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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1990
Page
1
The Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled spray string after several accidents from lighting near candles. The incidents caused serious burn injuries to children and demonstrated a flash fire risk when sprayed near lit candles.
The page notes deaths including William H. Dom Johnston Beatrice B. Freeman Vinson McKinnie Augusta Lewis A Medlock Frank M Pearson Sara A Pollard Allene B Broadwell with locations Johnston Statesboro Aiken Whitmire Chapin. Details are on Page 8A.
DOE Health panel hears critics from Columbia and UNC urge independent epidemiology work on Savannah River Site radiation. Researchers claim DOE has stake in production operations and bias in studies, demand external contractors and dose reconstruction to assess past worker and public exposure.
County commissioners and council members plan a joint work session on March 8 to clarify duties between the planning commission and the council. The meeting follows weeks of discord and political feuding over subdivision rules and building plan requirements impacting homebuyers and county oversight.
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said the Pentagon plans to withdraw about 12 000 U S troops from Asia over three years while keeping a major presence. He met Japanese leaders and said Japan has increased funding for American forces, seeking broader support to cover deployment costs.
Residents brace as a Gulf sourced storm sweeps the Deep South with heavy thunderstorms from Florida to Michigan. In Mississippi Jackson County rain fell and the Pascagoula River rose slowly while low pressure carried moisture northward.
Washington says the 1980s ended with the lowest annual traffic death rate ever 2.2 deaths per 100 million miles traveled in 1989 down from 2.3 the prior year and far below 3.3 in 1980. Officials credit reduced drunk driving higher seat belt use and heightened highway safety awareness.
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