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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1989
Page
2
In Beirut, Lebanon and Syria, gunfire and mortars raked suburbs while the Arab League pressed for an immediate ceasefire. At least 12 were wounded as delegates prepared to travel to enforce a peace plan, with mixed blame from Christian and Syrian sides.
An 8 year old boy told police his mother Darlene O Hara and her partner Boyd Weber used cocaine and marijuana. The boy, who spoke after hearing President Bush urge kids to report drug problems, led to arrests and child welfare involvement.
An assailant fired on an Israeli army patrol from the Jordanian side injuring two soldiers in the border area near Ashdot Yakov, the third such attack this month. Clashes in the occupied territories left four Arabs injured and a Palestinian man died from a prior clash. Israel and opposition leaders met over Egypt's Middle East peace plan after two failed talks.
In Cape Town area townships mourners attended four funerals for victims of election night violence. Police kept a low profile under a new government policy to avoid disrupting peaceful protests. Reverend Lionel Louw urged resilience and condemned brutality as activists vowed to broaden anti-apartheid efforts.
The notice lists contact numbers for subscriptions and advertising and gives monthly and annual rates for home delivery and mail. It states The Aiken Standard was established in 1867 and is published by Aiken Communications Inc. with a P O Box address in Aiken South Carolina.
The Southern Governors' Association releases a report urging shift from recruitment to internal growth. It argues high tech competitiveness requires better education infrastructure and R&D, with support for startups, expansion, technology transfer, and training led by states. Governor Castle notes strong innovation and flow of Japanese investment to Tennessee.
East Germans by the hundreds crossed into Austria while Hungary kept its border open. Premier Miklos Nemeth said the decision pursues human rights and rejects a closed border. About 14,000 East Germans have fled to West Germany since September 10 as fears grow the exodus may end.
In Moscow public debate features terms like coup and civil war as pessimism rises in the fifth year of Gorbachev reforms. Scholar Vladimir Tikhonov and Tallinn writer A Semenchenko warn of crisis, crime, and party authority loss, while Boris Yeltsin in the U.S. says Gorbachev has six months to a year to deliver or risk revolution.
Moscow reports the Soviet government drafted an emergency 1990 budget aiming to cut the deficit from 192 billion to 96 billion dollars within a year and to reduce capital spending by 30 percent while boosting consumer goods production by 6.7 percent. Critics warn the plan is too austere and may fail to address underlying economic problems.
Deng Xiaoping, 85, appeared at a 70 minute Great Hall of the People meeting with physicist T D Lee after three months and reports of illness. He said he swims daily in the sea and dismissed rumors of prostate cancer and imminent death.
Five animal rights activists were arrested and a sixth cited after as many as 60 protesters chased bow hunters in a Maryland state park at dawn during opening of deer season. Organizer Wayne Pacelle said groups followed hunters to deter deer killing.
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