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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1996
Page
2
Jodie Foster will lead the Warner Bros adaptation of Carl Sagan's Contact about an astronomer who deciphers signals from space. Matthew McConaughey co stars and Robert Zemeckis directs. filming begins later this month in New Mexico.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr’s $250 million libel case against the New York Daily News and columnist George Rash over an April 1994 column. The court ruled California can hear the case due to Daily News subscribers there and Gordy’s residence in the state.
Aiken Standard offers HOME DELIVER at 8.95 monthly 26.85 for 3 months 53.70 for 6 months 107.40 per year COUNTY MAIL 11.20 monthly 33.60 for 3 months 67.20 for 6 months 134.40 per year OTHER MAIL 17.45 monthly 52.35 for 3 months 104.75 for 6 months 209.40 per year Advance payments may be made to Aiken Standard-PBM Subscription. The Aiken Standard established in 1867 is published weekday afternoons and Saturday and Sunday mornings by Aiken Communications Inc P.O. Box 456 124 Rutland Drive Aiken S C 29802.
Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by Saddam Hussein celebrated a sweep into Sulaymaniyah as the PUK abandoned posts and fled toward Iran. Thousands of refugees streamed toward Iran while KDP fighters paraded through the streets with Massoud Barzani’s image.
Hurricane Hortense battered southwest Puerto Rico with 80 mph winds and 12 foot seas, flooding rivers and wrecking trees and roofs across the island including Guanica and San Juan. Power outages spread as residents boarded up, bought water, and watched the storm surge carve through mangrove coves and dry forests. The U S. Coast Guard warned of vessels in danger as Hortense neared Florida, having followed Fran and becoming the eighth storm of the Atlantic season.
Pakistan will not sign the proposed Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty despite backing in the UN General Assembly. India opposes the treaty, arguing it does not force disarmament. Five declared nuclear powers support the pact, while 126 of 185 members sponsor the resolution.
Susan McDougal was jailed in Conway Arkansas for contempt after refusing to answer questions from Whitewater prosecutors about President Clinton and the Clintons. She faces up to 18 months more behind bars and already has a two year Whitewater sentence for a fraudulent $300000 loan used partly to buy land for the Whitewater venture.
Former Clinton adviser Dick Morris tells the House panel he never told a prostitute that Hillary Clinton ordered FBI background file checks. He says his comment came from poll results and that he has no knowledge of who ordered the files. The disclosure of his relationship with Sherry Rowlands preceded his resignation.
Washington reports lawmakers in a heated fight over a federal definition of marriage as one man and one woman. The House passed the act. the Senate planned votes amid protests from gay rights activists. The bill would shield states from recognizing same sex marriages and deny federal spousal benefits to homosexual couples.
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