19 May 1989
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1989
Page
1
Highway Patrol plans to add 50 unmarked high performance Mustangs, bringing total to 115 and making up under 10 percent of the fleet. Since December, Mustangs averaged 70 violations monthly, double marked cars, with 3,500 speeding violations each month in the last three months.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast tonight and Saturday with a chance of showers or thunderstorms. Lows near 60 and highs in the mid 80s. Details on Page 12A.
Obituary notice lists Nathalee Dicks Jamaica New York Nellie Gowdy Augusta Marion Guinn Aiken DeForest Hall Ill Augusta with reference to details on Page 5A.
The DOE considers consolidating plutonium work at Hanford Washington, potentially closing or repurposing HB-Line at SRS and the Mound Plant Ohio. About 1,300 new jobs could come to Hanford if chosen, with no SRS layoffs, as the plan preserves the PA-238 mission only if facilities are repurposed for other materials.
The Aiken County Legislative Delegation voted 8-1 to set an 84 millage cap for the 1989-90 school district budget of 60 million dollars. Despite no change in the rate from last year, reassessments raise the mill value from 186000 to about 229000, boosting taxes on a 50000 dollar home by roughly 19.20 dollars. The delegation left room for the school board to decide the final levy within the cap and to fund top priority items beyond the general fund.
Premier Li Peng announced measures to end a six day student hunger strike that sparked nationwide demonstrations in Beijing. Zhao Ziyang reportedly offered to resign, a move not confirmed, while the State Council banned demonstrations, and Beijing Television urged students to end the hunger strike.
The South Carolina House endorsed a bill requiring unwed girls under 17 seeking abortion to obtain parental or judicial consent, excluding incest cases. Civil liberties groups urge delay until the Supreme Court rules on pending abortion cases. The measure passed 102 to 0 on second reading and heads to the Senate. An amendment allows consent from one parent.
Ferdinand Marcos remains in critical condition in Honolulu after kidney heart and lung failures. Corazon Aquino says Marcos cannot return to the Philippines to die despite Imelda Marcos appeal. Government undecided on burial in homeland.
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