National Briefs: 11 Fatally Hurt in Conflict at Mine
Heavily armed police sealed the President Steyn gold mine area in the Orange Free State after racial clashes left two whites dead and four blacks and others wounded. Police described broader statewide tensions with protests by right wing whites, rubber bullets, and threats of major confrontation. In a separate briefing, Agent Orange exposure claims emerged as a VA adviser urged disability payments for veterans suffering cancer and other diseases linked to the herbicide.
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South Africa
Orange Free State
Welkom
President Steyn
Washington
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Department of Veterans Affairs
Zumwalt
Environmental Hazards Advisory Committee
Veterans
Edward J. Derwinski Jr
Vietnam
Senate committee opens Watergate hearings in 1973
On this day in 1973 the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities began hearings into the Watergate scandal that challenged President Nixon and the White House, signaling a major probe into campaign misconduct and illicit activities.
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Senate Select Committee
Nixon
Baker Gifts Include Religious Picture From Soviet Leader
Washington reveals secretary James A. Baker III received a $175 religious picture from Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze. The gift, noted in Baker’s 1989 disclosure along with Berlin Wall fragments, frames and other items from foreign officials, was given at Baker’s ranch near Jackson Hole Wyoming. In St Louis, record stores weigh age checks as some chain stores card under 18 buyers for albums with explicit material amid a push by politicians and parents to label such products.
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Washington
James A. Baker Ili
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Baker
Nis
Berlin Wall
Shevardnadze
Jackson Hole
Wyo
Gareth Evans
Australia
ST. Louis
Jean Dixon
Sound Warehouse Inc
Streetside Records
Missouri
Kansas
Camelot Music
Jim Varvaris
St. Louis County
Aiken Standard Classified and Circulation Details
The Aiken Standard lists contact numbers for subscriptions and advertising and provides office hours and mailing address. It includes monthly and yearly home delivery and mail rates, with payment to the subscription association.
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Aiken Standard - Pbm
Senate OKs AIDS aid bill may shape budget debate
Senate approves a 2.9 billion five year aid bill to help cities and states cope with AIDS costs. The measure provides 600 million annually for 1991 and 1992 with funds slated for the 13 largest cities. It passes 95 to 4 despite opposition from Sen. Jesse Helms as House action awaits a larger version.
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Orin Hatch
Utah
Washington
Senate
Bush
Orrin Hatch
Hatch
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
House
Congressional Budget Office
Sen
Jesse Helms
Contras and Coalition Agree to Cease Fire and Surrender Timeline
Wiss Contras and the Coalition reach a cease fire and agree to demobilize the Contras in security zones. Contras will begin surrendering weapons on April 25 and disband by June 10. President Lnamorro takes office as Meigs Prosi rist a strike cripples public services with land occupation and aging. Vice President Vigilo Godoy accuses strike supporters of trying to force the U.S. back.
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Lnamorro
Ont Vigilo Godoy
U.S
Nicaragua Strike Ends Amid Cash Crisis Deepens
In Managua a Sandinista backed walkout ends as public employees gain doubled salaries and a pledge not to target strikers. Washington debates aid while Chamorro's government concedes on most demands, leaving Nicaragua’s liquidity strained and labor leaders claiming a partial victory.
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Managua
Nicaragua
ProSandinista
Washington
Millon
Sandinista Front
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
Senora Violeta
Lucio Jimenez
Polhill Cancer Surgery Considered After Captivity
Doctors at Walter Reed said freed hostage Robert Polhill faces removal of his voice box due to a cancerous throat growth. Surgery might have been avoidable with earlier diagnosis, as tumor is extensive but not yet spreading. Radiation planned. Polhill, 55, was held 39 months in Lebanon and praised as a survivor.
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Washington
Robert Polhil
Ro Shill
Col
Russ Zajtchuk
Walter Reed Medical Center
Polhill
Lebanon
Ferial
Hems
Zajtchuk
Zaytscuk
Zaychu
Poli
Bush Kohl Meet To Discuss Arms Control In Washington
President Bush and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl meet in Washington to discuss East West issues ahead of a superpower summit. They address Baltic tensions, Lithuania’s push for independence, Gorbachev relations, and calls for restraint amid economic pressure.
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Kohl
Washington
Helmut Kohl
Europe
Lithania
Estonia
Latvia
Francois Mitterrand
Kremlin
Lithuania
Soviet Union
Baltic States
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Free Trade Must Be Fair Says Steel Executive At Conference
Georgetown Industries president Roger Regelbrugge told the South Carolina International Trade Conference that free trade requires fair, uniformly enforced standards across nations. He cited a growing global economy and ripple effects of domestic policies on international markets, noting 1988 trade contributed $750 billion to the US economy and world trade surpassed $5 trillion.
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Charleston
Carolinas Steel
Roger Regelbrugge
Georgetown Industries Inc
Charlotte
N.C
South Carolina
Georgetown Industries
Georgetown Steel
Georgetown
Ecsiaukse Scurepere
Regelbrugge
Kid Safety Device Push Aids Sinks For Children
Wash ington A children's advocacy group will help low income households install anti scald devices on sinks bathtubs and showers to shut off hot water to prevent burns. The National Safe Kids Campaign began a program to reduce the 100 daily hospital emergency visits for scald burns and seek stricter plumbing codes on water temperatures and pressure. Dr C Everett Koop Safe Kids chairman cited rapid potential burns from hot water when unattended.
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National
Safe Kids
C. Everett Koop
U.S
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