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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1996
Page
2
Mary Tyler Moore addressed Shepherd College graduates urging a meat free diet after revealing she became a vegetarian when she learned how animals are treated before slaughter. She warned of human hunger and suggested redirecting grain fed to animals to people.
Twister leads the weekend with an estimated 37.5 million in gross, the biggest opening on a May non holiday weekend but well short of Batman Forever's 52.8 million June 1996 debut. Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton star in the Steven Spielberg George Lucas adventure. Sprint Corp says it will drop surcharges for calling cards and set 5 cents per minute for domestic card use.
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Geneva talks on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty proceed with 98 delegations as six weeks remain. China and India balk at a total ban, while the United States Britain and France back a full prohibition on explosions including lab tests. Russia accepts the ban. doubts linger about peaceful use exceptions.
Five people died in a fire at the UNC Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house on graduation day. Three others were injured including Adam Jones, Ben Eubanks, and Anne Glenn. Fire officials expect days to determine the cause as Chancellor Hooker expressed sorrow.
Police in riot gear used tear gas to break up a downtown crowd after the Seven Mary Three show was halted. About 200 demonstrators faced 75 officers, with 16 arrests for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest as bottles and beer were hurled. Dozens injured, most from tear gas. witnesses described clashes on and off the bandstand.
The Pew Center reports TV news is expanding but losing audiences. Evening news regularly watched by 42 percent, down from 60 percent three years earlier, with overall TV news importance dropping and magazine show viewership sliding from 43 to 36 percent since 1994. Local TV news remains popular but fell from 72 to 65 percent. Newspaper readership shows signs of stabilization with 50 percent saying they read a newspaper yesterday.
London reports OJ Simpson on publicity swing after acquittal enjoys warmer reception. He was shown potential sites in Surrey near London in the stockbroker belt as a possible future home. Publicist quotes the Sunday Telegraph.
The Pew Center reported 1751 respondents with a margin of error plus or minus 2 percentage points. David Bartlett of the RTNDA explained that other channels have grown rapidly, making the traditional network evening broadcasts lose some audience.
Atlanta officials say the three-story Margaret Mitchell House was extensively damaged by fire on Sunday with arson suspected. The building known as The Dump, once Mitchells writing site, remained unoccupied with no injuries. The blaze destroyed eighty percent of the structure as renovations were to finish. Mary Rose Taylor emphasized the site would rise again.
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