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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1998
Page
2
A two pound explosive device exploded near Mount Scopus campus of Hebrew University in Jerusalem injuring one Israeli soldier. Police sealed the area as investigations began amid ongoing regional tensions. Nearby Hebron area gunfire targeted a Jewish settler van but caused no injuries.
Hillary Rodham Clinton directed sharp criticism at Republican Senator Alfonso D Amato during a New York fundraising event for Chuck Schumer. She linked his voting record on choice to Jesse Helms and urged voters to avoid a Helms clone, while Schumer aides framed the remarks as a sign of the race’s importance.
Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan indicated readiness to cut U S interest rates at the next policy meeting as a widening global currency crisis worries economists. Greenspan warned policy makers to be sensitive to deepening distress while private analysts foresee a series of reductions to shield domestic growth from spillover effects in Asia Russia and Latin America.
The government readies a redesigned harder to counterfeit twenty dollar bill with two billion notes to be shipped by the Federal Reserve’s twelve regional banks. Banks, savings institutions, and credit unions will receive the new notes while old bills remain legal tender. Some California bank customers may get samples, but most Americans will wait weeks for ATMs to dispense the new notes.
Jim Carrey, portraying Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon, reportedly spit at pro wrestler Jerry Lawler during a Tuesday scene, prompting Lawler to allegedly attack. Carrey was hospitalized briefly, then released, while Lawler’s camp denies a savage assault.
Mars Global Surveyor tightens orbit around Mars after a 148 second main engine burn slowing the craft by about 26 mph. The $250 million mission, launched in 1996, began mapping in 1997 after a solar panel issue paused aerobraking. Also: Wadid El Hage held without bail on perjury charges tied to bin Laden. A whistleblower in Dallas wins $230,000 after six years challenging substandard work at a Fort Worth currency plant. Second group of primitive fish found off Indonesia and Comoro Islands. six military personnel face dismissal over don’t ask don’t tell ruling.
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