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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1990
Page
1
The nation’s first plastic stamp, moisture free and tear resistant, goes on sale Saturday through 22 Seattle area ATMs as a six month test. Postmaster General Anthony Frank calls ATM stamps a technological milestone and notes the 25 cent stamp’s abstract flag design.
In Campbells Creek West Virginia a rural florist, Bill Grealis, 41, was assaulted and robbed after neighbors wrongly accused him of having AIDS. The attacker slashed his arm and painted AIDS on his shop wall and his van. Grealis, who lost weight due to illness, was hospitalized for six stitches.
Notices list Jackie Lee Adams Aiken Martin Muns Smyrna Hodges Statesboro and Georgia Rivers Wagener with plea to see Page 4A for full details.
Saturday night in Aiken bound for the city’s party scene as Summer Squall won the Preakness Stakes. Applebee’s hosted an invitation only pre opening party with 1900 invites and 200 more handed out. Patrons cheered the victory, as signs at the restaurant proclaimed congratulations to Summer Squall.
Summer Squall, the Dogwood Stable colt from Aiken, challenged Derby winner Unbridled in the Preakness at Pimlico. Unbridled edged ahead in the stretch and won by 2 1/2 lengths before 86,531 fans as Summer Squall posted the second-fastest Preakness time, within a few ticks of the track record. Pat Day rode both horses, with trainer Neil Howard expressing pride and belief in his contender.
Secretary of State James A. Baker III and Soviet leaders announce a trailblazing U S Soviet agreement to destroy chemical weapons and verify limits on underground nuclear tests. The deal advances START talks and sets the stage for the May June summit with President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev.
A May 30 to June 3 summit aims to reveal a path for about 40 nations negotiating a global chemical weapons ban. The pact would halt production immediately and destroy 80 percent of existing stocks, signaling progress toward disarmament.
A summit declaration would steer an overall reduction of 30 percent to 35 percent in U S and Soviet long range bombers missiles and submarines.
JPS committee urged to back construction of a new 303 bed jail costing up to 13 million. Moses Mims and the Detention Center Citizens Advisory Board criticized unsafe Hampton Avenue facilities and urged expansion minded planning, opposing modular cells and seeking magistrate court referral for minor offenses to reduce crowding. The group urged Phase II design, engineering and contract signing immediately.
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