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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1990
Page
2
On This Day In 1977 a ruptured earthen dam released a 30 foot flood that swept through the Toccoa Falls Bible College campus in Georgia, killing 39 people and causing major destruction.
A private study urges an aircraft style single stage to orbit spacecraft with reusable rockets to slash spaceflight costs. The Pentagon’s Star Wars program backs four firms designing vertical takeoff, conventional airplane, or runway landing craft. The piece also notes a 395 million cut to foreign operations, 1.9 percent of a 20 billion budget, to be restored in January, amid Bush and Democrats budget battles.
The Supreme Court hears Michigan v Harmelin over life without parole for cocaine possession and the deterrent value of harsh sentences. Carla Johnson, Harmelin’s attorney, questions the punishment as cruel and unusual after a Michigan judge imposed a mandatory life term for about 0.5 pounds of cocaine.
U S ambassador Thomas Pickering met a PLO envoy in New York to discuss Palestinian plight and Security Council concerns on observers in Israeli-occupied territories. No talks on resuming U S PLO dialogue were indicated.
Information on subscription rates and advertising contacts for the Aiken Standard. Includes phone lines for classified and display ads, newsroom ideas, and customer service, plus office and mailing address, hours, and postmaster details.
Ware Shoals residents on West Jackson Street note three cancer deaths in nine months and a nearby vacant tennis court site. They suspect an old Riegel textile dump. Mt Vernon Mills officials acknowledge historical activity but say production records start 1950 and a dump site is unconfirmed.
Meir Kahane, 58, was shot dead after a speech at a hotel in midtown Manhattan by El Sayyid A Nosair, a 35 year old believed Arab descent. Nosair was wounded by a postal police officer and hospitalized. authorities say the motive is under investigation and that he acted alone.
Washington reports that existing home sales fell 2.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted 3.66 million units in the July September period. Norman A. Flynn of the National Association of Realtors says the market will stay slow into 1991 amid a mild recession with new home sales down 2.8 percent. The Realtors note regional swings and a median existing home price of 96 600 dollars, with prices ranging from 375000 in Honolulu to 49200 in Saginaw Michigan.
U S Attorney supports keeping a drug investigation target's name from publication. Judge Simons warned reporters at The Herald The Charlotte Observer and The State about contempt if the name was printed. The papers sought relief from the 4th Circuit as coverage continued.
In Reno Nevada the IRS plans to auction the Mustang Ranch bordello and its contents starting November 13. Prohibited items include pornographic films while other oddities such as teddy bears pajamas gowns and ceramic bottles will be sold. The sale aims to raise at least 1.8 million dollars from the seized property once the truste e's sale proceeds.
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