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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1998
Page
2
In Kigali region six Hutu rebels were charged over the 1997 killings of four UN monitors and their driver near Cyangugu on the Congo border. The suspects were said to be captured in Cyangugu in February 1997, per UN rights spokesman Jose Luis Herrero who offered no further details.
In Jonesboro Arkansas mourners faced the tragedy of Westside Middle School as they buried five victims from last week's rampage. Pastor Gary Crem ens urged forgiveness yet many people expressed anger and disbelief at the deaths caused by 13 year old Mitchell Johnson and 11 year old Andrew Golden. The town's gun culture and access to firearms drew attention amid questions about how such violence occurred. Drew's father ran a pistol club and police say seven guns were stolen from the suspect's home, three more from his father’s collection.
President Clinton visited Soweto and Thokoza to praise South Africans who opposed apartheid. He pledged more US aid for Africa and trade as part of enlightened self interest, citing a 30 percent return for American investors while security surrounded the event.
Los Angeles police probe Efren Saldivar, a self-styled angel of death, amid reports of suspicious hospital deaths at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. His license suspended March 13 as regulators, police, and prosecutors investigate whether 40 to 50 terminal patients were killed.
An early morning tornado struck Mattoon Illinois injuring three people and damaging at least 18 houses three businesses and an apartment building. Dozens of other structures were damaged as thunderstorms swept the Midwest. Ed Gardner emergency services coordinator described the scene noting the flagpole bent and the flag extended outward.
A former priest, Rudolph Kos, 52, was found guilty by jurors of three counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of indecency with a child after deliberating 7 1/2 hours over two days. He had pleaded guilty earlier to one sexual assault charge and two indecency counts, and was acquitted on one indecency count.
Aiken Standard lists home delivery prices of 0.30 per month and 27.90 for 3 months, with annual rate 11.60. County mail rates include 11.55 per month and 138.60 per year. Other mail shows 17.80 per month and 213.60 per year. Delivery issues advise paper by 5 PM.
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