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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1990
Page
2
On this day in 1975 NBC launched Saturday Night with guest host George Carlin. The comedic variety program marked the premiere of a show that would evolve into a long running late night staple.
Defending champion Garry Kasparov defeated Anatoly Karpov in the second game to take a 1 point lead in the best of 24 match. Karpov resigned on move 44 after about five hours. The third game is scheduled for Friday.
At California State University Northridge energy saving motion sensors replaced traditional toggles in 180 offices provoking jokes and complaints from professors. Max Lupal removed the device claiming it only watched a wall while James Sefton said he must wave to prove presence.
Washington negotiators move toward a clean air bill with a tentative emissions compromise on autos. The measure tightens air pollution rules for utilities factories and small businesses to cut smog chemical releases and acid rain, with White House estimates placing costs at 21 to 25 billion dollars yearly by decade end.
The note lists pricing for Home C plans and livery options with monthly and multi month rates. It shows 3 6 and 12 month terms and a total livery price of six fifty, nineteen fifty and thirty nine, followed by the word No.
Five bombs exploded in northwestern Spain with a disco bombing at Kanglor dance club in Santiago de Compostela killing three women and injuring 40. Police suspected drug traffickers though a caller claimed Galician separatists. Four other blasts hit a bank, clothing boutique, car dealership, and a factory in Galician cities.
An Iraqi Airways jet with more than 350 Western evacuees including many Americans and children arrived in Britain in the first such flight in about three weeks. Kuwait's ambassador to the United States Saud Nasir al Sabah warned the U.N. embargo may fail to force Iraqi withdrawal and said Iraq could outlast the U.S. led force in the region as oil prices spiked briefly to $41.15 a barrel.
A Boeing 747 evacuated 360 passengers from Iraq to Gatwick, while 10 American diplomats in Kuwait faced food shortages. The Dow fell to 2,407.92 as stock markets reeled on Gulf tensions. Eyewitnesses described dire conditions in Kuwait with bread and gas scarcity and rising violence.
After 18 hours of wrangling the Security Council remained split over a draft condemning Israel for excessive force in the Temple Mount killings. U S diplomats indicated more issues to settle as PLO demands for Palestinian welfare oversight were dropped in favor ofUN emissaries under Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar.
Harvard researchers report caffeinated coffee does not raise heart attack risk and may be easier on the heart than decaf. The New England Journal of Medicine study of 45,589 men notes decaf drinkers have about a 60 percent higher risk, but this link is weak and not conclusive.
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