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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1996
Page
2
Elizabeth Taylor headlined a star studded Cannes Film Festival fundraiser at Moulin de Mougins on the French Riviera. The Cinema Against AIDS 1996 event raised about $700000 for AMFAR the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
Massachusetts Governor William F. Weld fainted during commencement at Bentley College after receiving an honorary Doctor of Law. He fell toward the podium but was caught, briefly unconscious, then stabilized and taken to an ambulance. The crowd applauded as he was wheeled away.
FBI agents and a Colorado lawmaker met with the anti government Freemen again on Saturday on a muddy farm road near their 960 acre property. The two sides talked for two hours and 15 minutes with no progress toward ending the stand off. Two carloads of agents stood watch while seven negotiators sat around a folding table on the dirt road. After the talks ended negotiators left without speaking to reporters.
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Worldwatch Institute’s Vital Signs 1996 highlights both gains and growing trouble. The warmest year on record since 1880, 15.39 C average global temperature, HIV infections up 4.7 million, with grain shortages and rising food prices blamed on climate shifts. Lester R. Brown warns of ancient harvest challenges amid signs of moving to cleaner energy and greater environmental political will.
Cape Canaveral reports Coca-Cola servings aboard Endeavour for six astronauts on a science mission while Mir hosts Pepsi beverages and a first in space commercial. NASA notes a two phase liquid gas study as the publicized showdown continues the long running cola wars.
A NASA DC-XA prototype rocket burst into flames on its first flight at White Sands NM. The Delta Clipper Experimental Advanced lifted off to 800 feet, maneuvered 350 feet, then landed upright but caught fire on the pad. Firefighters quickly contained the blaze. no injuries reported.
Radovan Karadzic ousted Prime Minister Rajko Kasagic and nominated Gojko Klickovic as new Bosnian Serb prime minister in a pre dawn session. The move heightens tensions with Western allies and risks splitting Bosnian Serb territory after years of war and the Dayton framework.
President Clinton praised an Republican governor Tomm y Thompson led welfare to work plan as solid and protective of children. He urged Congress to pass similar reform and vetoed two GOP bills for not meeting work and child-protection standards. Clinton cited Wisconsin and Maryland programs as hopeful steps toward breaking welfare dependency.
CNN Time poll shows President Clinton with 56 percent approval and 60 percent favorable ratings while 55 percent think Dole can defeat him in November. Newsweek testing Dole Senate resignation finds 79 percent say it won’t affect voting. 12 percent say it would boost support.
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