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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1996
Page
2
Jay Leno has accepted a 4 million dollar advance from HarperCollins for an autobiography. Co author Bill Zehme will receive a six figure sum. The book will cover Lenos rise from the comedy club circuit and his long Tonight Show career.
Shuttle Endeavour avoids a 350 pound piece of space debris as it moves along an orbital path. Commander Brian Duffy uses thrusters to sidestep a defunct Air Force satellite that would have passed within eight tenths of a mile. The craft stays at least six miles away as Day 2 of a nine day flight proceeds and the crew targets a satellite launched by Japan last March.
Colombian police hunted Friday for Jose Santacruz Londono, a Cali cartel kingpin who fled a high security prison. U.S. officials warned the March decision on Colombia’s anti-drug certification could be affected, with a risk of loss of aid if the country cannot curb cocaine production.
Subscription rates for HOME DELIVERY and various mail options are listed, including monthly, three month, six month, and yearly prices. The notice provides advance payment instructions and identifies the Aiken Standard as published by Aiken Communications Inc with postal details and ISSN.
A storm from the South to New England brings snow and freezing rain piling misery on Easterners. Roads and runways become slick, schools and offices close. blizzard remnants drop up to 8 feet in some areas. In Pittsburgh, a head on bus crash kills one and injures 52. Dulles Airport shuts after a jet skids. wrecks in North Carolina destroy homes with no injuries. Washington federal workers face transport chaos. New York City riders complain of slush and delays as trains run with fewer cars.
About 25 people were injured when Waldbaum's supermarket roof collapsed on Long Island due to heavy snow and ice. The incident, at around 4 30 p m, sent victims to three area hospitals with mostly minor injuries and some serious cases.
U S government scientists report a possible cancer signal from the ADHD drug Ritalin in mice but urge parents not to stop treatment. FDA deputy director Dr. Murray Lumpkin says the finding is weak and not a reason to discontinue use, noting millions of prescriptions and long-standing clinical use.
Chechen fighters holding more than 100 hostages in Pervomayskaya freed about a dozen on Friday and threatened to shoot others unless four top Russian officials are exchanged. Russian troops closed in as helicopter gunships and jets patrolled the snowbound steppes, with about 150 gunmen guarding a mosque, school, and homes amid frostbite reports and 14 degree temperatures.
In Springfield Tennessee Freddie Morrow and Damien Arden both 18 were convicted of murder civil rights intimidation and attempted kidnapping in the 1995 slaying of 19 year old Michael Westerman who was shot from a moving pickup after a Confederate flag was seen on his vehicle. Marcus Merriweather 16 was acquitted. Prosecutors said the teens chased Westerman after the flag incident and planned to stop him.
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