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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1992
Page
2
The Federal Election Commission reports congressional campaigns raised 247.5 million dollars in 15 months, a 286 percent jump from two years prior. House and Senate candidates spent 170.1 million, up from 126.6 million in the previous period, with total contributions rising to near 192.5 million before the 1990 cycle.
26 workers are trapped a half mile underground after a Saturday explosion at the Westray coal mine near Plymouth Nova Scotia. Rescue crews use drills and heavy gear as relatives wait.
In a volatile final campaign day for the Philippine national election, two blasts kill two and injure 41 near pro Ramos rallies in General Santos City while another bombing in Cotabato leaves one dead and 15 injured. A grenade in Quezon City caused no casualties. Overall campaign deaths reach 38 since February amid a seven-candidate presidential race led by Fidel Ramos and including Miriam Defensor Santiago and Ju Juangco allies.
Cape Canaveral reports the shuttle Endeavour closes in on the distressed Intelsat 6 satellite as astronauts prepare for a dramatic spacewalk rescue. Three engine firings place Endeavour 1,062 miles behind the target within a moving control box 225 miles above Earth, while Intelsat faces costs of about $120,000 daily until recovery.
Nova Scotian Marshall Doyle recalls the moment the mine explosion shook the area. He says the windows rattled and he understood immediately that the blast was from the mine, noting that residents always live with the possibility of such an event.
Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. blasted President Bush and praised Harry S. Truman while defending Lyndon Johnson and endorsing Bill Clinton. He accepted the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award and said Clinton’s campaign stressed racial harmony and urban repair before recent Los Angeles riots. Environmentalist clash echoed by James Watt in Roseburg Oregon as he warned the US faces threats to free nation. The Genesis rock tour opened in Dallas with a satirical show lampooning televangelists and a product-like message plastered on screens.
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