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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1990
Page
1
Death notices for David L. Smith of Lexington and Richard Staley of Wagener appear on Page 6A with full obituary details and service information.
In the USA Weekend cover story Lou Holtz outlines a winning approach for Notre Dame football. The issue also reviews celebrity owned restaurants such as Dick Clark's American Bandstand Grill and Oprah Winfrey's The Eccentric.
A Charleston candlelight observance marking the first anniversary of Hurricane Hugo was interrupted by a thunderstorm as about 1,000 gathered in front of City Hall. Hugo caused 29 deaths and about 5.9 billion dollars in damage, with leaders seeking shelter as rain intensified and the event ended early.
Jim and Malissa Fuqua with Clyde and Murph Ward are longtime Clemson fans who spend weekends in motels for home games. They travel Friday, host tailgate picnics feeding 20 to 30, and often attend a soccer game next day. Their kids began attending Clemson in 1981 and 1985, cementing a multi generation family habit.
Keith Ward reports a National Cancer Institute study finds 20 to 39 year olds in Aiken Barnwell and Burke counties Georgia near Savannah River Site have an 1.83 times higher leukemia risk than similar populations in counties without nuclear facilities. The study notes no overall increase for other cancers and explains relative risk figures.
Greenpeace accuses a National Cancer Institute study of no increased cancer risk near nuclear facilities as a fraud. Spokesman Jim Riccio criticizes design and wind exposure bias, saying the countys around Savannah River Site show leukemia risk and stomach cancer death reductions, with health impacts possibly not yet measurable.
Georgia Bll Reinig, deputy general manager, notes control counties for Aiken as Dorchester Lancaster and Greenwood and for Barnwell as Chester Georgetown and Sumter and for Burke as Jefferson Washington and Greene. Please See STUDY, Page 12A.
President Bush warned that Iraqi support for terrorism against Americans would bring serious consequences and did not rule out a first strike by U S forces. He called Saddam Hussein responsible for any act, voiced concern over Iraq’s actions toward Kuwait, and said the U N embargo could be widened with U S participation.
Building permits issued for two Westinghouse offices in Brookhaven pushed Aiken County construction spending past the ten million dollar mark in August. The two projects, valued at about 4.3 million, helped set the pace for last month’s activity.
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