Reverend Bakker Trial Rest Day Quote
The Rev Gene Kennett notes Reverend and Mrs Bakker are resting today from the rigorous ordeal of the trial.
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1989
Page
2
The Rev Gene Kennett notes Reverend and Mrs Bakker are resting today from the rigorous ordeal of the trial.
In 1983 President Reagan accepted the resignation of Interior Secretary James G Watt amid political pressure and controversy over agency actions and decisions during his tenure.
Harvard University will establish a 38.6 million AIDS research clearing house at its school of public health. The center linked to the AIDS Clinical Trials Group will coordinate data from 45 institutions and over 100 clinics nationwide. NIH funds the five year grant following a national competition.
A logging truck plowed into a hayride wagon during a family reunion in Cormier CAP-PELE New Brunswick killing 12 and injuring 45. Many injured were pinned by logs and five victims were children. About 50 people were present on the outing part of a Thanksgiving weekend reunion.
Police downplay a serial killer theory while six prostitutes have been killed in Oakland in just over two months. Residents like Renee Jackson fear for street safety as Capt. Jim Hahn notes that about 10 prostitutes are killed yearly, making six in this period unusual but not conclusive evidence of a single killer.
President Bush closes a Columbus Day weekend at Camp David and backs a new clean air law within months. He then flies to Baltimore to address 2,200 Republican women, praising his record on the environment, education, arms control, and the economy as the country enters the 83rd month of growth.
An autumn rise in retail gasoline prices slowed due to abundant oil supplies and volume discounts. The Lundberg Survey of 12,000 stations reports the average price for all grades at 109.56 cents per gallon, up 0.13 cent from two weeks earlier.
The Aiken Standard offices are at 124 Rutland Drive and open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays. Mailing address P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802. Subscriptions include 12 months for 108.00 and other terms. The paper is published by Aiken Communications Inc. and mail details are provided.
In Budapest the ruling Socialist Party voted to stay in the workplace as delegates split over disbanding the old Communist Party and forming a new multiparty framework. Reformers pressure a清st post of party president amid mixed signals from Rezsoe Nyers. Deputy Premier Peter Medgyessy urged noninterference as Hungary heads to its first free elections in 41 years by June.
Top officials disclosed the Bush administration prepared covert steps to seize Panamanian leader Manuel Antonio Noriega near the end of the invasion last week but the coup failed. Defense Secretary Cheney, Secretary Baker, and adviser Scowcroft described hesitation criticism as unfounded and said plans allowed action if bloodshed and U.S. casualties could be avoided. The Panama Defense Forces refused to surrender Noriega to U.S. drug charges.
Ivar Christensen of the Leif Ericson Society argues Vikings reached North America before Columbus, citing Leif Ericson landing in Greenland in 985. The group plans a celebration by a Viking statue in Fairmount Park with Icelandic ambassador Ingvi Ingvarsson as speaker.
In Orlando Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker skip Sunday worship following his fraud conviction as PTL ministry faces an indefinite suspension. A Pennsylvania evangelist says services continue with partners while followers describe mixed reactions and calls for support.
Senate leaders clash over expanding tax credits for low income workers as deficit reduction talks run toward an October 16 deadline. Republicans favor tax credits for child care while Democrats push broader relief, seeking to avoid drastic across the board cuts.
A Gallup poll cited by Lynne Cheney shows 24 percent of seniors believed Columbus reached the Americas after 1500, 42 percent could not place the Civil War in its correct century, and 58 percent did not know Shakespeare wrote The Tempest. The study urges colleges to adopt a 50 hour five area knowledge plan.
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