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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1989
Page
2
Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole urges flying the flag at half staff following the Senate’s rejection of a constitutional amendment for the flag. The remark frames a political protest tied to the amendment defeat.
On this day in 1944 General Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore at Leyte in the Philippines marking his famous return as he proclaimed I have returned decades after vowing I shall return. The moment signaled a turning point in the campaign to liberate the Pacific and restore Allied stronghold in the region.
The Rev. Donald Wildman announced Matchbox will not market the Freddy Krueger doll. About 40,000 dolls already shipped will not be halted while 160,000 more orders will not be filled. The doll was to be a Halloween hot seller but fate remains undecided for 1990.
GAO report finds four United Airlines jets penetrated a microburst alert area at Stapleton International Airport last year. Pilots reportedly did not hear or understand the warning, with one jet canceling its approach and four others landing safely amid 92 mph winds.
Doctors in Chicago report a cow protein based cell culture technique to grow stronger skin for severely burned patients. Researchers at the University of California San Diego Medical Center cite grafts covering 43 to 74 percent of bodies in four patients with promising results and early structural protein formation aiding skin adhesion.
The Aiken Standard established 1867 is published weekday afternoons and Saturday and Sunday mornings by Aiken Communications Inc. Postal information lists P.O. Box 456 Rutland Drive Aiken S C 29802 and postmaster address changes.
Rescuers with shovels and wooden poles search rubble after a series of earthquakes in Shanxi and Hebei provinces killed at least 29 people and destroyed over 10,000 homes. More than 150 injured as 6.1 magnitude temblors were felt up to Beijing. The army sent 1,000 troops to aid rescue efforts.
The Senate voted 51 48 to approve a constitutional amendment banning flag burning but failed to reach the two thirds needed. White House briefings were muted as opponents cited public doubt about changing the Constitution and urged restraint on the proposed ban.
The Senate approved a $156.7 billion labor health and education financing bill adding federal funding for Medicaid abortions for poor women victims of rape or incest who report to authorities, setting up a Bush veto battle. Key figures include Sen. Brock Adams and Rep. Bill Green.
The Commerce Department reports in the second quarter of 1989 the Far West led nonfarm personal income growth at 9.6 percent, with Nevada 12.8 percent and Oregon also strong. Interiors lagged at 7.5 percent while the national average was 8.4 percent. Nevada remained top among states. Wyoming trailed at 3.6 percent.
Space Center Houston reports Atlantis conducting ozone sampling and Earth photography as Galileo probe travels toward Jupiter. The crew includes Don Williams Mike McCulley Shannon Lucid Ellen Baker Franklin Chang Diaz and mission details note retina photography and ozone measurements to calibrate satellite sensors.
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