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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1998
Page
2
Americans' personal income climbed 0.6 percent in January aided by cost of living boosts for Social Security recipients and federal employee pay raises. Excluding special factors incomes would still rise 0.5 percent. Consumer spending rose 0.4 percent, continuing a steady pace as the economy nears its seventh anniversary of expansion.
Elizabeth Taylor was hospitalized with bruises after a Friday morning fall while preparing for her 66th birthday party. Publicist Shirine Ann Coburn said she hurt her hip and back but was not unconscious and would be discharged soon.
In Hanover Gerhard Schroeder wins a broad Social Democratic gain echoing a change wave across Europe. He will receive the SPD nomination to oppose Helmut Kohl in the September election, as Kohl faces a historic sixteenth year in power and a party infighting mood shifts.
An Associated Press poll shows seven in ten adults pay little attention to TV ratings like TV-PG or TV-14, even in households with children 51 percent. Yet 63 percent of parents sometimes use ratings to guide viewing, and 56 percent say ratings inform parents well. Most say it is the industry’s job to provide such information.
Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday calls for partly cloudy skies with minimal temperature swings. A chance of rain exists Thursday and Friday, adding a likelihood of showers to end the period.
After 3 1/2 months in hospital the McCaughey septuplets return home to join their large family and 60 volunteers. Kenny McCaughey carries two babies Alexis and Natalie under one roof. Mrs McCaughey expresses joy as the first US seven born in 19 years marks a historic milestone since 1985.
Catawba Nuclear Station plans an emergency drill this week. York County Emergency Management Director Cotton Howell says the public will notice only the sirens, as the exercise runs in a real emergency. The drill begins Tuesday with evaluation of procedures from today through Wednesday and a full simulation extent revealed Tuesday.
In WALHALLA the trial of Duncan Proctor shifted to the state's northwest corner to avoid pretrial publicity. If convicted on sexual misconduct charges he faces up to 30 years on each count and life on the burglary count. Jury selection began at the Oconee County Courthouse.
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