Hobbes appear on the comics pages, with TV listings on Page 4A and the comics on Page 9A.
In Manila and nearby Clark Air Base protestors clashed with police as Dick Cheney met with Fidel Ramos to discuss U S bases and funding. Demonstrators urged U S to honor financial commitments while authorities used tear gas and batons amid riots.
Hundreds of protesters surged into government headquarters in Bucharest on a Sunday, demanding the resignation of Ion Iliescu and chanting Down with Communism. They attacked a cabinet minister and seized Vice Prime Minister Gelu Voican Voiculescu, as troops and armored vehicles thwarted the crowd.
East Germany Premier Hans Modrow told reporters that he will not bow to beg for aid from Bonn and criticized Bonn advisers for predicting a looming collapse. He stated West Germany will not rush aid and urged a democratic government after March 18 elections.
Du Pont plans to cease manufacturing ozone depleting CFCs as substitutes emerge and has earmarked 125 to 150 million dollars to develop safe replacements. Environmental affairs manager W Ross Stevens notes the Montreal Protocol aims for a 50 percent cut by 1998, while Du Pont pursues deeper than legal requirements and projects substitutes may cost five times more than CFCs. Stevens cites a threefold path to reduce CFC use: conservation, alternative processes, and new substitutes.
Rain persisted across the southern states with Alabama and Georgia seeing swollen rivers and widespread flooding. Red Cross estimates say about 2,000 families affected while forecasts predict continued rain and cloudy skies through the week. Northern California, Southern California and nearby regions faced heavy storms, power outages, mudslides, and snow across multiple states.
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