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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1990
Page
2
On this day in 1960 the Soviet Union shot down an American U2 reconnaissance aircraft near Sverdlovsk and captured pilot Francis Gary Powers, marking a pivotal Cold War incident.
Tens of thousands of students and workers across auto plants, subways, shipyards, and broadcasts protested government repression. In Ulsan police stormed a shipyard as about 2,000 workers clashed near the site, while Chonju saw radical students attack a building slated for a Democratic Liberal Party meeting. Police roped off campuses and government sites as 333 workers were arrested and 2,400 officers raided the state run Broadcasting System HQ ending a 19 day protest. no injuries were reported.
Sheridan Arkansas police chief described a junior at Sheridan High School as confessing love for a girl before he shot himself in front of classmates. The teen, identified as Thomas Smith, died about four hours after the 1 p.m. incident as counselors aided traumatized students in the school library.
President Chamorro signals shifts in Nicaragua including replacing the Sandinista military chief, disbanding the secret police, and pursuing talks to disarm Contra rebels. She warns of dire finances with $3 million in treasury and $11 billion in foreign debt, while devaluing the cordoba to stabilize the economy amid shortages. Meanwhile in Washington the recall of infant pillows expands to nearly one million units after 19 deaths. CPSC cites multiple manufacturers and new fatalities in 1987 88.
The notice lists subscription and advertising contacts for the Aiken Standard with phone numbers for classified and display ads and notes office hours and mailing address. It includes yearly and monthly rates and references the publisher Asan Communications Inc with garbled branding and address lines.
Thousands of protesters jeered President Mikhail Gorbachev on Red Square during the May Day march. Unofficial demonstrators waved Lithuania flags and shouted Shame as Gorbachev and officials left the reviewing stand amid a tense political climate.
At Goddard Space Flight Center, engineers fixed the Hubble Telescope by using a Tinkertoy model and simple materials to realign a jammed high gain antenna. The repair enables calibration to begin and data transmission to resume via relay satellites next weekend.
President Bush pursues a tough carrot-and-stick strategy to win freedom for six U S hostages in Lebanon. Educator Frank Reed, freed in Beirut after 43 months, is the second American released in nine days, following Robert Polhill. Bush praises Iran and Syria but warns no normal relations until all hostages are freed. He ignores calls to delay a State Department terrorism report criticizing Tehran and Damascus while nudging Israel to release a Shiite cleric as a potential next step. Polhill, in Washington after treatment at Walter Reed, says he knows little about others and urges continued American support as more hostages are freed.
NEA reports average teacher pay for 1989 90 at 31 304 up from 29547. State salaries listed from Alaska 43153 to Utah 23652 with many others. NEA President Keith Geiger cites nationwide rise and cross state comparisons.
Salt Lake City The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints revised the endowment ceremony removing vows to obey husbands and depicting other religions as Satan’s agents. Women now vow to obey God, with the ritual performed once per person though usable for proxy ceremonies. The change, effective last month across 43 temples, has drawn enthusiastic support from members and scholars. Lavina Fielding Anderson, editor elect of the Journal of Mormon History, calls the changes a boost to women's spiritual life.
Allendale County officials probe a shooting involving Georgia Sheriff A Griner and his chief deputy Maj Charles Freeman after chasing Fred C. Goode 35 of Kline, Georgia into South Carolina. The focus is whether the Georgia officers acted within cross state lines.
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