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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1996
Page
2
TV host John Tesh announces departure from Entertainment Tonight to focus on his career as a New Age composer and performer. He will appear one last time with Mary Hart on May 30 and begins a four month national concert tour June 12 in Chicago.
Arnold Schwarzenegger will be awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters by the University of Wisconsin Superior on Friday night. The ceremony will require tickets for the first time. He graduated from the university in 1979, and the award cites his health and fitness work and efforts against prejudice. In Sydney Linda Evangelista calls models genetic freaks while promoting a treadmill launch.
The Aiken Standard lists HOME DELIVERY rates at 6.95 monthly 26.85 for 3 months 53.70 for 6 months and 107.40 per year COUNTY MAIL 11.20 monthly 33.60 for 3 months 67.20 for 6 months 134.40 per year OTHER MAIL 17.45 monthly 1352.95 for 3 months 104.75 for 6 months 209.40 per year Advance payments may be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription The Aiken Standard ISSN 899-2557 established in 1067 is published weekday afternoons and Saturday and Sunday mornings by Aiken Communications Inc P O Box 456 124 Rutland Drive Aiken SC 29802 Postmaster send address changes to Aiken Standard P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
Army medical teams aid tens of thousands injured after a 125 mph tornado, the Bangladeshi disaster in Tangail and nearby towns. Death toll disputed between 447 and 700 with 500 missing and 50,000 injured as villagers face collapsed schools, blocked roads, and crowded hospitals.
Investigators focus on an explosion aboard ValuJet Flight 592 after evidence shows the DC-9 carried 50 to 60 emergency oxygen generators and three inflated tires in the front cargo hold. Data from the NTSB suggests normal flight until the loss of altitude before the plane crashed into the Everglades, killing 110 people including an infant not on the manifest. The infant’s inclusion brought the victim count to 110.
House Ways and Means Committee approved a 33-3 vote for a tax breaks package worth 7.05 billion dollars through 2003. The plan includes liberalized equipment writeoffs for small firms, a simple pension option for firms with 100 or fewer workers, and a continued 5,250 tuition tax exemption for employers. House leaders to bring the bill to the floor next week, with a potential amendment to raise the minimum wage from 4.25 to 5.25 over 15 months.
In Pontiac Michigan Jack Kevorkian vows to continue his assistance after a third trial acquitted him on two charges. He calls his actions a legitimate medical service and rejects quitting despite prosecutors warning they will press on.
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole plans to resign his 27 year Senate seat to devote fulltime effort to his campaign against Bill Clinton. A senior GOP official said the move would relaunch his bid and frame it around his World War II service and tough upbringing in Russell Kansas.
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