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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1990
Page
1
Newspaper Guild members approve a four day work week by 242 to 45, cutting pay by 20 percent. Publisher Kalikow had threatened to close the paper’s operations. Reporter Jill Brooke notes a lifeline despite the 20 percent reduction.
Bozeman reports a landmark discovery as the Museum of the Rockies unveils a large and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton from eastern Montana. Volunteer Bill McKamey offered gear and transport while many locals celebrate Montana’s fossil find as a point of pride.
Notices list deaths of Albert C. McKinney of Saluda and Montage N. Mims of Hattiesburg Mississippi with reference to Sgt J D Nicholson Fort Washington and a pointer to Page BA for full details.
The IOC awarded the 1996 Summer Games to Atlanta after a multi city campaign. Atlanta led late in the voting and defeated Athens 51 to 85 on the final ballots, with Belgrade Manchester and Melbourne also in the race.
Isle of Palms faces a lean year as Hurricane Hugo kept visitors away reducing revenue for five acre parking and accommodations tax. Mayor Carmen Bunch cites a half million dollar tourism loss and 125000 in tax receipts, while 600 jobs at Wild Dunes remain vacant. Residents struggle to rebuild amid uninsured or underinsured losses.
The article cites state climatologist John Purvis noting Hurricane Hugo as a rare Category 4 strike on the South Carolina coast near Charleston. He says such storms recur roughly every 100 to 200 years along the Grand Strand and cites historical hits in 1954 and 1893, with ongoing caution.
Iraq's Kuwait invasion sent energy costs surging, lifting the CPI by 0.8 percent in August. Excluding energy, prices rose 0.4 percent with gasoline up 7.6 percent and fuel oil 15.4 percent. For eight months in 1990, prices rose 6.2 percent annually. Analysts warn further inflation risk as crude and petroleum products climb.
European foreign ministers meeting in Brussels agreed to extend the U N embargo by widening air corridor controls and expel Iraqi military attaches. They condemned Baghdad for raids on Western diplomats and the brutal treatment of refugees fleeing Kuwait as Iraqi troops tightened border checkpoints and targeted Kuwaiti nationals.
Washington talks between the Bush administration and congressional budget negotiators stalled over capital gains tax and other issues after 10 days of meetings at Andrews Air Force Base. They rejected final offers to shrink next year’s deficit by 50 billion and save 500 billion through 1995. A Capitol meeting with leaders and aides was planned amid urgency as the Gramm Rudman deadline looms.
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