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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1996
Page
2
SHICAGO AP The discoverer of the comet Hyakutake, Yuji Hyakutake, a 45 year old amateur astronomer, signed autographs Friday at the Adler Planetarium and discussed the international attention since its January discovery. The naked eye comet has been visible since mid March.
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were transferred under cover of darkness with heavy security from El Reno Oklahoma to a federal prison near Denver Colorado to face trial. They arrived at 1 25 a.m. on a DoD jet at Jefferson County Airport amid armed guards and a sealed area.
A Piper Cherokee plane with engine failure crashed onto a cranberry bog near Interstate 495 in Wareham mass killing four people including a 4 year old in a car. The pilot and two passengers died at the scene and a woman later died at Tobey Hospital. A witness reported flames seen in the woods near the highway.
Aiken Standard rates list home delivery and other mail options with monthly, three month, six month, annual prices. It notes advance payment to Aiken Standard PBM and provides the mailing address and postmaster details for address changes. The paper is published on weekday afternoons and weekend mornings by Aiken Communications Inc since 1867.
Cape Canaveral Florida Atlantis nearly required an emergency return to Earth when its cargo bay doors failed to open in orbit delaying landing. Flight director Jeff Bantle said a 10 minute window could have forced a rapid decision to return while Mission Control wrestled with cloudy Kennedy skies and a leaky steering system had already shortened the mission. Shannon Lucid remained aboard Mir for a five month stay as technicians eventually freed the doors and kept Atlantis in orbit for another day.
In Ancient Olympia the 1996 Olympic flame was lit at a sunlit ceremony attended by Hillary Rodham Clinton who urged nations to seek peace through sport. Kos tas Koukodimos carried a torch made of pecan wood as a 16,500 mile relay begins toward the Atlanta Games.
Washington debate over giving the president power to strike items from spending bills draws constitutional challenges. Proponents cite broad opinion, while opponents call it a naked power grab and unconstitutional under Article I. Critics recall the 1983 Supreme Court ruling against a one house veto.
President Clinton urged the Republican controlled Senate to stop blocking a vote on raising the minimum wage from 4.25 to 5.15 dollars in two steps, arguing workers cannot live on the current rate while senators’ pay rose by about a third in five years. He cited the 1989 senator salary of 101900 dollars and noted the 55 45 defeat on the same issue.
Bogor mayor and a shop owner dispute police and hospital reports that 77 people died in the Kebon Kembang mall fire, saying forensic results show nine women and one man dead. He notes mannequins may have been misidentified and cites inventory workers at Ramayana Department Store as the blaze began before dawn.
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