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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1990
Page
5
Pro-life advocates push in the new session with pre-filed bills to require parental consent for teen abortion, a stance debated in the Senate. Speakers at a Saturday rally warned the fight continues and vowed to persist beyond the current session.
In a rising crisis, Soviet and Azerbaijani forces clash as Nagorno-Karabakh tensions spill into street battles. Armenian and Azerbaijani factions rally for secession amid calls for restraint from the Bush administration. Troop deployments rise with 120 Azerbaijani soldiers facing Soviet units in Baku and Salyanovsky Barracks amid sniper fire and heavy gunfire.
Aiken County's property tax rollback plan would shift 63 to 71 percent of new revenues to reduce the tax digest over five years. The proposal, based on a one cent sales tax, estimates county revenue at about 4.2 million with 2.6 million for rollback, lowering the millage from 62.9 to 50.6 soils. school taxes weigh heavily in total bills.
Dealers said they must raise prices to stay competitive. Frew and Jordan note companies hike costs. Exxon raised prices 11 cents overnight, prompting a quick rollback to protect regular customers who are the backbone of their business. Jackson cautions on future rate movements, linking them to commodity prices.
The shuttle Columbia landed at 1:35 a.m. PST after a 10 day 21 hour flight. Spectators mostly friends and space workers watched as the crew deployed satellites and began the Long Duration Exposure Facility mission with 12.5 million tomato seeds and 57 experiments. NASA officials noted the crew’s readjustment to gravity and the mission aimed to prep for long space station trips in the mid 1990s.
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