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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1990
Page
1
Prep scores from Barnwell and Edisto. Sea Island and Wardlaw noted. Unclear details but references to schools and teams suggest a roundup of local prep athletics with possible results or standings.
MTV reaches Soviet households via Gostelradio for a one year deal starting this weekend. The English language music video show includes U S ads from LA Gear and Wrangler and features Russian subtitles. Tom Freston calls it a Cold War cultural nail in the coffin.
The notice lists deaths of Lorraine B. Davis Ernest Brother Doolittle Martin Willis Duncan Lilly White Garrett and Dorothy Jean Harper. Details are continued on Page 6A.
Parents faced high winds and heavy rain as eight and a half inches fell by Friday afternoon. Transportation challenges surfaced with one possible injury when a bus struck a sand bed, and three students could not be delivered home due to road obstructions. Flooding affected several campuses including Aiken High School and Millbrook Elementary, with mobile units sidelined by wind and leaky roofs.
Anxious Aiken homeowners recalled the 1969 flood during a Thursday night downpour that threatened to recur. City and county drainage improvements since then largely held, with City Manager Roland Windham noting urgent needs at a First Presbyterian Church gathering.
Weather officials warn that the region saw an extreme downpour in a 24 hour period, noting such heavy rainfall occurs about once every fifty years. Residents brace for potential flooding and intensified storms as crews monitor drainage and infrastructure stress.
Western diplomatic defiance weakened Friday as Germany and Belgium announced their last envoys had departed occupied Iraq. A Pan Am flight carrying 271 American evacuees from Kuwait and Iraq headed home, with one Canadian aboard. A French magazine reported U.S. plans to strike and free Kuwait next month. Saddam Hussein was reportedly considering withdrawing from Kuwait. Iraq warned it may bar Soviet detainees from returning home if they possess Iraqi weapons knowledge.
Former Ole Miss kicker Hoppy Langley, now a regional sales manager in St. Louis, reflects on fall Saturdays, the Grove, and teammate Chuckie Mullins’s paralyzing injury. He recalls missing home, choosing Ole Miss, and valuing college studies as he travels the Midwest.
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