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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1991
Page
2
Foreigners in Mogadishu face evacuation amid fierce fighting between rebels and Siad Barre loyalists. Italian and U N contacts report heavy casualties, with hundreds dead and hundreds of foreigners, including about 350 Italians and 80 Americans, trapped at the capital's airport and embassy compounds.
The New York Times reports LandCo owner of Palm Beach Polo Kiawah Island La Quinta and PGA West will be sold for 739 million to Landmark managers and Japanese investors. Gerald Barton says nothing definitive while his son Doug cites an imminent official announcement. Regulators and shareholders must approve the joint venture.
A Washington law firm says federal regulators reduced competition in the 1988 S&L bailout, costing taxpayers billions. The four volume report criticizes the FSLIC and bank board, noting uneven bid access and possible savings if bids were more open.
Wisconsin began its mandatory recycling program effective New Year’s Day aiming for broad coverage by 1995. The law emphasizes voluntary cooperation but includes phased bans on newspapers plastic containers aluminum cans yard waste and motor oil from landfills with strict enforcement unlikely. Local officials report high voluntary compliance in communities already recycling ahead of the law.
President Bush spent one third of 1990 on the road visiting Bas Bermuda to Saudi Arabia and Hawaii to Maine. He logged 144 749 flying miles on the new 747 Air Force One and its predecessors, with total two year miles at 267 072. Bush’s year included visits to South America Mexico Europe and the Persian Gulf and 131 days away from Washington. June and September saw light travel while July had the busiest 19 days on the road including a Fourth of July stop in Maine.
Sharon Pratt Dixon becomes mayor of the District of Columbia today promising reform amid a $300 million deficit, high murder rate, and social ills. She replaces Marion Barry who faces a six month prison sentence for cocaine possession and vows to cut 2,000 mid level city jobs.
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