19 Nov 1989
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1989
Page
1
Fragmented sports listing shows multiple ranking entries with mismatched team names and scores. Illinois, Clemson, Virginia, Pittsburgh, East Carolina, Texas Tech, SMU, Brigham Young, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Fresno State, Duke, and North Carolina appear with uncertain results and garbled numerals indicating a crowded top twenty five snapshot.
Fair skies are forecast today with a low in the low 40s. Tomorrow, expect partly cloudy conditions with a high in the low 70s. Details continue on Page 6A.
Obituary brief lists thirteen individuals with hometowns including Fairburn Georgia Atlanta Monetta Bath North Augusta Barnwell Beech Island Beaufort Ridge Spring Johnston and notes to see Page 6A for full details. Names include Paul M. Bulfinch Theresa Efron Cloteal Hallman Lucius Hightower G G Houston James E. Jones Robert W. Leary Jr. Joe M. Long Abraham Raiford Charles R. Shepherd James A. Williams.
Washington report on Congress passing a budget ethics and pay package. The House pushed for a $89,500 to $120,800 salary rise and a cap on honoraria. Senate leaders compromised to increase salaries by $8,900 gradually while critics call the move insufficient and riskier politics. Senate figures call the outcome a harsh signal about the chamber’s integrity and future. Civil rights and consumer advocate Ralph Nader warns against the lack of decisive action and predicts renewed fights next year. The bill awaits President Bush’s signature.
The Department of Energy plans a heavy water tritium production reactor at Savannah River Site and a modular Idaho National Engineering Laboratory unit as backups. GAO finds the SRS reactor could start within a decade but the Idaho unit may take until 2005 to deliver a full tritium load, with a 3.2 billion cost and potential tech problems delaying schedule. Tritium is vital for weapon reliability and must be replenished as it decays.
The upcoming U S Soviet summit shifts from a casual get acquainted session to a politically charged meeting driven by East European upheaval. Bush and Gorbachev face heightened expectations as Berlin Wall events inject urgency. The aim is reform and democracy with a push to arms talks but no hard reduction timetable yet.
Columbia bar and restaurant owners urge a bill shielding them from penalties for serving liquor to minors with false IDs and increasing penalties for those who use fake IDs. They cite licenses lost and fines as proof changes are needed while regulators stress fair enforcement and education programs.
John le Carre recalls writing a Berlin era spy novel after witnessing the Wall while at the British Embassy in Bonn. He describes the mood, his anger at political failure, and how a soured moment sparked a five week drafting burst despite no prior East Berlin knowledge.
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