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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1995
Page
2
More than 140 influenza cases emerged among earthquake survivors in shelters as the Jan 17 disaster leaves 5,000+ dead in a 1.4 million port city. Nearly 300,000 housed in government facilities face near freezing conditions. 572 total flu cases, 144 today, heighten fear of a broader outbreak.
Chechen capital Grozny nears fall as Russian tanks artillery rockets and bombs pound the city for weeks. Chechen commander Isa Debayev says Moscow aims to level the city and withdraw, while the Security Council sacks hawkish ministers Grachev Yegorov and shifts control to police in a broader Chechnya operation.
Colin Ferguson, a 37 year old Jamaican immigrant acting as his own lawyer, pleads innocence in the Long Island Massacre on a 5 33 p m NYC to Long Island commuter train. Prosecutors say he fired a 9 mm pistol, killed six and wounded 19 before being tackled.
The House weighs six versions of a balanced budget amendment as Republicans push a super majority to block tax increases and federal spending. Democrats resist in part over the three fifths vote rule while seeking simple majorities for future tax hikes. Rep. Joe Barton of Texas calls the super majority essential.
Washington Republicans weigh a ban on disability payments to about 80,000 low income drug addicts and alcoholics arguing taxpayer dollars are wasted. Rep. Clay Shaw, chair of the Ways and Means subcommittee, says SSI benefits to addicts are spent in liquor stores and with corner drug dealers and should be denied.
Readable lines report yesterday's high and low with last night figures and a note on sunset today and sunrise tomorrow. Source text provides sparse weather details without complete data.
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