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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1990
Page
1
Santa Ana reports Patrol Officer Alvin Yamaguchi says motorists employ mannequins and props to skirt the Los Angeles car pool lane rule of two per vehicle. Police note nearly 9,000 citations last year with fines rising to 613.50 after multiple offenses within two years.
The California Supreme Court refused to hear financier Charles H. Keating Jr. bid to lower his $5 million bail. Keating, 66, jailed since last month over charges of defrauding investors in junk bonds through Lincoln Savings & Loan, argues he is broke and cannot defend himself while imprisoned. District Attorney Ira Reiner called the bail unusually high but said Keating could flee.
Obituaries list Robert DeClercq John W Eds Annie Faulkner James N Kirkland Arvine McElroy Joseph T Parkman Dessie Waller, with details to follow on Page 6A.
Rainfall across Aiken County totals 24.18 inches since January 1, still 12.39 inches below the year's average. Forecasters expect more rain today and Friday with a flash flood watch and continued unsettled skies into the weekend. County agent Terry Mathis says the rain arrives too late for many soybean crops but will aid late planted grains and peanut development as soils gain moisture.
The House faces a $144 billion tax increase package targeting gasoline tobacco alcohol and high earners as part of deficit reduction. Supporters note passage is possible while doubts linger over capital gains tax cut links and Republican alternatives. The plan, tied to Bush’s broader budget aims, could be addressed early next week with possible amendments and Senate action forthcoming.
An Edgefield County auction brochure announces Oct 20 sale of L D Holmes family peach business assets in Trenton. More than 1 189 acres of peach and apple orchards and timber tracts, plus two acres from H T Holmes, will be offered as a whole or in tracts. The sale is managed by Rowell Realty and Auction Co. Inc.
The U S Department of Energy gains approval to study Yucca Mountain Nevada as a spent fuel and high level waste repository with vitrified waste from the Savannah River Site. Public land withdrawal protects 4225 acres for 12 years to prevent mining and preserve the site.
In Washington the House failed to override President Bush's veto of the textile bill by ten votes 275 to 152 Two thirds were required to overturn the veto Rep Liz Patterson of South Carolina criticized the president while Rep Butler Derrick noted the vote was closer than last time The result ends attempts to push the bill into law this session
The plan would raise the monthly Medicare premium from 28.60 to 46.50, with retirees facing a hospital deductible rising from 75 to 100 next year and to 125 in 1992. The changes aim to limit premium hikes for smaller corporations and curb costs for doctor services.
Mexican poet Octavio Paz, 76, wins the Nobel Prize in literature valued at $700,000. The Swedish Academy praises his impassioned writing and wide horizons, noting his fusion of cultures from pre Columbian to Western modernism and his long poem Sun Stone inspired by the Aztec calendar.
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