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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1996
Page
2
Las Vegas illusionists Siegfried and Roy become the new proud keepers of 18 day old white lion cubs named Pride and Joy. The cubs flew 36 hours from Johannesburg, South Africa, in first class with pillows, bottles, a nurse and a curator during a photo session.
Brigitte Bardot urged South Korea to ban dog meat sales if it hosts the 2002 World Cup. She said Western sensitivities would be shocked by markets selling dead and living dogs and criticized slaughter methods as unbearable to Westerners who view dogs as man’s best friend.
A 26 mile section of state Highway 190 in Plano Texas will be renamed the President George Bush Turnpike. Gov. George W. Bush unveiled the plan at a ceremony blocked by the elder Bush’s absence. The designation honors the former president though the turnpike is not yet constructed.
Aiken Standard subscription rates for home delivery county and other mail are listed with monthly three month six month and yearly options. Advance payments may be sent to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription The Aiken Standard established 1867 is published weekday afternoons and weekends by Aiken Communications Inc. P.O. Box 456 Aiken S C 29802 Postmaster address changes to the Aiken Standard P.O. Box 456 Aiken S C 29802.
An Associated Press poll finds 78 percent support raising the minimum wage from 4.25 to 5.15 by 1990, with 61 percent strongly in favor and 17 percent opposed. Democrats backers outpace Republicans. two thirds say living standards would improve if Congress acts. margin of error plus or minus 3 points.
At Stratfield School in Fairfield an audit found 9 percent of reading test answers altered on January tests for third and fifth graders. Riverside Publishing Co. attributed the tampering to changes from wrong to correct answers. Pupils will be retested later this month.
Prosecutors say Elyse Pahler 15 was lured by three high school peers to a eucalyptus grove where she was drugged hurt and strangled as a sacrifice to Satan. The suspects Royce Casey 17 Jacob Delashmutt 16 and Joseph Fiorella 15 face added counts including mistreatment and conspiracy.
Federal agents dismantled a large Mexican Colombian cocaine smuggling operation named Operation Zorro I. The crackdown led to over 150 arrests across the United States as authorities used eavesdropping evidence gathered for eight months. The ring moved cocaine with a wholesale value of about 100 million dollars.
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