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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 2000
Page
6
The study in Science shows macaques inoculated with an AIDS vaccine mount a robust immune response after virus exposure, limiting disease despite infection. Researchers caution that human effectiveness remains unproven and may take years to verify.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert seeks to use the Congress largest spending bill to delay closing a Medicaid loophole that lets states claim extra federal funds. The loophole could cost about 2 billion this year with Illinois receiving about 500 million annually.
TV hosts Alex Trebek and Regis Philbin lend their images to nickel slots at the World Gaming Congress in Las Vegas. The interactive machines use video displays of the hosts and voices urging players to try their luck. Analysts call video-enhanced slots a hot trend with coinless, cashless machines on the horizon.
Aviation legend Chuck Yeager says flying is simple after climbing from an F 15 at Edwards ahead of the weekend air show. Yeager joined the Air Force in 1941 as a mechanic and later flew P 39 in Tonopah and saw combat in 1944 in a P 51 Mustang over France.
Thousands attended the memorial service on the Statehouse grounds in Jefferson City for Gov. Mel Carnahan who died in a fatal plane crash. President Clinton led mourners as the casket draped in an American flag was viewed by about 8,000 people. Carnahan, a two term governor, will be buried Saturday in the Ozarks beside his eldest son Roger, the pilot, while aide Chris Sifford, 37, was also lost in the crash.
Rioters clashed with baton wielding Israeli police outside the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem amid a fragile US brokered cease fire. At least 104 dead in three weeks of fighting as Clinton urged leaders to uphold the terms and Kofi Annan warned the next 24 hours are pivotal for peace.
Budget negotiators tout hundreds of millions for a Memphis soul music museum a Cleveland carousel and other projects as lawmakers rush end of session spending. Clinton administration and Congress clash over school aid abortion and immigration delaying passage of three bills.
Nicole Smith, widow of J. Howard Marshall II, missed trial time after dropping a weight on her left hand. Doctor says the injury damaged a major nerve, risking loss of movement without ongoing intravenous antibiotics and physical therapy. The probate case involves Smith and stepson J. Howard Marshall III suing E. Pierce Marshall over inherited assets.
Cher will appear as herself on NBCs Will & Grace meeting fan Jack McFarland in a November 16 episode titled Gypsies Tramps and Weeds. The cameo was filmed Tuesday and follows the shows Emmy win for best comedy series.
Actress Jane Fonda campaigns against a Colorado constitutional amendment requiring a 24 hour delay for abortions. When asked if she would run for president she laughed and said she could not be elected dog catcher, stressing realism.
South Carolina schools face possible 625000 per school funding tied to the new performance based rating system. Education officials say under the Education Accountability Act of 1998 underperforming schools will receive targeted funds audits and external help.
Census estimates show Trenton population more than doubling since 1990 to 834 amid broader rises in Lexington County and Mount Pleasant. Lexington up 87 percent to 7,830. Pelion 38 percent to 875. South Congaree 37 percent to 3,206. Gilbert 82 percent to 441. Mount Pleasant gains 44 percent to 44,785 prompt building permit limits as LandTech Charleston seeks court relief. Coastal towns Kiawah Island Bluffton Hilton Head Island rise. Cameron in Calhoun County falls 15 percent to 1, etc.
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