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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1997
Page
2
UN reports North Korean soldiers crossed the border and took a man and his mother from a field in the DMZ, an apparent violation of the 1950 53 armistice. The incident adds to repeated North Korean border violations and protests.
Acapulco residents endure days without reliable running water after floods from Hurricane Pauline. Guadalupe Lopez walks half an hour from the Mangos slum to fetch laundry water, while officials rush tanker deliveries and repair damaged mains. Only about 30 percent of 1.5 million residents currently have water, raising fears of cholera and other diseases as people drink from unsafe streams. In Parque las Lajas volunteers distribute half liter bottles amid long queues, but demand far exceeds supply.
The Federal Maritime Commission ordered the Coast Guard to turn away ships from Mitsui U S K Lines Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha and Nippon Yusen if fines remain unpaid, with detentions in port possible. Negotiations were extended to end of today to seek a settlement. Analysts warn of holiday retail shortages and higher prices if the ban proceeds.
The Justice Department will defend the line item veto against Giuliani and the National Treasury Employees Union, with more suits possible after Clinton vetoed 55 provisions in three months. The latest veto, on an $854 million federal workers benefit provision, drew Clinton's description of it as hastily conceived and wasteful.
The Aiken Standard, published weekday afternoons and weekend mornings by Aiken Communications Inc, provides subscription prices of 8.95 monthly 26.88 eight months 107.40 yearly and similar rates for county and other mail. Delivery by 5 pm weekdays and 7 pm weekends with customer service 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm weekdays and 7 am to 11 am weekends. contact numbers included.
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