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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1990
Page
1
Road Week-Old Baby Race Ends With Des Moines Winners
Des Moines couple James and Lisa Machamer won a Breeders Cup contest by conceiving first. They receive a $1,000 savings bond a crib and six months of diaper service, with another prize due in nine months. About 20 couples responded to the station’s open invitation and three were chosen by lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
James
Lisa Machamer
KRNQ
Scott Schubert
Machamer
Machamers
No Surplus Expected In Flu Vaccine Inc
In Columbia AP reports 30 000 doses of flu vaccine distributed to health departments have been widely used with over 7000 people vaccinated in two weeks. DHEC notes supply likely to run out soon, though leftovers have occurred in prior years. Private physicians and hospitals will still offer vaccine after public supply ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Lewis Anderson
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Deaths Roosevelt Jones Jamaica Lillian Powell and Others Named
Obituary notices list Roosevelt Jones of Jamaica New York Lillian Burckhalter Powell of Aiken Curtis Reeves of Jackson Willie S Story of Augusta with details found on Page 6A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Jones
Jamaica
N.Y
Lillian Burckhalter Powell
Aiken
Curtis Reeves
Jackson Willie S. Story
Augusta
Bush renews effort for Gulf agreement at Paris summit
President Bush presses behind the scenes talks at the Paris CCS Europe summit to secure an international authority on use of force in the Persian Gulf. Tass reports a Moscow summit with Gorbachov next year. Baker to meet Shevardnadze after a stalled session with Gorbachov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bush
Gorbachev and Bush to Meet in Moscow Early Next Year
The Soviet Tass news agency reports that President Mikhail Gorbachev and President George Bush will hold a summit in Moscow early next year. Tass gave no further details while the leaders attend a 34 nation European security summit in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bush
Mikhail Gorbachev
Moscow
Tass
James A. Baker
Eduard Shevardnadze
Gorbachev
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Siddons Picks Aiken Town as Setting for King's Oak
Anne Rivers Siddons explains in a telephone interview from Atlanta that her novel King's Oak is set in Pemberton Ga a pseudonym for Aiken. She visited Aiken as a guest of Dogwood Stable owners Ann and Cot Campbell and fell in love with the town with its tracks polo winter homes and a nearby nuclear plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Rivers Siddons
King’s Oak
Pemberton
Aiken
Andy Calhoun
Atlanta
Pat
Conroy
Mrs. Siddons
Eulalie Salley
Emily Bull
Louise Cassel
Ellenton
Morganton
Atomic Energy Commission
Author Anne Rivers Siddons Discusses Aiken Ties and King's Oak
Atlanta based novelist Anne Rivers Siddons notes Aiken inspires her work and cites Pat Conroy involvement with the area. She recalls settings in King's Oak and references local shops, inns, and literary connections while visiting in town.
Thatcher Fights Back in Leadership Challenge Vote
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher faced a party leadership ballot with 372 Conservative MPs voting. Michael Heseltine challenged her, arguing for change while urging review of the controversial local services tax. A second ballot could follow if margins are close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Margaret Thatcher
House of Commons
Thatcher
Michael Heseltine
Heseltine
Paris
Britain
Downing Street
Labor Party
Lawmen stain statewide drug trade with Rolling Thunder II
Lawmen reported a second 48 hour statewide roundup dubbed Operation Rolling Thunder II. More than $210,000 in illegal drugs plus over $950,000 in cash and property were seized across South Carolina. In Aiken County 3200 dollars of drugs and alcohol were seized with 20 drug arrests and 18 alcohol related arrests. Statewide 1046 arrests were made with charges from trafficking to simple possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Union County
William Jolly
S.C
Aiken County
Carrol G. Heath
Heath
Jolly
Aiken County Targets Violators of Tag Law Enforcement
Aiken County increases auto tax collections amid aggressive efforts to enforce tag purchases within 30 days of residence change. County Administrator W Scott Barnes reports a 30 percent rise in vehicle registrations, while Tax Collector Martin Posey cites about $130000 collected last year but notes legal uncertainties over entering private property and tenant resistance from apartment and mobile home park operators. A case at Churchill Commons Apartments shows local hostility to enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Aiken
Aiken County
W. Scott Barnes
Barnes
Martin Posey
Susie Derman
Churchill Commons
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Flu Vaccine Inc.c
Boone
Tismeeaatetelae
Abby
Rire
Conference On Cooperation and Security
Europe
Jozsef Antall
Gulf
Scott Webster
Happy Bookseller
The
Peachtree Road
Harper Collins
New York
Park Avenue
B. Dalton’s
Aiken Mall
Helm
Robert Barr
Associated Press
ABC
S.C. Alcohol and Beverage Control Commission
Beech Island
North Augusta
New Ellenton
Windsor
Carl Langley
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