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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1990
Page
2
In 1963 Dallas, nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald on live network television, the man accused of assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
Berkeley officials study an urban campsite plan to house homeless individuals in pup tents on vacant lots. The proposal, to go before the City Council, would cap camps at 25 people and aim to prevent past problems like Rainbow Village. In Atlanta, CDC officials say HIV-2 is rare and not worth widespread donor testing due to costs.
Beeson died at 89 leaving more than $80 million to Samford University and Asbury Theological Seminary, with $38.8 million each, while detailing a frugal life. The other item notes a $31.5 billion October 1990 deficit and a rise in military spending in the same period.
A senior Colombian judicial official said the government aims to clear a path for drug traffickers to surrender peacefully. Traffickers proposed a coordinated surrender at a fortified army compound, with assurances of personal security and dignified legal rights. Carlos Mejia, head of the Criminal Court Division, endorsed the plan in a radio interview.
Aiken Standard provides contact numbers for subscriptions and ads plus rates. It lists home delivery and mail rates, monthly to annual plans, and notes publication details and address for changes. The notice specifies payment to Aiken Standard PBM and includes postal information and ISSN.
Hospitals and nursing homes adopt a medical Miranda warning informing incapacitated patients of their right to accept or refuse treatment. The law, effective November 1991, stems from the 1983 Cruzan case and requires written information on end of life options for facilities receiving Medicare and Medicaid funds.
Activists staged mock funerals and marches in New York Denver Manchester Harrisburg and more to condemn fur killing as shoppers face a sluggish Christmas season. Organizers claim major stores pulled fur boutiques and makers face trouble while industry officials cite a 10 percent sales rise last year.
Government said rebels agreed to halt the offensive after appeals by Costa Rica and the U N secretary general but rebel official Salvador Samayoa denied any concrete ceasefire plan. He noted contact with U N and Costa Rica but demanded a specific proposal. Civilian reports of renewed fighting surfaced near Santa Elena as a fighter jet crashed during operations.
Crowds gather in malls from Manhattan to Chicago and San Francisco as retailers fear a weak economy and Gulf crisis will curb Christmas sales. Some registers run slow while many shoppers plan smaller budgets, with shoppers like Sharon Stowe and Wanda McNamara saying they will cut spending despite not facing immediate layoffs.
Provi dent National Bank economist J Patrick Bradley tallies the 1989 Twelve Days of Christmas items totaling 5231 72, up 4 34 percent from last year. The CPI shows 6 3 percent inflation while nine ladies dancing and ten lords a leaping inflate the bill.
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