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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1993
Page
2
Andrew J. Chabrol, 36, was executed by electric chair at Greensville Correctional Center after a death sentence for abducting and raping an enlisted woman who had reported advances. He became the 204th U.S. inmate executed since capital punishment resumed in 1976.
Democrats move to push the deficit reduction bill through the Finance Committee with a straight party line vote. The package would add a record 508 billion dollars in deficits over five years, funded mainly by taxes on the rich, businesses, motorists, and a new 43 cent fuel tax. Clinton argues the plan asks the wealthy to bear the burden as part of reviving the economy, while Republicans warn it will choke growth.
A New Orleans panel report urged urgent action by U S bishops to prevent priest abuse of minors. It sparked a new Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse and called for independent review boards, a ban on abusive priests, a national child abuse task force, and a day of prayer for victims. The bishops pledged further decisive action.
Fragmentary OCR text from the Aiken Standard shows a mailing address at 124 Rutland Drive P O Box 456 Aiken South Carolina with unrelated garbled lines about the newspaper and years. No identifiable event or person is established in readable form.
Federal investigators find no proof of deliberate tampering in Pepsi cans and arrest people for false claims. FDA Commissioner David Kessler says reports are unfounded and a cycle of panic follows every allegation. Several arrests were made including a Pennsylvania case and others in California Ohio Michigan Colorado and South Carolina for making or staging tampering claims.
Song and dance star Tommy Tune resumes his national tour on July 13 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center after a foot injury from a May 27 earthquake. He canceled engagements in Chicago San Francisco and Los Angeles while hurt when he tumbled down hotel stairs.
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