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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1999
Page
8
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a 4 million dollar settlement with McDonald’s for failing to report injuries on its Big Mac Climber playground. The tool caused hundreds of injuries in the 1960s and 70s before removal of the climber.
Clinton's FY plan would offer a new $2,000 annual prescription drug benefit starting in 2002 with a 50 percent coverage rate. Retirees would pay a monthly premium rising to 44 dollars and a cap growing to 5,000 by 2008, with low income beneficiaries possibly exempt from the premium. The administration argues surpluses make Medicare modernization feasible though critics warn of funding challenges.
In Prizren Kosovo ethnic Albanian shopkeepers reopen after NATO bombing and the arrival of peacekeepers. Vendors report scarce milk but fresh fruit. many stores looted yet not burned. Local bus service and partial garbage pickup resume as 13 Albanian firefighters work 12 hour shifts without pay.
Volunteer historians and Civil War reenactors excavate and relocate 26 unmarked remains from The Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium site to Magnolia Cemetery. They include conjectured Hunley crew members and other Confederate veterans, seeking respectful reburial for each man.
South Carolina Supreme Court petitions over combining three case charges against Gail Cutro. Court had ordered a new trial previously for improper testimony. Cutro faces retrial set for May 24 after release on bail.
Three Minnesota charities received the first $5,000 grants from Ventura for Minnesota, Inc, the licensee of Gov Jesse Ventura’s name. Ventura dolls and goods generate about 12 percent royalties, with VMI total at $66,000 so far, not counting doll profits. New York bets Texas on sports, Pataki sends foods if Stars win.
Los Angeles will host the Grammys in 2000 at the new Staples Center. The 20 000 seat downtown arena will surpass the Shrine Auditorium in capacity and marks a return to California for the awards. Mayor Riordan and Michael Greene of the National Academy announced the plan outside the center.
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