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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1990
Page
2
On this day in 1969 Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin blasted off from the moon after spending about 21 hours on the surface and returned to the command module.
Congressional Democrats accused President Bush of using election-year politics to pin rising deficits on them. House Speaker Foley and Sen. Lloyd Bentsen denounced Bush's Montana remarks as election-year hyperbole while noting the national debt grew from under 1 trillion in 1981 to over 3.1 trillion today.
Washington House committee formally recommends Rep. Barney Frank be reprimanded for using his car to fix Gobie parking tickets and for sending a memo with misleading Gobie information to a Virginia prosecutor. It finds no evidence of sex with Gobie or a prostitution ring, though expulsion or censure are possible next steps. In South Korea, North Korea dismissed a South Korean plan to open the border for five days at Panmunjom as propaganda. The proposal sought freer travel for five days, while both sides keep heavy fortifications and a divided peninsula with no direct communications.
A Phoenix woman houses about 5,000 shoes in her 2,000 square foot home and runs the National Odd Shoe Exchange NOSE from the property. Officials say the operation violates a city zoning ordinance by occupying more than 25 percent of living space.
Rebels led by Charles Taylor overran much of northern Monrovia on Friday and pressed toward bridges linking Bushrod Island to the city center. Government defenders held a narrow strip by the presidential mansion as coast guard cutters reportedly sunk in the port and casualties mounted.
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Justice William J. Brennan retires effective immediately citing aging and health. NPR reports Brennan recently fell and had a minor stroke. he previously battled throat cancer and a paralyzed right arm from 1979. His departure shifts the court’s liberal confluence and lets President Bush name a replacement.
In Pushkin Square Moscow a McDonald’s draws crowds near the Kremlin with 5,000 sandwiches an hour and a nine minute lunch line. Young Soviets staff 27 registers while vendors hawk ruble papers. Patrons praise service though warned by officials about timeless Western tastes. Irina Borunova, from Murom, calls the experience unbelievable.
A bomb shattered the London Stock Exchange on Friday but no injuries occurred and trading continued. A warning call cited the IRA, prompting evacuations minutes before the market opened. the blast damaged Old Broad Street while the exchange resumed five hours later.
President Bush said he could accept the Senate Armed Services Committee's 18 billion reduction in the 1991 defense budget while warning against a fire sale of military hardware. Speaking at the MX missile arsenal, he urged Congress to hold the line and protect personnel, stressing the need for flexibility in reductions.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla A postponement blocked Friday liftoff of an Atlas rocket carrying the $189 million Combined Reconnaissance and Radiation Effects Satellite a NASA DoD joint project designed to illuminate Earth's magnetic field. A compressor startup delay halted lift until a second window at 4 49 p m, then a liquid helium leak chilled the rocket and stalled a potential Saturday attempt. The satellite carries 24 chemical canisters to be ejected at various altitudes.
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