10 May 1991
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1991
Page
1
USA WEEKEND columnist Denis Hayes highlights trees role in revitalizing the atmosphere and offers reader tips to help. Judith Olney lists the nation's ten best farmers markets noting specialties and detours worth visiting.
The page reports cloudy skies across the region with a forecast of possible showers. Winds remain light, and temperatures are expected to stay mild through the day with a scattered rain risk.
New Jersey Rutgers University sues Nourse Farms accusing fraud and misappropriation after a Mass nursery allegedly feminized an all male asparagus seed Jersey Giant that Rutgers had developed. Nourse countersues charging the university with fraud slander and attempts to destroy the business.
Obituary notice lists Marie W Anstey Mepazican Ga Mary Bradley Barnwell Joseph Cartledge Edgefield Matthew Clifford Hammond Johnston Bobby Heyward Aiken Faye B Phelan Aiken with a directive to see Page 6A for full details.
White House Chief of Staff John Sununu arrived at Aiken Airport for a USC Aiken graduation speech after a White House travel policy change. He called the plan good and said it would not burden him, while USC Aiken officials noted the school would not cover trip costs. Thurmond joined the visit, and Sununu received an honorary doctorate from USCA.
Sununu tells USC Aiken graduates to restore accountability in education and serve America. He notes lost elementary school accountability, recalls Bush’s 1000 points of light, and urges graduates to apply knowledge to improve quality of life amid worldwide changes.
The article notes military jets costing taxpayers thousands of dollars and states the President's order requires future travel to be cleared by White House counsel. It refers to Sununu and Kiety as authorities to determine if trips are personal political or business, with a pointer to page 5A for Sununu details.
Ambrose Schwalle, VP of Westinghouse Savannah River Company, will temporarily fill as manager of operations at the Savannah River Site as an investigation into alleged misuse of government funds proceeds. James Moore, president of Westinghouse Savannah River Co., is reassigned. a permanent replacement is not yet named. Westinghouse pauses to review nearly 70 million dollars tied to a special construction fund.
A 29 year old woman testified she was overpowered and assaulted by William Kennedy Smith at the Kennedy estate near the Atlantic Ocean. Smith, a Georgetown medical student and Kennedy nephew, faced charges of sexual battery and battery as investigators described the tense aftermath and public identification by media outlets.
The South Carolina State Board of Education narrowly approved a controversial Tactics for Thinking program after a heated hour long debate. Critics allege New Age and occult methods while supporters say it fosters higher order thinking and creative teaching across districts.
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