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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1996
Page
2
Newsmaker Leslie Nielsen recalls in an Orange County interview how playing bumbling Lt Frank Drebin in Police Squad loosened his self image and opened the path to three Naked Gun films. He says the role let him see his own “dumb and stupid” side and felt great.
Philadelphia AP reports pop star Brandy may sing at the Lower Merion High School prom. Rumors of the Grammy winner joining Kobe Bryant prompted extra security for the Saturday event. Senior Mike Didona warned he might leave if she performs.
Christopher Reeve, paralyzed from a horse accident, is narrating HBO's documentary Without Pity set to debut in September and directing his debut film In the Gloaming for HBO, filming October for a 1997 release. The Superman star travels by respirator-equipped wheelchair and leads the project.
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Democrats won House passage of a minimum wage increase from 4.25 to 4.75 with July 1996 and 1997 steps. The measure, backed by moderates and many Republicans, advances to the Senate where Daschle hopes for action after Memorial Day recess. Dole opposes a narrow wage raise but supports broader package talks. House rejected a small business exemption provision, calling it a poison pill that Clinton vowed to veto.
Two state run weapons firms Poly Technologies and Norinco denied involvement in a U S smuggling plot that shipped 2000 AK 47 rifles to the United States. Seven suspects were arrested near San Francisco with warrants for seven more as investigators said the ring planned to peddle rocket launchers anti air missiles and tanks.
Portable generators were hooked to tower poles near the Freeman property to allow the FBI option of cutting electricity to the compound without affecting nearby households. Crews finished hookups in the rain. tests were pending. Utility staff face Memorial Day weekend reduced staffing, delaying any disconnection decision.
DOPEKA Kan While looking for Sen Bob Doles successor the governor chose Lt. Gov Sheila Frahm as leading candidate Gov Bill Graves plans a news conference Frahm would be appointed to complete Doles term and run in the August primary and November general Frahm would face opponents such as Rep Sam Brownback and former state Sen Eric Yost in Kansas politics
In Spring Hill Florida 11 year old Jimmy McCarthy the first profoundly deaf contestant reaches the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington DC with 248 U S pupils. He uses hearing aids a radio device and a sign language interpreter to spell words.
The Senate approved a GOP drafted 1.63 trillion budget for 1997, projecting deficit reduction by 2002. It relies on 700 billion in savings from Medicare Medicaid welfare and other programs and adds a 500 per child tax credit. The vote was along party lines 53 to 46 with one absence. House action and a mid-June compromise are planned.
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