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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1990
Page
2
The year 1940 marks the implementation of the 40 hour work week under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The standard limited weekly hours for many workers and established overtime pay rules to protect employees.
Jay Scott Curtis twenty five of Hobbs New Mexico among eight oil field workers jailed in Lubbock after a drunken disturbance on an American Airlines flight on September sixteen. Curtis pleaded guilty to a lesser offense and was fined seven hundred seventy five dollars. The seven others face trial November fifth for interfering with a flight crew a federal offense with penalties up to twenty years and two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
Three recent near collisions involving NASA T-38 trainer jets are linked to pilot fatigue and aging equipment. Incidents include May 15, 1989 when shuttle commander David M. Walker came within 100 feet vertical and 700 feet horizontal of a Pan Am jetliner with 176 aboard.
The Aiken Standard lists subscription options including 1 month for 6.50, 3 months for 19.50, 6 months for 39.00, and 12 months for 78.00 with all payments in advance. Contact numbers cover classified, display ads and customer service, plus delivery and mail options. The paper is published by Aiken Communications Inc. and mailed from Aiken South Carolina.
Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole resigns after nearly two years to become president of the American Red Cross. President Bush acknowledged the move as official word circulated. Dole's tenure included OSHA safety advances and coal strike settlement, while some critics noted a low White House profile.
Humphrey the 40 foot humpback freed from mud and rock near Candlestick Park heads toward open water. Rescuers used water, whale sounds, and a harness to nudge him free as thousands cheered. He last sighted near the San Francisco Bay Bridge heading toward the Pacific.
The federal jury in Columbia is to begin deliberations in the Operation Lost Trust case against state Rep. Luther Taylor, charged with six counts of Hobbs Act bribery for taking 4300 to back a pari mutuel betting bill. Taylor defends the money as a campaign contribution from lobbyist Ron Cobb, an undercover informant, while admitting a note seeking 2500 and noting undisclosed cash for constituents. The trial featured intense cross examination and videotaped moments, including Taylor leaving Cobb’s hotel room due to intestinal gas.
Pakistan voters go to polls amid fears of violence in a tense election viewed as a referendum on Benazir Bhutto's ouster. Soldiers and police patrol the country while Bhutto allies report killings and tensions rise in Punjab during the last‑hour campaign push.
In Northern Ireland two dawn bombings near the Newry and Londonderry checkpoints killed six security forces members and injured 27, with police saying a civilian drove the van to each site under IRA threat and the IRA is suspected. The attacks occurred at 4 12 a.m. and involved civilians aiding the blasts.
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