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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1996
Page
2
Jamie McDermott a 31 year old NBC executive overseeing Friends and ER is weighing a move to ABC for its top programming role. She has a four month leave of absence to negotiate and could become the first woman to lead a network entertainment division.
The Internal Revenue Service reported 26.2 million tax returns through February 16, down 6.5 percent from a year earlier, while refunds rose 3 percent to 8.28 million with an average of 1448 dollars. Telephone filing reached 1.79 million, nearly four times last year. A separate note says a military Hercules transport plane crashed near Khartoum, killing all 70 aboard.
Rates for home delivery county and other mail are listed with monthly and longer-term options. The Aiken Standard is published by Aiken Communications Inc since 1867 with mailing addresses in Aiken South Carolina and postmaster address changes to P.O. Box 456.
Republicans in Arizona North Dakota and South Dakota head to the polls with 39 delegates at stake in winner take all Arizona dominates attention as Pat Buchanan seeks momentum. Bob Dole aims to rebound after New Hampshire loss while Steve Forbes and Lamar Alexander vie for renewed support in the Arizona race and broader contests.
In Little Rock Arkansas a World Wide Web project named Hillarys Hair Dot Com invites users to rate and vote on 43 different hairdos worn by Hillary Rodham Clinton. About 30 000 to 40 000 visitors daily since Feb 7 with roughly 1300 votes cast. Designers Miller and Schneider plan to add clippings from newspapers magazines and possibly a bald image for user drawings. The site aims to last through the November election drawing mixed reactions from critics and supporters alike.
Space Center Houston reports the shuttle Columbia crew, after losing the tethered satellite, will focus on experiments in protein crystals, metals, fire, and other materials pending return next week. The failed half ton electricity conducting satellite and its 12.8 mile tether drifted away, now space junk, likely burning up within a month. Jurors Hoffmann voices bitter disappointment yet sees it as experience as scientists hoped electricity would be harvested from Earth's magnetic field.
Critics urge stronger U.S. actions against Fidel Castro after two U S civilian planes were downed off Cuba. Clinton announces retaliatory steps, halts charter flights, tightens diplomat travel rules, backs embargo expansion, and offers compensation from frozen Cuban assets. Republicans push for stiffer measures to isolate Castro.
Castro's estranged daughter Alina Fernandez Revuelta denounced the downing of two civilian planes as madness and urged a strict blockade of Cuba. She criticized President Clinton's approach, advocated expelling Cuban diplomats, and argued charter-flight limits would harm Cubans both in the U S and Cuba.
In Los Angeles Dr. Simpson and his lead attorney allegedly swore at opposing counsel during deposition in a wrongful death case. The plaintiff’s lawyer said Simpson and his attorney used an expletive toward attorney Michael Brewer while questions about how he cut his hand in Chicago after the Brown and Goldman killings were asked. Brewer noted the remark was loud and captured on video as Simpson discussed his hand injuries.
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