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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1989
Page
3
A family keepsake shows my tiny paternal grandmother on her 65th birthday. I recall her soft kindness, a life shaped by love and loss, and wonder how knowing her might have altered me. A dream from my mother hints the grandmother watched over us from beyond.
Erma Bombeck riffs on city stress and a husband who stacks bird feeders like a forest of homes for sparrows orioles and wrens. A hummingbird mystery a squirrel in a one way feeder and a doggie door joke close this humor piece about humans living with animals.
South Carolina Peach Festival officials aim for a Guinness World Record for the most guitars playing simultaneously. About 432 guitarists joined in a 30 minute rendition of Louie Louie, surpassing the prior 167 guitarists 15 minute mark, pending Guinness approval.
Former president Richard Nixon announces a spring release planned by Simon & Schuster. The book will cover his resignation, meetings with world leaders, and guidance on running for office while pledging profits to the Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda California.
News items note Petty’s new record Full Moon Fever and his Heartbreakers days plus Traveling Wilburys colleagues Bob Dylan George Harrison and Roy Orbison. A Winter Haven sister recalls Neil Armstrong and a grandmother’s moon advice as Hemingway earns a Post Office stamp in Key West. NBC taps Dick Ebersol to helm Today with Gumbel Pauley Scott and Shalit, promising sports documentaries.
In St Mark's Square Venice a crowd of about 200000 for Pink Floyd created trash, chaos, and complaints of no toilets or ambulances. Police reported minor injuries and vandalisms as preservation officials eased objections by moving the stage and lowering volume to 60 decibels.
Vienna reports that renowned maestro Herbert von Karajan died at age 81 at his Anif home near Salzburg. Cause listed as heart failure. His controversial Nazi Party membership and volatile life contrasted with his celebrated conducting career and long tenure with the Berlin Philharmonic.
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