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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1996
Page
2
Jackson Mississippi AP report notes rapper James Todd Smith known as LL Cool J, with his own TV show, says a college degree would have helped him avoid being manipulated early in his career after a high school education. He spoke to high school students about the importance of education.
Angel Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas died of cancer Friday at a hospital in Sayre Pennsylvania. She had walked the high wire despite losing a leg to cancer and left behind her former husband Steven Wallenda and their 9 year old son. The Wallendas trace their lineage to patriarch Karl the Great who died in 1978 in Puerto Rico.
In Little Rock Arkansas prosecutors rested their case against Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and former Clinton associates after nine weeks of testimony. A key witness claimed James McDougal and Clinton benefited from a $300000 loan channeled through Susan McDougal advertising. An FBI agent offered no direct link between loan proceeds and Clinton.
Rates for home delivery and mail subscriptions listed for Aiken Standard include monthly, three month, six month, and yearly options. The paper is published by Aiken Communications Inc with Post Office details and a P.O. Box address in Aiken South Carolina.
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear Georgia death-row inmate Ellis Wayne Felker's constitutional challenge to new limits on federal appeals by state prisoners. Felker, convicted in 1981 of killing a female college student, was spared after the court granted review nine days after the anti-delay law was signed by President Clinton.
The Supreme Court scheduled June 3 arguments to issue a decision before the term ends in early July. Four justices opposed the expedited schedule, led by Justice John Paul Stevens who called fast review unnecessary and unwise. He was joined by Justices Saucer Ginsburg and Breyer, urging deliberation.
California counts births to married women who keep their maiden names as unmarried. The inferential method uses parental names on birth certificates. National data show about 35 percent of California births in 1993 had unmarried parents.
Roosevelt Johnson, a rebel leader whose clash with Charles Taylor sparked a month of chaos in Monrovia, was secretly evacuated Friday by a U.S. helicopter to the American Embassy in Freetown before heading to Accra for Liberia peace talks. U S officials expect his participation in the Ghana meeting amid ongoing cease-fire efforts and tensions surrounding Johnson and Taylor.
A 5.3 magnitude quake centered near Duvall rattled Seattle and felt in Portland and Vancouver. The Kingdome was deemed sound after inspection though residents reported items falling and a brief power outage occurred with no serious damage or injuries.
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