16 Mar 1991
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1991
Page
1
New York AP reports Spy magazine challenges the notion the war is over with an April issue cover stating Were we cut? A Tidy Five day Gulf War? Executive editor Susan Morrison notes the timing from printer delivery to war end influenced the framing and explains the magazine’s stance.
UMTER (RP) povy a dog adopted by troops in Saudi Arabia greeted his owner Master Sgt William Butch Fields home from the Middle East Friday. Boro the dog wandered the desert last December before being adopted by Fields who paid 1000 dollars to fly the puppy to South Carolina Wednesday night Fields was deployed from a Shaw firefighting unit last August.
Obituary notices list deaths of several locals including Aiken C T Canady Leroy Hargrove New Ellenton Ira B Jones and Gloverville residents with brief identifications.
Bechtel National and Fluor Daniel named winners in nuclear reactor contract bid. Thurmond says Bechtel likely handles heavy water reactor, Fluor Daniel gas cooled option. Contracts exceed 2 billion dollars. Site choice and technology to be finalized after environmental study, with Savannah River Site in contention.
Jackson Mayor Mason J Rollo said he was informed of an indictment by the Aiken Count Grand Jury on one ethics law violation. Officials declined comment noting the solicitor would release information Monday. The Ethics Commission found Rollo violated ethics provisions through his and his son's involvement in town contracts and bid processes, amid a feud with council members.
Clearing skies boost hopes for a near record turnout at the Aiken Trials with temperatures in the low 60s and dry forecast. Officials report 28 entries across five races led by the City of Aiken Cup as Dogwood Stables fields four, while preparations include fencing, parking markers, and turf care.
Aiken Training Track hosts a flat track Thoroughbred race today March 16 with post time at 2p gates opening at 10am. Sponsor Aiken Jaye offers advance Acuus four dollar tickets at local outlets. gate prices rise to five dollars. General parking five dollars at the gate and camper parking fifteen dollars in back row reserved spots.
Kurdish rebels claimed control of much of northern Iraq as Iraqi troops weakened and sought sanctuary at Habur border crossing. They said Zakho fell and Mosul and Kirkuk were threatened while Turkish authorities reported border closures and 60,000 Iraqi troops surrendering. Saddam Hussein poised to address the nation Saturday.
The United States aims to align major powers including the Soviet Union China Great Britain and France behind a permanent Persian Gulf cease fire and security structure. Terms under discussion include a UN peacekeeping force mostly Arabs on the Iraq Kuwait border an arms embargo and linking Iraq behavior to trade. Bush plans talks with Major Mitterrand Mulroney and Gorbatchev as Baker Solomon meet in Moscow and a UN resolution is planned once consensus forms.
Secretary of State James A. Baker III praised Mikhail Gorbachev for defusing Baltic tensions and energizing the Soviet economy while failing to break the arms control deadlock with the Soviet Union. The impasse delays Bush’s Moscow summit, but Baker said relations are improving and stressed limits on Saddam Hussein’s forces.
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