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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1990
Page
2
President Kennedy was shot dead in a Dallas motorcade on November 22 1963. Governor Connally was seriously wounded in the same attack.
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has secured about 10 billion dollars in emergency aid and food pledges from Western nations to help the Soviet people through winter. Canada joined the Save Gorbachev fund and will add food on favorable terms under an 840 million dollar line of credit, with Britain Germany Spain and Italy already pledging support. In Tokyo, golf clubs vow to bar gangsters and tattooed members to preserve club safety and decorum.
Washington dispute pits USPS against union leaders of 660000 workers as they accuse each other of stalling talks to push wage and job security issues to arbitration. Sombrotto cites delays while Frank questions union strategy and timing before the deadline.
Space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to Kennedy Space Center after a five day mission diverted by weather. NASA reported little damage and praised the craft as one of the cleanest recoveries, with only tire rim scuffs and brakes under inspection. The mission deployed a spy satellite to monitor Iraqi communications in the Persian Gulf.
An unemployed man fishing to pass time hauled in two bronze statues stolen from an Oslo art show. Per Ung identified one statue as his work and valued the pair at about $17,000. Ung and NTB noted the theft occurred two weeks earlier.
GAO found the Energy Department failed to correct security shortcomings from 1985 inspections at Los Alamos Argonne Savannah River and other sites for five years. Unannounced tests showed 75 percent failed in key skills and guards walked toward adversaries. The report notes unsatisfactory ratings for Argonne and reliance on routine testing rather than surprises.
President Bush arrives in Jidda for talks with Kuwait's exiled emir and Saudi King Fahd amid plans to push for new United Nations resolutions against Iraq. He vows action and praises troops already in the Persian Gulf while ordering a Thanksgiving message to service members.
Mikhail Gorbachev urged the U.N. Security Council to meet without delay over the gulf crisis. François Mitterrand said a resolution backing force against Iraq could be adopted within a month. Bush wrapped up a Paris trip amid war talk and Soviet hesitancy.
A Bangkok Airways Dash 8 turboprop crashed near Koh Samui airport in heavy rain, killing all 37 aboard including 29 foreigners and four crew. Passengers described the final moment as the aircraft went down near homes before a large explosion.
Michael Milken received a ten year prison term in the Drexel Burnham Lambert insider trading case. Judge Kimba Wood said his crimes required lengthy incarceration though lauding his talent. Milken pleaded guilty to six felonies and faces a $200 million fine and $400 million investor fund, with custody to begin March 4, 1991.
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