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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 2000
Page
6
Russian authorities opened an inquiry after broadcast footage from German TV showed bound corpses in a ditch and a dead man dragged by a military vehicle. Prosecutor Yuri Dyomin said he personally oversees the investigation while noting earlier torture allegations were unproven.
Fox Television will drop exploitative reality shows from its prime time lineup. Sandy Grushow, chairman of Fox Television Entertainment Group, said the network intends to scrap the multimillionaire fiasco and avoid material like the canceled Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire. They’re gone, they’re over.
Mariano Faget a 54 year old immigration official told a federal judge he sought to shield a friend from danger not sell state secrets. He admitted sharing information he believed was classified while his lawyer urged it was a judgment error.
A bomb exploded on a crowded bus aboard a ferry near Ozamis port injuring dozens and killing at least 21, with a second bomb hitting another bus of the same company. The ferry docked after a fire was extinguished, seven of twenty vehicles damaged.
Ethnic Albanians presented ownership proofs to a UN office confirming residence in Serb side apartments as NATO led troops face protection doubts after weeks of violence. Serb leaders oppose UN and NATO plans to relocate about 120 families to three high rises on the north bank of the Ibar River next week.
Muhammad Ali and Lonnie Ali lobbied the Kentucky General Assembly to fund an $80 million center honoring the boxer. Governor Patton proposed $20 million in state funds over two years, contingent on $40 million raised from other sources. The effort faces Ali's Parkinsons-related limits and political negotiation.
Governor George W. Bush denied a last minute reprieve for Betty Lou Beets, executed by injection after being convicted of fatally shooting her fifth husband in 1983 and burying his body. Beets is the fourth condemned woman executed since the death penalty resumed in 1976. Bush defended the decision despite opposition from clemency and domestic violence groups.
In Cairo Pope John Paul II led the first papal Mass in Egypt and urged interfaith dialogue while noting Christian hardships in a predominantly Muslim nation. He spoke of long-persevering Christians and recalled violence in southern Egypt that killed 23 people.
A Columbia based AP report notes state officials call for overhaul as a circuit judge orders agencies to return over 100 million dollars seized from tax refunds. Abuses in the 1995 law allowing Revenue Department seizures for debts to cities counties hospitals and other public agencies are under review.
About 36 of Myrtle Beach’s 200 officers announced in a news release they formed the Myrtle Beach Coalition of Police, a local of the International Union of Police Associations, citing mandatory unpaid overtime and on call duties disrupting personal lives. Police Chief Warren Gall said he knew nothing about the union before the release.
Former president George H. W. Bush, 75, was hospitalized in Naples after feeling lightheaded at an investors conference. Doctors diagnosed an irregular heartbeat and treated him with blood thinners. officials said the condition is not serious and he is expected to be released soon.
South Carolina senator Hollings brands Bob Jones University national embarrassment for racism and bigotry. He may back a Senate resolution condemning the school’s Catholicism and interracial dating ban, while Thurmond opposes any condemnation as political ploy. Torricelli’s measure cites racist remarks and segregation on campus. Spence and Graham label it opportunistic political grandstanding.
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