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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1990
Page
2
On This Day In 1977 a NYC area blackout followed a lightning strike on upstate power lines. Looting and violence erupted before power was restored, shaping a notorious chapter in city history.
In Albuquerque a man with the same last name as an AIDS patient died of non AIDS related causes after receiving a transfusion of AIDS tainted blood. The elderly patient was already seriously ill and the hospital said the death was not AIDS related. An autopsy was planned.
In Pasadena California an explosion in a street manhole killed three Pasadena Public Service Department workers who were changing electrical cables. FireDispatcher Lori Fitch said the cause of death was not yet known and there was a report of a fire in the manhole. Identifications were not released.
Arizona Supreme Court ruled that voters, not courts, must decide if former governor Evan Mecham can hold public office again after impeachment and removal in 1988. The unanimous decision rejects a challenge to Mecham's comeback bid, noting impeachment is a political process not subject to judicial review. A challenge by Dennis Ingram argued Mecham's eligibility.
The CDC reports 9,742 American deaths from oral and pharynx cancer in 1987 with a death rate of 3.6 per 100,000 unchanged since 1973. Five year survival is 52 percent overall, with black patients faring worse and white patients around 58 percent. major risk factors include tobacco use and alcohol.
Telephone and contact details for subscriptions and advertising are listed. Hours show 5:30 to 7 Monday through Friday, 8 to 10:30 mornings on Saturday and Sunday. Address and postal details for the Aiken Standard are provided.
The Commerce Department reported June retail sales up 0.5 percent from May, the first monthly increase in five months led by a 28 percent jump in department store spending. Analysts caution against overreading one month as auto sales edged up while overall consumer confidence remained weak.
Chronology of shootings highlights three victims. Taurus period April 20 to May 20, with one incident May 31 at 1:30 am in the back on 87th Avenue near Central Park Bandshell. One victim died from chest wound, another recovering. Details indicate multiple dates and locations within the Manhattan area.
A citywide police dragnet based on astrological theory failed to locate the Zodiac killer in New York. Officers logged up to $30,000 in overtime as undercover decoys probed midtown streets while investigators pursued a four month pattern of Thursday shootings. Two men matching a sketch were questioned and released as the probe cost the city thousands.
Wallace Norrell Thomas, 35, was executed in the electric chair early Friday in Alabama for the 1976 abduction and slaying of Quenette Shehane near the Birmingham Southern College campus. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a stay, Gov. Guy Hunt allowed the sentence, and Thomas spent his final hours at Holman Prison.
Two ferries carried thousands of Albanian asylum seekers from embassies in Tirana to Brindisi and Durres as European ships began mass evacuation. The Espresso Grecia and Appia arrived with 1,098 Albanians aboard the latter, while a newborn greeted the port as Red Cross staff aided arrivals.
NASA officials attempt to locate a hydrogen leak in Atlantis fuel system by partially filling its external tank at Cape Canaveral. The test faced delays due to faulty hydrogen calibration bottles. a small crew replaces gear and sensors gather data to pinpoint leaks across valves and pipes. NASA notes the grounding of the fleet follows past leaks and the Challenger disaster.
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