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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1998
Page
2
CAPE CANAVERAL NASA recommended delaying the first segment of the international space station until year end because of Russia money issues. The target launch had been set for November, a full year late, with agencies to review the plan at month end.
Voters in Northern Ireland and the Republic cast ballots on a peace plan ending decades of sectarian bloodshed. Early turnout was high with lines outside polls and exit polls anticipated Saturday results. Pro and anti views framed the vote as a test of support for a Belfast government balancing Protestant and Catholic rights.
Jakarta reports soldiers from the Indonesian army ended a five day student takeover of Parliament after dark Friday. They evicted scores of demonstrators who helped topple Suharto and opposed new President B J Habibie. The crackdown was mostly peaceful with some scuffles and no injuries or arrests. About 2,000 students sang the national anthem as they were escorted to buses, chanting Reject Habibie.
A North Carolina minister Rev John L Carson will become Erskine College and Seminary president on June 15, succeeding retiring president James W Strobel. Carson, pastor at First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Gastonia since 1994, has taught at Erskine Seminary and is an alumnus of Erskine College.
The Aiken Standard began in 1967 and is published weekday afternoons and Saturdays and Sundays mornings by Aiken Communications Inc. Rates shown include various mail options with monthly and yearly prices such as COUNTY MAIL and OTHER MAIL plans.
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