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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1990
Page
2
In 1947 The B F Goodrich Company of Akron Ohio announced the development of a tubeless tire signaling a major advance in tire technology for automobiles and related mobility sectors.
National briefs report Sammy Davis Jr fading at home eight weeks after leaving hospital with throat cancer. He reportedly weighs about 60 pounds and is scarcely able to speak due to a tracheotomy while friends fear he may not survive another week. Publicists declined comment. In Columbia, Oral Roberts University agreed to pay 6 million to take over PTL's network, Heritage USA, and undeveloped South Carolina land, with sale approval sought by May 31.
Scientists at Caltech and Washington University in St Louis cured mice of a disease like multiple sclerosis using monoclonal antibodies that destroy the white blood cells causing the condition. They say human cures are 10 or more years away, with about 250000 Americans affected by MS.
Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for women charged with murdering a drug case witness in a case that could become the first government execution in 27 years. The drug kingpin law targets murders ordered to protect a drug operation. Alexander Cooper and Anthony Davis face murder charges. Davis is at large. Attorney General Thornburgh notes such networks rely on witness cooperation to be dismantled.
A judge orders Detroit to release files on about 1.5 million people spied on by the Red Squad before 1974. Activists call the move a step against social paranoia as Wayne County Circuit Judge Lucile Watts allocates 750000 dollars for a Distribution Program hiring 65 workers to answer inquiries. Mayor Coleman Young opposed keeping the files but did not block their release.
Aiken Standard provides contact numbers for subscriptions and advertising and lists office hours and mailing address. The notice includes subscription and mail rates, payment instructions, and a garbled historical note about the paper’s founding and mailing details.
River flooding along the Arkansas, Red and Trinity rivers devastates 250 acres of Pipkin's 1000 acre spread near Pine Bluff. About half of winter wheat is lost and cotton planting is in doubt as 450,000 acres statewide suffer water damage worth millions. Cattle losses run into thousands. early damage estimates total 6.5 million for non agricultural property. Authorities warn of broader rural economic impact while officials head to a papal visit aftermath in Tuxtla Gutierrez where 26 die in a crash.
A Philippine Airlines flight bound for Iloilo exploded as it was towed to the runway in Manila. Seven people died and more than 80 were injured. Officials considered a bomb possible, while authorities pursued the investigation and President Aquino ordered officials to scene. The plane carried 113 passengers and six crew members.
Pope John Paul I condemned family planning and materialism as he addressed a Monterrey crowd of over 500,000 during his eight day visit. He urged freedom of religious education and greater parental input on sex education in public schools. The pope spoke on The Sanctification of Work as banners and ads framed the ceremony. He planned to visit Tuxtla Gutierrez to honor crash victims, including a bishop, after a deadly plane incident that killed 27.
HOT SPRINGS Va The Business Council 100 chief executives forecast the economy to expand about 2 percent in 1990 and 2.6 percent in 1991 up from earlier worries of a recession. Lewis T Preston JP Morgan chair noted no forecast for a recession this year or next, crediting Federal Reserve policy for a moderate growth path amid inflation pressures. Weather factors and other aberrations pushed first quarter prices to a rising annual rate of 8.1 percent, nudging inflation forecast to 4.8 percent for the year.
The government reports a 0.3 percent drop in April wholesale prices, the third consecutive modest decline after January’s 1.8 percent surge from a severe cold snap. Producer prices for finished goods fell 0.2 percent in March, with February flat, while the CPI shows inflation running high at an 8.5 percent annual pace early in the year.
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