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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1990
Page
2
In 1961 the first group of freedom riders left Washington for New Orleans to confront racial segregation in interstate bus travel and terminals. The action marks a pivotal protest in the civil rights movement with riders facing legal and racial barriers along the routes.
National briefs report Alaska becoming a transit point for narcotics smuggled into the United States and Europe. Customs has intercepted shipments at Anchorage International Airport amid a suspected larger flow. Intelligence notes heroin from Asia and opium from Pakistan and cocaine from South America moving via Asian mother ships to Alaska shore routes. The airport handles about 250 000 passengers annually and serves as a refueling link for Europe Asia flights.
Mary Lea Johnson Richards stage and screen producer and J. Seward Johnson heir died at 63 in Pittsburgh after a liver transplant. She and siblings challenged their father J. Seward Johnson's will gifting most of the estate to his third wife Barbara Piasecka Johnson in a lengthy court battle.
Indian leaders on the St. Regis reserve denounced a Montreal meeting where U.S. and Canadian officials planned a single Mohawk government to replace three councils. The dispute over gambling operations has escalated after a 34-hour session and two related shooting deaths.
Mail still arrives for Ryan White 18, with more than 900 pieces flooding Jeanne White's home since his death from AIDS related complications on April 8. Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas hired a secretary to help sort letters as Mrs. White and Shelley Henson manage get well notes at Riley Hospital for Children. The teenager became a national AIDS education spokesman after a court battle to attend public school.
Local notices list subscription calls and advertising contacts for the Aiken Standard. It includes phone numbers for classified and display ads, customer service hours, and mail subscription rates and P.O. box address.
Kent State University held a candlelight march and prepared a $100,000 memorial for four students killed and nine wounded during the 1970 Vietnam War protest. About 2,000 people attended the eve of the dedication as guards planned a low-profile security presence and speakers included George McGovern.
Frank Reed, just freed by captors, leaves Wiesbaden for the United States after urging Britain to press harder for the release of two remaining hostages, Brian Keenan and John McCarthy. Reed, 57, spent 42 months in captivity with McCarthy and Keenan and was among six Americans still held in Lebanon.
Robert Polhill 55 says he feels weak but hopes to leave Walter Reed soon after a homecoming dinner for his 10th wedding anniversary with wife Ferial. He notes fellow freed hostage Frank Reed was to return to the United States today and expresses eagerness to see Reed and other captives later.
Secretary of State James A. Baker III arrived in Bonn for another round of Soviet talks on Germany's future and arms control. The West aims for a late June London meeting and a 35 nation summit in Paris by year end, with decisions pending on deploying new missiles and troop reductions in Europe.
President Bush outlines steps to scrap the Lance missile upgrade and halt nuclear artillery modernization in Europe. He calls for a NATO summit in late June or July to review a transformed Europe and the alliance’s political mission as Eastern Europe shifts toward democracy.
Latvia's president says no Western aid will be forthcoming if Latvia secedes from the Soviet Union but supports an independence plan in the Baltic republic's legislature. Pro independence lawmakers claim enough votes to pass. Lithuania and Estonia have already declared independence with undefined transition periods.
Kalapana Hawaii faces a long recovery as Kilauea slows and lava creeps within 75 yards of the Kalapana Store and Drive-In and 175 yards of the Star of the Sea Church being moved to safety. Civil defense encloses the area while residents consider returning after years of destruction.
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