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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1990
Page
2
Worth quoting Panetta says the choice rests with Congress as lawmakers consider a new budget approach. The House Budget Committee chairman frames future steps as Congress driven rather than executive action, indicating ongoing debate and potential reforms.
In 1973 President Nixon nominates House minority leader Gerald R. Ford of Michigan to succeed Spiro T. Agnew as vice president. The nomination marks Ford’s rise to the nation’s second highest office amid the Watergate era upheaval.
The Commerce Department reports a 1.1 percent jump in September retail sales to 151.2 billion dollars, boosted by gasoline costs. August was revised to a 0.4 percent drop. Gasoline price moves after the Kuwait invasion fueled service station gains, while ex gasoline sales fell 0.9 percent in August and rose 0.8 percent in September.
Estelle Simon of Sudbury won a 17 year battle against AT&T to change rate rules that charged Sudbury residents for local six mile calls while Marlboro and other towns gained free access to nearby numbers. The victory leaves gaps with free calls to Marlboro but charges remain for Lincoln and the Acton crisis line.
The Senate Appropriations panel approves a 1991 defense bill maintaining Bush's 5.1 billion request for two B 2 bombers and related components for 1992 while trimming SDI and delaying deployment. House action slated as committees cut billions from SDI and reduce troop numbers. In Atlanta, CDC reports progress on hypertension goals but overweight targets remain unmet.
Aiken Standard provides phone numbers for subscriptions classifieds display ads and news ideas. Office address is 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina with hours 8:30 to 5:30 weekdays and 8 to 10:30 weekends. Mailing address P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 ISSN 0893 2557.
The Haram a Sharif clash centers on the Temple Mount and Western Wall as tens of thousands of Jews rally for Israeli control. Palestinians at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre stage a sit down during ongoing Holy Site tensions following a Monday riot that left 19 Palestinians dead and many injured. Arab Christian clergy join Moslems at Haram a Sharif in mourning coffee gathering amid a broader wave of demonstrations.
House Democrats push a plan taxing the wealthy while Republicans back a capital gains tax cut. Leon Panetta, chair of the Budget Committee, says Congress is moving toward a similar approach as lawmakers race to assemble a $500 billion package of tax boosts and spending cuts for five years. The deadline is October 19 when the government’s ability to spend ends and a shutdown looms if no budget is sent to Bush.
Columbia Democratic Party Chair Al bert McAlister reportedly called governor nominee Theo Mitchell a weak candidate during a Greenville debate. Witnesses Jeff Walter and Jim DeMint confirmed the remark while others noted McAlister sidestepped the issue amid campaign dynamics. The governor race features Nick Theodore and Mitchell, with Mitchell having won the Democratic primary earlier.
Gunfire outside a Cairo hotel killed Rifaat el Mahgoub the 64 year old speaker of Egypt s People s Assembly and two security men. Police gave few details while noting no immediate claim of responsibility near the U S embassy amid security closures. An interior ministry official linked the attack to rising anti Iraq sentiment as Mubarak s referendum mandate to dissolve parliament proceeded.
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