New Year Fireworks Hit Manila as Bomb Threats Go Untested
Manila marked the New Year with heavy fireworks and gunfire injuring 1 700 people and sparking at least five fires while police warned against private displays amid fears of an attack on President Aquino. Hospitals reported 1 640 fireworks injuries and 48 Aquino-related gunshot wounds. Nearby Bulacan hospitals added 75 injuries. Independent reports note last year’s toll neared 1 000 injuries and 41 deaths.
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Philippines
Manila
Corazon Aquino
Police Capital Command
Manila-area
Aquino
Bulacan
Gorbachev Reflects On Tough Year And Europe’s Change
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev says the year was the hardest of his tenure due to strikes ethnic violence and economic strain yet foresees a peaceful 1990s. He rejects Thatcher’s socialism failure claim and cites Berlin Sofia Prague and Bucharest where pro democracy movements curbed communist power. He envisions end of Cold War and a democratic Europe.
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Maxual S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Margaret Thatcher
Berlin
Sofia
Prague
Bucharest
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Poland
Bulgaria
Aiken Standard Office and Mailing Details
Aiken Standard lists offices at 124 Rutland Drive with hours 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday Friday. Mailing address is P O Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802. Additional postal notices mention PO Box 236 124 Rutland Drive and Box 486 in Aiken South Carolina 29008 with related postage and subscription details.
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Aiken, S.C
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Aken
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Stonaare
Aan
S.C
Black Leaders Call for Renewed Commitment on New Year's Emancipation Observance
Atlanta leaders vow resolve amid a wave of fatal bombings and threats. Maynard Jackson, set to become mayor, says fear is absent and determination grows for civil rights. NAACP officials urge turnout to prove activists remain unbowed as FBI and local officers heighten security at Lincoln Proclamation events.
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Maynard Jackson
NAACP
Earl Shinhoster
National Association For the ‘Advancement of Colored People
Shinhoster
FBI
Gren Cave
Lincoln
South
Hoosier Memorial United Methodist Church
Tuscaloo
Romania moves toward multiparty democracy after Ceausescu
Romanians celebrate a New Year free of Ceausescu as the provisional government dismantles Communist rule. Interim President Ion Iliescu abolishes the death penalty and signs a decree allowing new political parties while barring defense and interior officials from joining parties to maintain neutrality. The regime, toppled after the Timisoara massacre and 24 years of autocratic rule, faces criticism over including former officials in leadership.
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Bucharest
Romania
Nicolae Ceausescu
Communist Party
Ceausescu
Ion Iliescu
Elec
Apri
Defense
Agerpress
Timisoara
Elena
Revelers Welcome In New Year Across Cities
New Year celebrations roll in with revelers in Times Square and Los Angeles as crowds ring in 1980s start. The ball drop in New York marks a decade change with competing countdowns worldwide. Boston hosts First Night with 20 000 attendees amid drizzle and ice sculptures.
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Times Square
Los Angeles
Georgia Beach
Atlanta
Houston
Seattle
Space Needle
Semsey Bee
Boston
Boston Harbor
Titan 3 Carries British Japanese Satellites on New Year Launch
A Titan 3 rocket at Cape Canaveral carried JCSAT 2 and Skynet 4 satellites to space after nine delays. The 155 foot booster, built by Martin Marietta, marked the start of a new era in commercial launches with a $125 million cost shared by Japan and Britain.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Martin Marietta Corp
U.S
Japanese Communications Satellite Co
Skynet 4
Ministry of Defense
Martin Marietta
Denver
McDonnell Douglas
Delta
General Dynamics
European Space Agency
Ariane
Unusual Weather Pattern Linked to Southern Jet Shift
Meteorologists attribute 1989 extremes in the Carolinas to a southward jet stream shift. Joe Pelissier notes the year’s string of storms and a Christmas coast snow belt as cold Arctic air moved south while moisture rose from Mexico. SC climatologist John Purvis links this to tropical heat mixing with northern air, suggesting a multi-year turbulent weather cycle may follow.
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Carolinas
Hugo
Joe Pelissier
National Weather Ice
Raleigh
N.C
Canada
Mexico
Great Plains
Pelissier
South Carolina
John Purvis
Tropics
Purvis
New Year Brings Changes In FICA Benefits and Taxes
Changes in FICA in 1990 raise payroll tax to 7.65 percent with $765 per $10,000 earnings, and set the wage base at $51,300. Medicare premium drops to $28.60 monthly due to repeal of catastrophic health care benefits. Social Security earnings limits rise for ages 65 to 69 to $9,360, while those younger than 65 rise to $6,840. Beneficiaries 65 to 69 face a $1 reduction in benefits for each dollar earned above the limit.
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