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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1991
Page
1
The Saints clinch the final playoff berth in a tense late season game. Key plays came from star players as the team secured the needed win to advance, with coaches praising clutch defense and late game execution.
Stamford consensus calls for every month to have four weeks alternating seven and eight days to create two three day weekends monthly and a year end five day holiday. Edelstein argues the calendar is a human invention and urges revision by 2001 starting with a 360 day year.
Obituary notices recall Vernon Sammie Baughman Vaucluse Jerry M Duncan Graniteville West Haywood Bath Pickens Madison North Augusta Willie Newsome Trenton Hezekiah Toomer Graniteville Names appear in a death notice column with brief identifiers and locales. Further details requested from page 48.
Analysts say Aiken County benefits from a diverse industrial base anchored by the Savannah River Site SRS. Officials note SRS employs about 26 000 workers and the local hospital Aiken Regional Medical Centers plans a 148 000 square foot expansion costing 5 17.5 million as the economy cools nationwide.
State climatologist John Purvis cites 1990 as the warmest average year in a century for Aiken County with every month except April above normal. He links the rise to persistent high pressure and the global greenhouse discussion while noting long term trends require millions of years of data.
Crowds across the nation rang in 1991 with festive events while reflecting concerns over the Persian Gulf crisis. In New York City a 6 foot 240 pound ball lowered at midnight was lit in red white and blue to honor troops overseas. San Francisco held a peace vigil in Union Square led by Country Joe McDonald. Boston staged a giant cake and Atlanta lowered a towering peach as part of the celebration.
President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev condemn Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in New Year greetings. Bush calls the attack brutal aggression and praises Gorbachev’s path toward a brighter future for the Soviet Union. Gorbachev calls the invasion a threat to peace.
Vice President Dan Quayle told U S forces in Jiddah that 1991 would force Saddam Hussein's exit from Kuwait. He urged sailors and pilots aboard the USS John F. Kennedy to ignore naysayers and expressed strong American support, visiting the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing and planning further greetings with Saudi and Kuwaiti air units.
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