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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1990
Page
2
Alysheba captured the 113th Kentucky Derby in 1987 earning a record prize of 618600 dollars. The victory elevated the horse and connections to racing prominence as one of the era’s standout performers.
West Germany's Wiesbaden hospital hosts Frank Reed after his 31 year captivity. His wife Fahima recounts Reed was often held with five or six others, bound and blindfolded, and expresses anger at officials for the protracted crisis as others remain in captivity. In Hawaii, Kalapana Gardens residents recall lava destruction from Kilauea's 1983 eruption, with 125 homes lost and a 2000 foot lava flow advancing east across the subdivision.
Italian-born tenor Sergio Franchi, Tony winner for Nine and former Las Vegas headliner, died of cancer at his estate in Stonington Connecticut. He was known for O Sole Mio Wind Beneath My Wings Memory and Volare commercials in the 1970s. He never disclosed his age, with some sources listing 87.
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports an average of 242 prescribing errors daily at Albany Medical Center Hospital in 1987. Of 289,411 prescriptions, 905 contained errors, with 182 potentially causing serious harm or death, though quality assurance procedures were deemed effective.
Aiken Standard lists subscription and advertising contacts with phone numbers for classified display and customer service. Includes opening hours Monday through Sunday and options for 1, 3, 6, or 12 month subscriptions.
The Senate Budget Committee plans a $1.2 trillion 1991 budget that cuts defense by 9.8 billion from Bush proposal and aims to reduce the deficit by 43 billion. House Democrats pass a party line budget favoring defense cuts.
Secretary of State James A. Baker III heads to Brussels for talks with NATO and EC ministers on the pace of Western Europe political union and the alliance’s future role. Britain Denmark and Portugal push slower Western integration while the United States maintains ties with allies. Friday Bonn talks will focus on East and West Germany security impact as Baker seeks stronger NATO membership for reunified Germany amid Soviet unease.
Former HUD deputy assistant secretary DuBois Gilliam, jailed for 18 months, resumes testimony under immunity about alleged bribes and a grant sought by unnamed aides in the vice president's office. Rep Tom Lantos says Gilliam will describe a HUD grant used to aid a Hispanic leader for a plane trip with the vice president to Puerto Rico. Gilliam confirms willingness to testify but declines further discussion.
Washington says all American hostages must be freed before the United States can move beyond small gestures of thanks to Iran. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater stressed the ball remains in the kidnappers court as long as hostages are unreleased. Officials noted no shift in the kidnappers demands, including the release of Shiite cleric Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid and prisoners in Kuwait and Israel.
Lithuania moved to ration food today as Kremlin blocks supply, with May Day as the holiday delay. Parliament spokeswomen said distribution of road rationing coupons starts, limiting May and June intakes of sugar macaroni grains salt flour grease. Pro Moscow Communists protested secession in Vilnius while reformist Moscow and Leningrad city councils pledged aid.
In Budapest 384 deputies gathered as Hungary’s first democratic legislature in 42 years opened. The session focused on selecting a new house speaker to serve as interim president, replacing Matyas Szueroes. Deputies traveled from St Stephen’s Cathedral for Mass before the proceedings. The old Republic insignia was removed, marking the transition from Communism to democracy.
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