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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1993
Page
2
Protests over a sixteen dollar exam fee in Johannesburg trigger desertions in black schools, looting, and two student deaths amid fears of apartheid-era inequities. Government maintains the fee motivates exam participation despite calls to scrap it.
A widely run photo shows two senators examining submarine sleeping quarters as part of the campaign over barring openly gay service in the military. The image strengthens Sam Nunn’s push against the Clinton plan to end the ban, while lawmakers push back and Aspin plans an interim policy by July 15.
In Neuilly sur Seine authorities said a police special team shot the gunman after the hostage crisis ended. A teacher Laur ence Dreyfus and six children, ages 2 to 4, escaped unharmed. The kidnapper had demanded 18.5 million dollars and had threatened death.
Aiken Standard lists location at 124 Rutland Drive and P O Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802. Office hours 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday. Subscription and delivery contacts include 649 5316 649 5315 648 2506 and 648 6052 for fax. News tips line 648 2311 AnswerLine 642 5151 for questions and surveys.
A telephone poll of 2,000 adults finds 56 percent believe reform will raise costs or worsen quality, yet 56 percent support major changes and 29 percent favor an overhaul. Two thirds would pay more for universal care. survey funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar files a federal suit against General Motors and a Chicago ad firm alleging use of his birth name Lew Alcindor in an Oldsmobile commercial without permission. He claims the March to April ads damaged his reputation and caused emotional distress. Fred Rogers urges graduates to help others and cites support from mentors who believed in them.
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