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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1999
Page
3
Townsend discusses proactive highway safety plans for the coming year. She collaborates with Kim Alexander, paralyzed in a crash, and Patrick Kohout of Clemson to teach driver attitudes in elementary schools. Cartoonist Al Goodwyn may illustrate a highway safety coloring book with Dr Linda Eldridge's backing to reach children early.
In Nevada near Lake Tahoe police arrested over 160 revelers at a street party as New Year celebrations ran wild. Leona Allen of nearby South Lake Tahoe calls it typical New Year chaos. In New Orleans a fireworks display ended in tragedy when a barge load exploded, killing two technicians and a sheriff's deputy.
A county yearend record lists 50 traffic fatalities for 1998 in Aiken County with names ages and death dates from January to December. Notable entries include Kevin Shealy 38 and Eula Hansen 86 among others. note that Hansen’s death is linked to a 1997 accident but counted in 1996 toll.
As 2000 nears, firms rush to verify and test Y2K fixes. Sapiens and others run SVV independent verification on millions of code lines, simulate year 2000 dates, and quote a 25 percent extra cost for third party validation. Governments and financial firms begin bids for final testing.
Actor Charlton Heston reports his prostate cancer treatment is moving toward remission after six to seven weeks of radiotherapy. He battled the disease while continuing work on Town and Country and plans another checkup in weeks with no surgery planned.
Las Vegas authorities estimate up to 700 000 people will crowd the Strip for the millennium on next December’s eve. Police test crowd control ahead of the big event while Times Square organizers trial planned effects. Coney Island Arctic Ice Bears welcome the New Year with a traditional Hudson River dip. A member notes the plunge leaves skin pink and blood circulation energized.
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