17 May 1991
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1991
Page
1
On the cover a plan in Milwaukee tests two new schools designed for black male students to curb soaring dropouts. The feature also surveys similar efforts nationwide while travel and food stories accompany the section.
Chicago AP reports Mike Hayes used a penny donation drive in 1987 to pay for college. Syndicated columnist Bob Greene aided the effort, raising $29,000 for Hayes, who then graduated from the University of Illinois and secured a New York job.
Obituary brief lists Witla Cabaniss Albuquerque Richard Dickinson Jacksonville Broadus Edmond Monetta Tommy Garnett Lincolnton Lucile Lewis Greenwood Leona K Loftus Aiken Leon McKevie Aiken Lester Newman Clearwater Louise Janet Smith Aiken with a note to see Page 5A for details.
State Sen elect Gene Carmichael won approval to take the seat amid a bribery scandal backlash. A 26 to 14 vote rejected a bid to refuse seating as Attorney General Medlock said the Senate may decide. Supporters urged honoring voters will while detractors warned of further taint on government.
Senator Moore lashes out at South Carolina’s top lawyer calling him a spineless jellyfish after a 24 16 Senate vote to deny Sen Carmichael’s seat amid Civil War era politics and past absentee vote convictions.
The article notes a Senate vote amid GOP control and Democratic opposition labeled weak kneed. Thomas of Fountain Inn voices concern that public backlash could shape opinions on Legislature actions in South Carolina.
Prolonged Rocky Flats shutdown forces Navy to deploy first Atlantic Fleet Trident submarines with fewer than full missile warhead loads. Pentagon sources say eight-warhead missiles may be underarmed, while Pacific Fleet subs remain fully armed. exact counts are undisclosed due to sensitivity.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports AIDS killed two organ recipients from a donor who may have acquired the virus shortly before his 1985 murder. Authorities track over 50 additional recipients as eight grafts may have been infectious.
Columbia SC EPA data show South Carolina released about 8.5 million pounds of toxic chemicals in 1989 up from 1988. The nation cut overall pollution 10 percent but critics say exemptions and omissions in the Toxic Release Inventory hide several facilities and waste sites from count.
U S Senator Ernest Hollings donated about two thirds of the 827,200 in honoraria he received to charity while keeping nearly the lawful maximum. The reports show he gave 55,212 to charity and kept 26,988 of the 27,337 allowed for 1990.
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