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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1999
Page
6
Indian fighter jets bombed Islamic guerrillas atop Tiger Hill as ground troops closed in on a strategic Himalayan peak. The clashes marked the fiercest fighting in seven weeks amid claims of Pakistani troop involvement and cross-border shelling.
Northern Ireland leaders including David Trimble press for IRA arms decommissioning as condition for sharing power with Sinn Fein. Blair and Ahern arrive for Stormont talks amid a weeklong push failing to bridge Unionist demands and Sinn Fein's call for immediate government formation.
Congress will tackle how to divide a near 1 trillion dollar surplus among tax cuts Medicare and new spending after the July recess. CBO projects 2.9 trillion over a decade with 996 billion outside Social Security. GOP aims to push a large tax cut while Democrats warn it could harm programs and debt reduction.
Farrah Slad, a 21 year old from Brainerd earning $9 an hour at MorNorth Mortgage, claimed a 150 million dollar Powerball prize after buying five dollars in tickets. She chose a lump sum of 78.8 million dollars and said a family death prompted her to miss work. The winner held the only winning ticket for the Wednesday drawing and learned the result on TV.
Rasheem Capers 30 was arrested in Columbia on Thursday morning and charged with kidnapping armed robbery and assault with intent to kill in Berkeley County. He is a suspect in an earlier Colleton County armed robbery and has a prior sexual conduct conviction in 1986. A car matching the abduction vehicle was found in Calhoun County and tied to an 18 year old and a 13 year old taken from North Charleston. The 13 year old girl described being forced into Capers car and taken to a flower shop.
Pennsylvanian Joe Trois pledges to reclaim his 16 year old daughter's remains after she drowned May 29 in the Chattooga River. Officials say currents prevent surface recovery and hinder divers. Trois has paused work at his Leesport heating firm to oversee the search along the South Carolina Georgia border.
Trustee William Broach accuses Stanley Burrell and wife of underreporting assets in bankruptcy filings. Burrell, known as MC Hammer, earned about 30 million from music but listed 10 million in debts. Questions arise over jewelry values and a 1998 jewelry insurance policy.
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