Aiken Standard (Newspaper) - September 25, 1973, Aiken, South Carolina MKN PUBLIC LIB 61974 DC LPX 097 Dr GA long time Aiken dentist is in serious condition after undergoing surgery in Mission Memorial Hos pital in NC The Poit W hn moved Its regular of Sept a to Oct 4 whe tke Pott will their state tem Bobby Richardson base ball coach for USC will be the featured speaker In the summer of 1943 a now very famous German born Jew took his American citizenship oath before a federal judge in Spartanburg The new Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger was a member of the 84th Infantry stationed at Camp Croft when he became a United States citizen Boyle Condition Critical WASHINGTON AP For mer United Mine Workers President W A Tony Boyle was in a coma today and listed in critical condition at a Wash ington hospital after suffering a possible stroke Boyle who faced murder charges in the 1969 New Years Eve slaying of union insurgent School District Program County Public Library MT Drug Pilot Project Under Way Joseph A Jock his wife and dr had no gained consciousness sine being admitted to the hospita and was reported to be ex tremely unstable At am EOT a hospital spokesman said Boyle was in a very very critical condition By JUDY RICH Staff Reporter Last of two articles The Aiken County School District is one out of 15 of the 93 school districts in the state participating in a pilot program aimed at instruct ing a comprehensive drug education program for stu dents from kindergarten through the 12th grade This year for the first time the State Department of Education is trying to es a teaching program for health involving both the mind and the body said local coordinator John J Boyd who explained the to tal programs name would be Substance Abuse Boyd a former principal of North Augusta Junior High School was named to the post of coordinator of drug education and assistant coordinator of instruction in July The Citadel graduate re his masters degree in administration at the University of SC and his educational career includes 25 years as a secondary ad ministrator in South Caro lina schools Boyd expressed asm over the concept of the plan I think by Christmas time well have a program in the schools we can be proud said Right now plans are under way to hold workshops for teachers who will instruct the new program One is scheduled for North Augusta Sept 24 and a second one at Aiken Junior High Oct 1 He said students would not be issued class texts but teachers would be equipped with guidelines He said the program is broken down into four stages or grade levels ten through the third grade grades four through six sev en through eight and nine through twelve Each division is one of specific teaching and will cover a certain concept with approaches to the prob lem of drugs to come at varying levels he explained For instance for the kindergarten through third grade we have a film of the wolf and three pigs the wolf is smoking and when he goes to blow down their house he finds hes out of wind said Boyd Simple yet with a point the program advances on how drugs affect the body mentally as well as physi cally In the seventh and eighth grades the program will involve attitudes and un Boyd said For the hiph school level the health aspect will give way more or less to sessions both individual and groups with counselors Well begin the in the school as soon as the workshops are over prob ably in the middle of Oc tober said Boyd As Boyd says Im sold on the program and he is quick to point out the pro gram devised is a fine approach noting it is a new method of drug educa tion unlike other drug edu cation methods which main ly create curiosity among students often leading to experimentation As a pilot district once the program is instructed for a year it will be eval and possibly instituted throughout all the schools in the state JOHN J BO YD Local Coordinator Talmadge 4StrangeJustice WASHINGTON AP A Democratic senator said today it is a strange commentary on justice that Watergate con E Howard Hunt faces 30 years in prison while the people who planned and organ the Watergate spy oper mgs He said Hunt was relatively low on he totem pole in the political espionage operation of the 1972 Nixon reelection cam Talmadge asked Hunt whether his imprisonment while others remain at liberty 192 14 Pages Aiken South Carolina Tuesday September 25 1973 10c Per Single Copy Telephone 6432311 ation remain free struck him as a strange corn Sen Herman Talmadge D mentary on justly Ga made the observation as Yes sir Hunt replied Hunt tegan his second day on It does me also Tal the witness stand at Sen madge said ates televised Watergate hear Pentagon Fears Study WASHINGTON AP Pen men their dependents and re tagon officials are fearful that tirees Such a switch could a study ordered by the Nixon mean personnel administration may result in have to pay full civilian replacing military for their care tors as physicians to service Pension Chances Brighten WASHINGTON AP will begin work on the legisla Chances that Congress will tion next Monday The Senate complete work this year on a already has approved a to pension reform have bright safeguard private retirement ened with word that the House systems Ways and Means Committee Sirica Asked To Reject Efforts WASHINGTON AP Pres Senate Watergate committee to idem Nixons lawyers have obtain White House tape asked federal Judge John J rica to reject efforts by the Gas Prices Postal Rates To Go Up Interest Down Cly burn Joins Race For Council Representation of those peo ple who dont feel represented on City Council is the platform for William Clyburn Democra tic candidate for City Council Clyburn in filing this morn ing for the position said I would like to represent all the citizens of Aiken and those people from the area where I live I want people to have a voice in city government he said and my reasons for running include the fact that people have asked me to run The people that know me will vote for me in Novem ber said Clyburn and those that dont know me will know me before the election Clyburn is the defensive coach for the Aiken High School Clybum 32 and his wife Beverly have two children He is a native of Camden and has been living in Aiken for the past 10 years He is an Executive Com for precinct 4 re a BS degree from Allen Spectators Hamper Search