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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1990
Page
1
Lewiston Maine AP reports the 1991 Farmers Almanac suggests moving Thanksgiving to the fourth Thursday in November or possibly the second Monday in October like Canada. Editor Ray Geiger invites reader ideas as the publication notes travel weather and harvest alignment benefits.
Obituary notices list Juanita M. Bunn Ellenwood GA Annice T Butler Germantown TN Leroy Cornwell Aiken Floyd H Dawkins Lincolnton GA Rytti L Jordan Ridge Spring Dr Albert E Morris Aiken Dr Edwin R Worrell Columbia See page 38 for details.
The Aiken Standard will print USA Weekend every Saturday starting with the Sept 8 edition. It will include Kitty Dukakis battle with alcoholism, a review of the Doors film, and a debate on whether football or baseball is the best sport.
Two local stations WKSX FM and WAJY FM will air Strom Thurmond Aiken and South Aiken games this fall. WKSX has long covered Thurmond sports and will provide live broadcasts with a four man team and post game scoreboard show. WAJY aims to deliver Aiken South Aiken action with USC Aiken broadcaster Dick Tubner and Frank Lafferty providing color and stats.
The global effort against Iraq strengthens with new aid for Gulf victims and Kuwait’s exiled leaders pledging to help fund US forces. Moscow backs a UN peacekeeping role and possible Russian troop involvement as Britain sends minehunters toward the Persian Gulf. US chartered Iraqi planes move Americans from Kuwait to Baghdad then Amman.
U S representatives cite GAO data showing limited foreign support for 1987 88 reflagging of oil tankers asOperation Desert Shield shapes up to cost one billion dollars a month. Schroeder and Ireland fault Germany and Japan for minimal help.
The Aiken County Legislative Delegation urged the state Department of Corrections to study alternative sites for a youth corrections center after a petition showed over 80 percent of 100 Vaucluse residents oppose prison construction nearby. The proposed 160 acre site near I 20 and SC 191, within three miles of about 600 homes, faces local fears of escapes and safety concerns.
The second of five South Carolina state legislators indicted on federal corruption charges pleaded guilty at a Charleston hearing. Daniel Winstead admitted to vote selling and obstruction of justice after prosecutors showed a video of him pocketing a $1,000 bribe in a restaurant.
Washington report reveals Sen. Ernest Hollings buys custom suits from a Seoul tailor. Cloth shipped from the U.S. was used, with tailoring costing about 100 dollars. Other lawmakers named include Shelby Harkin and Lugar.
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