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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1990
Page
2
Noriega defense awaits government inventory of seized evidence before a bond hearing. Judge Hoeveler will decide if Noriega remains in custody on 12 drug trafficking counts as prosecutors press for the hearing to advance the case.
Buffalo officials face a widening Parks Department corruption probe. Parks Commissioner Robert Delano and Mayor James Griffin are not available for comment. Griffin defends Delano while calling critics stool pigeons. The inquiry spans kickbacks purchases and even a melted skating lake.
A University of Costa and University of Delaware study finds weekend daytime TV shows average over 25 acts of violence per hour across three seasons, prompting Sen. Paul Simon and Rep. Dan Glickman to argue for curbing violence with antitrust exemptions for the TV industry as the bill stalls in committee amid network opposition.
Vice President Dan Quayle leaves for Latin America to push Bush administration aid plans for Panama worth 1 billion dollars. He will visit Jamaica and Honduras for inaugurations and meet five regional presidents amid Latin backlash to the December Panama invasion.
Senate questions the source of a Bush Panama aid plan amid a proposed 700 million package to aid housing emergency relief and economic support after the Noriega era. Key figures Sen. Simon and officials discuss funding sources and potential impact on other foreign aid programs.
President Bush nominated former New York state Senator John R. Dunne to be assistant attorney general for civil rights. Dunne, 59, acknowledged limited civil rights experience but cited understanding and sensitivity. He spent 24 years in the New York Senate and now works at a Long Island law firm.
The South Carolina House approved a public facilities discrimination bill with broader reach than federal law. It bars denial of membership by clubs on color creed race or national origin and limits private club membership to under 30 days. Penalties max 500 dollars and 90 days in jail.
Komsomolskaya Pravda reported that two senior officers in Baku warned Gorbachev Jan 19 that sending troops would break relations and endanger soldiers' families. After the telegram, troops invaded Baku to quell the nationalist uprising, with casualties rising to 101 dead and 171 overall. Over 30,000 soldier families were evacuated.
Former FBI agent Jon Hunt claims the FBI hid information that could have aided Richard Miller’s defense. Miller, a 20 year veteran, was convicted of passing secrets to Svetlana Ogorodnikov but won an appeals court reversal due to tainted lie detector testimony. He awaits a third trial next spring on bail.
CDC researchers report flu deaths at eight year high and widespread outbreaks across 18 states with regional outbreaks in 17 more. The weekly tally shows 7.6 thousand deaths among 121 cities, marking the worst season since 1981 82.
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