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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1990
Page
1
Government Fights to Force AIDS Experts to Testify
ATLANTA AP The government seeks to compel CDC AIDS researchers to testify in court over early 1980s information about HIV transmissibility, while CDC argues scientists should stay in laboratories and families press for truth in AIDS lawsuits against Armour and Cutter Laboratories. Fort Worth AP A 5 year old lapsed into a coma after a bottle of bourbon was given to him at a party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control
Laura Anderson
Miami
Armour Pharmaceutical
Bradley, Ill
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
CDC
Fort Worth
Mark Raymond
Bigler
Cook-Fort Worth Children’s Medical Center
Deaths of Hardy Brown Aiken Harry Douglas Susie Hill
Obituaries list Hardy Brown Aiken Harry F Douglas North Augusta Susie Hill Hilstonia Georgia and Andrew M Scherffius Jr Aiken with brief notices directing readers to Page 3B for full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy Brown
Aiken
Harry F. Douglas
North Augusta
Susie Hill
Hilstonia
Andrew M. Scherffius Jr
Critics hail elimination of SRS as waste site
Critics applaud the decision to keep nuclear waste from Charade's Rosy Plats at the Savannah River Site. Greenpeace's Tom Clements calls it a victory for South Carolina and other states fearing storage burdens. Brian Costner of the Energy Research Foundation questions DOE crisis management and notes lack of a long term waste strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah River
James D. Kiedy Monk
West Frm
Charade
SRS
South Carolina
Tom Clements
Southeast Nuclear
Greenpeace
Brian Costner
Energy Research Foundation
Columbia
Bush calls for peace amid protests in Nicaragua
President George Bush urged no more military action despite turmoil in Managua where riot police clashed with Sandinista supporters near UNO headquarters during a United National Opposition rally. A Sandinista officer was seen using a nightstick as violence erupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bush
United National
UNO
Ortega Opens Talks With Chamorro After Election Victory
In Managua supporters cheered as President Daniel Ortega visited Violeta Chamorro at her home, signaling a transition after UNO’s victory. Carter and other observers were present. Clashes between Sandinistas and opponents occurred as talks began, with Chamorro set to inaugurate the opposition newspaper on April 25 for a six year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
Infanidas Sandinistas
United
Op Positi
UNO
Chamorro Ce
Ortega
Chamorro
Key International
Jimmy Carter
Ma. Chamorro
Gorbachev Wins Western Style Presidency Vote
Mikhail Gorbachev pushed through a Western style presidency in the Supreme Soviet by a 347 to 2 vote with 69 abstentions. If approved by the Congress of People's Deputies on March 12 to 13, the post would grant powers to declare war veto and call referendums, sparking debate over potential dictatorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Supreme Soviet
Congress of People’s Deputies
Sions
Cemsnatotts
Leningrad
Communist Party
Stalin
Alexander Yakovlev
Campbell Pushes Flexible Rules for Federal Education Funds
Washington Gov. Carroll A Campbell Jr urged relaxing federal rules on how education dollars are spent. He and other governors seek greater flexibility to fund reforms without large new federal outlays. Campbell co chairs NGA task force on education and warned Congress may not boost education funding this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carroll A. Day
Bal Pelal
Campbell
C-Span
Congress
National Governors’ Association
NGA
Bill Clinton
D-Ark
Rollo Seeks Referendum On Jackson Government Change
Mayor Mason J. Rollo reopens the effort to force a referendum on changing Jackson’s government form. Aiken County registration officials say a recheck could succeed due to newly eligible names on the petition after earlier rejection for insufficient signatures. The State Election Commission contends it misinterpreted petition eligibility, potentially allowing enough signatures to advance the measure with a vote possible as soon as April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mason J. Rollo
Rollo
State Election Commission
Registration Board
Frances Pennington
Pennington
Aiken County Election Commission
Election Commission
Doris Jenkins
Last Du Pont Office Closes On March 31
Du Pont announces the closing of its last non Aiken facility with the shutdown of a transition office in Woodside Executive Park on March 31. Albert H. Peters Jr. and secretary Mary Willis say they are retiring after aiding the transition following Du Pont’s departure from the Savannah River site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Pont
du Pont Company
Aiken
Woodside Executive Park
Albert H. Peters Jr
Savannah River
Mary Willis
Peters
Woodside
Westinghouse
Willis
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Earea
U.S
DOE
Costner
South
Rocky Flats
White House
Colorado
Clements
Bush
Contras
Rival
Slated Press
Kathy Kadane
States News Service
Carl Langley
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