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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1990
Page
1
The Aiken Standard continues its candidate profiles for the S C governor race with coverage on Page 1B. All Nov 6 general election candidates will be profiled in the series and a special election tabloid will be published Nov 3. Tomorrow: the race for South Carolina lieutenant governor.
A regional weather forecast indicates improving conditions with increasing sunshine and milder temperatures across the area. Forecasters expect clearer skies and a drying trend as the workweek progresses, bringing pleasant travel and outdoor plans.
SUFFIELD Conn AP Casey the two time world Frisbee catching champion a 7 year old Irish setter Labrador retriever has retired from competition owner Jeff Gabel said Casey appeared in football halftime shows and the Disney movie Flight of the Navigator They placed fourth in the 16th Ashley Whippet Invitational Tournament in Washington They won the tournament in 1987 and 1988 and finished second last year Gabel said we cant compete at that level anymore He did well but the others were younger and were doing different tricks than in our heyday
Death notices list Billie Collins Berry Johnston Alton W Buckner Belvedere Luemisher Coleman Harry Findley Jr James Gaines Sara W Helms Katherine McGee Dora J Rich Terry Rowell Hugh O Shealy. Details appear on Page 6A.
Aiken County Council approved a resolution to ask the federal government for financial aid to fix major drainage problems in the Wise Hollow Drainage Basin from South Boundary to College Acres. Councilman J Allen Brodie said about 2 million dollars are needed for storm drains sewers and a detention pond with support pledged by U S Senator Strom Thurmond and Representative Butler Derrick. The county has about 220000 dollars seed money for the project.
Aiken officials warn county map outlining water and sewer districts could curb municipal expansion powers. City Attorney Holly submits concerns to County Attorney Bell as County Council approves map prep to avoid county utility encroachment on existing districts. The only county utility area now is the Horse Creek Drainage Basin with the Clearwater Waste Water Plant.
The 22nd annual Aiken Jaycee County Fair opens with the Thunder Bolt and Ring of Fire amid a midway of new rides from the Georgia State Fair. Giant Ferris Wheel lights exceed 6,000 while a free petting zoo returns after years. rides cost 7.99 for all-day access tonight with more events and local programs through the week.
The Senate opens debate on a bipartisan deficit-reduction bill doubling gasoline taxes and diverging from the House plan. President Bush opposes the House stance, while leaders aim to pass a tax increase before Friday midnight to prevent a government shutdown.
Energy Secretary James Watkins announced in Portland that the PUREX plutonium plant at Hanford will not resume operations. The plant shut since 1988 for safety violations will go on standby for at least two years while the government studies future uses and considers fuel preparation for long term storage.
Americans Jerome I. Friedman and Henry W. Kendall and Canadian Richard E. Taylor won the Nobel Prize in physics for detecting quarks as components inside protons and neutrons. The Swedish Academy praised the work as a deeper repeat of the atom nucleus discovery, proving smaller nuclear particles exist.
Elias James Corey, 62, Harvard professor and Methuen native, wins the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis. The academy notes the discovery arose from studies at SLAC where Taylor is affiliated.
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