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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1990
Page
2
On this day in 1940 the Battle of Britain sees a decisive turn as Luftwaffe losses mount while Royal Air Force fighters press the defense. The engagement underscores a shift in air superiority during World War II.
In Berlin an East German official in charge of disbanding agents and former informers will be replaced as Lothar de Maiziere reshuffles the Interior Ministry. Angela Merkel says Eberhard Stief will oversee the secret police committee as West Germany prepares to take control on October 3. In New York the New York Post faces a possible final deadline as union talks threaten to close the tabloid. publisher Kalikow seeks $19 million in concessions to avert shutdown. In Liberia rebel leaders Johnson and Doe discuss end to tribal war with U.S. Ambassador de Vos as gunfire breaks calm near the presidential mansion.
Engineers in Pasadena activated Magellan s radar for the first time in a month to begin mapping the rugged clouded terrain. Ed Sherry an assistant to the project manager at NASA s Jet Laboratory noted past gaps in radio contact with the spacecraft during August tests and subsequent outages. In Warsaw Reagan lauded Poland s democratic struggle and warned leaders to treat each other as opponents not enemies during his 45 minute address to Parliament at the Royal Castle.
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President Gorbachev presented an economic reform plan to the national parliament aimed at market measures to halt the slide toward bankruptcy while resisting calls to strip central government of power. The plan warns of insolvency, growing foreign debt, and possible cash seizures, with regions already pursuing barter. Nikolai Ryzhkov cited medicine and consumer goods imports cut due to foreign currency shortages and debt service reaching 12.5 billion dollars annually as Western banks tighten lending.
In Johannesburg the ongoing violence claims hundreds of lives as Black and white leaders warn the country may slide into civil conflict. De Klerk says rising violence undermines steps toward ending white rule, while Inkatha and ANC rivalry, along with fear and distrust, sustains the crisis.
Five youths in Chicago watched Ricky fall to his death while bouncing on conveyor belts atop a 120 foot grain silo at a Falstaff plant. Police say the death is accidental after interviews with four friends. The body was found in the deserted silo on the Southeast Side and investigators noted the boys feared being blamed.
Supreme Court nominee David H. Souter told the Senate Judiciary Committee he has not formed a stance on Roe v. Wade. He said he would listen to both sides and has not decided which way he would vote. Bush praised his nominee during a White House briefing and a judges conference.
Police and volunteers pursue evidence amid swampy woods and alligator habitats as they seek remains and clues in the Gainesville student killings. Lab tests may link found objects to the August slayings of five students. six other suspects are under scrutiny.
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