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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1989
Page
2
The Senate weighs a 3.3 billion bill to fund agencies and curb deficits while debating amendments to boost anti drug spending by up to 1.8 billion. House support already exists for a 3.7 billion version. The measure covers late fiscal 1989.
Moscow officials report the Central Committee will convene after a week of parliamentary sessions that challenged seven decades of Communist supremacy. Politburo member Alexander Yakovlev confirmed the meeting later today as the Congress of People’s Deputies continues its first competitive election in 70 years.
A 7 year old boy severely harmed in a sexual incident is released from Mary Bridge Hospital in Tacoma. He wants to return to school and get a Nintendo game as volunteers raised about 200000 dollars to help him resume a normal life. His mother Helen Harlow called the healing miraculous and noted his spirits remain high after the May incident in which a man lured him and harmed him.
The notice lists monthly and multi month subscription rates for the Aiken Standard with prices 5.40 for 3 months 16.20 for 6 months 32.40 for 12 months and total 64.80 and directs all advance payments to a specified recipient.
Sousuke Uno was approved as Japan's 18th postwar prime minister and pledged political reforms to clear the air after the Recruit scandal that toppled Noboru Takeshita. Uno won strong party backing and outlined intent to renew the Liberal Democratic Party ahead of an upper house election within two months.
President Bush returned to Washington after a week in Europe where NATO unity and talks on Soviet relations dominated discussions with allies led by Britain. He planned meetings with Cabinet and congressional leaders to map future policy toward the USSR and then a weekend at Kennebunkport before resuming duties.
Helmeted soldiers jog near Tiananmen Square as hundreds display strength amid student protests since April. In Nanjing about 400 students head toward Beijing to join the pro democracy movement, while 10,000 gather at the square and up to 200,000 have occupied it over six weeks. The army briefly moves through the city before returning to camp and workers are mobilized in central Beijing.
Activists push to bring RU486 to the United States while opposing firms face boycotts from Right to Life. NOW and the Feminist Majority condemn such tactics as medical McCarthyism and urge testing and licensing through federal health agencies and drug companies.
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