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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 2000
Page
6
Israel begins pulling troops from 6.1 percent of the West Bank in a land transfer key to peace accords. Palestinians gain land adjacent to cities already under Palestinian control to create territorial contiguity. Security control shifts continue as outlined, with Cabinet approval and transfers slated.
More than 40,000 Catholics packed Amman International Stadium for Mass led by Pope John Paul II on his Middle East pilgrimage. The frail pope urged interfaith harmony as Jordan's Christian community welcomed him alongside Muslim leaders including King Abdullah II and his mother.
Washington reports the Federal Reserve may raise rates to slow a record economy that has run for 108 months. Greenspan warns the pace could derail inflation targets, with economists noting his comments hint at higher borrowing costs ahead.
Johann Gross, a former inmate, testifies as the trial begins. Dr He inrich Gross faces nine counts in the killings of mentally or physically handicapped children at a Vienna clinic. Nazi policies led to the deaths of many children deemed unfit.
In Dundalk Maryland a hostage drama continued into its fourth day as suspect Joseph Palczynski held police at bay amid random gunfire. Negotiations persisted with no life threatening injuries reported, after a Friday entry into the home left four dead in the two days prior.
A Maryland legislator appeal calls for banning elephants in circuses highlighting animal rights concerns. In Florida John Glenn urges older astronauts back to space as peers joke about age. Michael Douglas urges Britain to lead in nuclear arms reduction warning of a "nuclear anarchy" if action stalls.
Jamil Abdullah Al Amin formerly H Rap Brown was captured in Lowndes County Alabama after a guard and marshal pursuit following a fatal deputy shooting in Atlanta. He fired on agents hiding in a shed before being arrested uninjured along with several detained associates.
In New Delhi President Clinton and Prime Minister Vajpayee called for talks to end Kashmir violence. Vajpayee condemned the massacre of 36 villagers as barbaric, while both leaders signed a vision statement to improve ties and economic cooperation amid stalled nuclear ambitions.
Police investigate the death of a baby found buried in a foam box in a Goose Creek Lowcountry cemetery. Autopsy says natural causes, baby likely a girl, in an unmarked grave about a year old. Efforts focus on identifying the child and the parents amid reports of a fresh grave sighted near white stones.
John Updike announces a Rabbit Remembrance tale in his forthcoming Licks of Love collection. The novella Rabbit Remembered revisits Rabbit Angstrom at the turn of the millennium through the eyes of his wife Janice, son Nelson, and friends, with Rabbit appearing as a ghostly presence. The author notes he hadn’t brought Rabbit back, but the character remains a focal presence as readers recall the ex basketball star and suburban figure.
The Legislative Audit Council says the South Carolina Corrections Department failed to properly oversee contract medical services and lacks sufficient data to determine inmate medical costs. It recommends analyzing data to compare contract care with in-house services, notes inadequate HIV and AIDS treatment, and cites limited audits and poor records from the contractor.
President Clinton will attend a March 29 fund-raiser at Allen University in Columbia to honor U S Representative Jim Clyburn chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. The event costs 500 per person and highlights ongoing protests over South Carolina’s Confederate flag at the Statehouse dome as NAACP boycotts the state.
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