25 Sep 1991
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1991
Page
1
Hikers in the Tyrol Alps uncovered a well preserved frozen body in a glacier at about 10 000 feet elevation. Scientists say the corpse could be up to 500 years old and shows injuries on the back and head with intact skin and front teeth. The body was flown to Innsbruck for study.
In Albuquerque a man attempting to start a new 1975 Chrysler Cordoba poured gasoline into the carburetor causing a fire that engulfed his car and two others. Firefighters quelled the blaze and two passing cars collided but no injuries were reported.
Deaths listed include Mary Ann Bartlett Blythe Holger Bendickson Terald Gantt Batesbury Della Jessie Benjamin Snyder Jr. Augusta Details appear on Page 3B.
U.N. weapons experts facing a second day of siege as about 92 Iraqi guards surrounded six vehicles outside the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission building in Baghdad. The team, led by David Kay, reported Iraqi trucks and a gate blocked exits and prevented sealing boxes containing nuclear program documents to deter tampering.
The U S European Command announced Patriot missile battalions and support personnel are en route to Saudi Arabia from Germany. The Pentagon authorized two battalions with four launchers per battalion and four missiles per launcher as tensions rose in the Persian Gulf after Iraq balked at U N oversight.
Karen Papouchado won the Republican nomination for Aiken City Council District 3, defeating Frampton Durban 577 to 342 in a run-off. With no Democrat opponent in November, the nomination largely secures the seat. The run-off followed a Sept 10 four-way race in which Papouchado led 596 to 447, earning the chance to face Durban in the final. Papouchado led precincts, notably Precinct 1 with 153 to 135 and Millbrook Precinct 20 with 215 to 81, and plans to learn city planning and mediation while serving District 3.
About 300 people lined up at a B Dalton Bookseller in Atlanta to buy the debut copies of Scarlett the Sequel to Margaret Mitchells Gone With the Wind. Some 900000 copies of the Alexandra Ripley novel were shipped nationwide amid celebrations and costumed staff offering treats.
Jack Mann, 77, freed after 28 months in Beirut dungeons, left for Britain from Damascus with his wife on a Royal Air Force flight diverted to Cyprus. He denounced captors at a Syria Foreign Ministry news conference and signaled ongoing momentum for more hostage releases amid Iran and Lebanon mediation.
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