By JUDY RICH Staff Reporter As the search continues for an Augusta man presumed drowned in a boating collision at Silver Bluff landing Sunday rescue workers report they have been hampered in their efforts by masses of spectators at the site Yes I would definitely say spectators are a problem I would like to request that peo ple stay home today said William Tharpe assistant commander of the Aiken Coun ty Rescue Squad Tharpe said efforts to find Eugene Hall 26 of Olive Road Augusta have gone on continu since the Sunday mishap in which two boats sank and two WILLIAM CLYBURN Aiken Standard File 1 University in Columbia and is presently working on a Mas ters degree at the University of South Carolina Aiken Re gional Campus Partly Cloudy Warm Forecast For Area The Aiken vicinity weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures through tomorrow with a chance of afternoon and even ing thundershowers The high temperature today and tomorrow will be near 90 degrees with tonights low in the upper 60s The probability of rain is 30 per cent today and tomorrow and 20 per cent tonight The extended outlook for through Saturday calls for a chance of showers Thursday partly cloudy Friday and Saturday with high tem in the 80s and lows in the 60s Credit Policy May Be Easing WASHINGTON AP Gasoline increase this week and postal rates may soon follow but there is growing evidence the high interest rates may be about to start down Leading to this speculation on interest rates was a de cline Monday of more than a full percentage point in the interest of US Treasury bills which have been favored by many investors in recent months because of their high yields Edward M Hoob an assist ant secretary of the Treasury j attributed the decline to a feel ing that the Federal Reserve Board may be easing the tight j credit policy it has followed since early this year in an at tempt to control inflation If federal credit policy is ing it would result in lower in i terest TORCH OF HOPE The Aiken County United Way torch was lit during halftime ceremonies during the Aiken High Airport game this weekend The symbolic lighting of the torch was per formed by Miss Aiken Cooper The campaign will officially get underway with the years first campaign breakfast which has been rescheduled for Wednesday at 7 am The breakfast will be held at the Commercial Hotel Staff Photo by Wen dell Hall Male Chauvinism Suffers Setback Male chauvinism suf fering severely from Billie Jean Kings defeat of Bobby Riggs received another ma jor sports setback as Su zanne McCharen of Aiken took first place in The Aiken Standard Weekly Football Contest Miss perfect score of prognostications earned her first place prize money of 150 A near rout of the men was averted only by Sidney Taprell of Aiken who tied Miss Helen Madigan of Ai ken for second place with a record of 14 of 16 correct choices rates on virtually all kinds of loans ranging from home mortgages to consumer j loans to bank loans for big business In other economic develop ments Monday Cost of Living Council said it would make every effort to meet a request from Presi dent Nixon that it allow gaso line prices to increase this week instead of next as the council originally had proposed Council sources indicated the retail price of gasoline would be allowed to increase by one or two cents per gallon to re flect higher wholesale costs Gen E T Klassen proposed a in crease in the cost of airmail and first class postage mean ing an airmail stamp would in crease from 11 cents to 13 cents and a firstclass stamp from eight cents to 10 cents The squeeze has affected us as much as it has affected the rest of the on Nov 6 t i ROBERT B USHER Works At DuPont Usher Files As Democrat For Council The betterment of the city of Aiken is the platform of Robert B Usher Democratic candi date for Council election my Taxpayers are going to have to pay the price Klassen said Congress would have to approve the increases which would also apply to other classes of mail To Preside In Court Here Monday Judge Morrison Says Watergate Is A Farce By JUDY RICH Staff Reporter Judge James B Morrison who will be presiding in Ai ken County during the October term of General Sessions Court next week has definite opinions on many of the days current news headlines including the Watergate scandal which he unhesitatingly describes as a farce within itself The outspoken 67yearold judge speaking from his Georgetown office said he thinks people ought to get back to work and quit worry ing about Watergate I think Watergate is a farce within itself not a force mind you a farce he said Judge Morrison said the Watergate controversy is undermining the govern ment It is undermining our government and this is not the time to undermine the government no one wants to fight or to work these days they just want to talk about Watergate he said Do you think the nations feelings toward the judicial system have been affected by Watergate I would think so he responded As to the number of law yers involved in the scandal who are now defendants Morrison said it was a mat ter of circumstance and co incidence because of their position An advocate of judicial re form Judge Morrison has served 11 years on the bench Im heading into my 12th 22 years in the South Carolina legisla ture a tenure which span ned eight years in the House Speaker Pro Tempore 194748 and 14 years in the Senate Commenting on the big gest change in the judicial system since his appoint ment to the bench Judge Morrison said his answer would have to bs the deci sion on capital punishment a decision he does not agree with I think the Supreme Aiken has been good to me and my family said Usher and we cant set back and not take care of the city He said I want to benefit Ihe city and help it in any way to be a better place to live i His plans now hr said are to meet as many people in Aiken I as he possibly can At this time i said Usher there are no cam plans unless he is faced with a primary which now does not appear to be sary Usher 46 and his wife Ann have four children and two grandchildren He is employed by the Dupont Co at the Savan nah River Plant as a power shift supervisor Usher is a native of Lancas ter SC and moved to Aiken in 1953 to work with the Du pont Co He finished school under the adult education pro gram it Schofield High School two vears aco
