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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1990
Page
2
In Berkeley California Mehrdad Dashti a schizophrenic hostage taker held 33 people for seven hours at Henry’s Publick House and Grille inside the Durant Hotel. John Sheehy 22 of Lafayette was fatally shot. Police say Dashti died in an exchange of bullets.
The Soviet Union has moved some of its 30,000 nuclear warheads from regions with ethnic unrest. Gen. Mikhail Moiseyev, armed forces chief of staff, told The Washington Post the weapons were cleared from trouble spots to garant both security and obligation before mankind. This marks the first official confirmation of relocating part of the arsenal.
Democratic chairman Ronald Brown says his personal view is that Jesse Jackson will not run in 1992. He notes few Democrats show interest and plans to back other notable candidates after the 1990 elections. He rejects smoke filled room politics and urges pragmatic risk taking to win the White House.
Washington Senate edges toward confirmation of Supreme Court nominee David Souter with committee endorsement amid mixed doubts. Leaders plan a Tuesday vote. Bush hails action while critics seek cautious optimism about civil liberties and Roe v Wade positions.
A Philippine court convicted 16 soldiers in the 1983 murder of Senator Ninoy Aquino and ordered them to life in prison with a $300,000 payment to the heirs. The court also acquitted 20 others in the Ninoy killing and could not determine who ordered the assassination linked to Marcos.
Washington negotiators near a 500 billion dollar budget pact after four months of talks. Key disputes remain over capital gains tax changes. If no agreement emerges, 85 billion in spending cuts would hit federal programs Monday, with furloughs looming for civilian workers.
Neil Bush, son of the president, clashed with lawyers at an administrative hearing over conflict-of-interest charges tied to his role as a Silverado Banking director. He allowed a line of credit to two developers amid a $132 million loan collapse, denying any financial stake in the projects. The Silverado thrift failed in 1988, costing taxpayers $1 billion. Bush faced potential banking industry bar action.
The Commerce Department says the Index of Leading Economic Indicators fell 1.2 percent in August, the steepest drop in nearly three years, as oil prices surged after Kuwait invasion. Seven of the seven forward-looking indicators declined, leaving the index at 144.2 percent of its 1982 base.
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