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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1998
Page
2
In JESSE Nigeria hundreds of town residents rushed to scavenged fuel after a massive pipeline explosion. Relatives searched for burned family members as a wheelbarrow was used to carry bodies home amid a mournful scene.
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet met with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Denis Thatcher at their Belgravia home two weeks before his London hospital arrest. The encounter, disclosed by the ex-prime minister's office, comes amid protests over Pinochet's bid to resist extradition to Spain on murder genocide and torture claims.
President Clinton scrapped a California fundraising trip to help press Israeli and Palestinian negotiators toward a West Bank peace deal at the Wye River conference center. Talks continued despite a Beersheba bus-stop grenade attack injuring 64, as Netanyahu Arafat pressed for progress.
Congress prepares to approve a sweeping 4000 page bill expected to end the 105th Congress and send lawmakers home for reelection. The package funds DoHHS and the Institute of Peace, aids farmers, hires teachers, finances IMF support, and adds anti crime provisions while sparking splits among conservatives like Rep. Coburn who predict easy passage.
Washington The government argues Microsoft used illegal means to dominate computer businesses. David Boies urges Judge Jackson to weigh contemporaneous documents against Microsoft defenses as John Warden begins the company’s rebuttal in the high profile antitrust trial.
Theresa Turner, 32, was charged with second degree murder after her husband discovered the skeletal remains of a newborn boy in a gym bag in their apartment closet. Turner allegedly gave birth to Jordan, then killed him and hid the body for about four months. She is held without bond pending psychological evaluation.
In New York the Cuban singer Gloria Estefan will appear with Meryl Streep in 50 Violins, playing Streep's friend and co worker in a drama about a woman who teaches violin to youths in East Harlem. Mira Max Films announced the casting on Monday. Madonna had begun preparation but left the project over creative differences with Wes Craven.
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