Aiken Standard (Newspaper) - December 16, 1975, Aiken, South Carolina V T Whats Going On Firms Increase Car Prices DETROIT AP Ford and Chrysler have announced new hikes on cars only three months after the opening of the 1976 model year when all four domestic makers tacked on substantial increases Auto analysts said strong sales im since the model year began made industry confident they could make the new price increases without renewing the industrys two year slump Ms Moore Tin Not Insane SAN FRANCISCO talked about a rage that she carries within her says a priest who counseled Sara Jane Moore in jail She said Tell people Im not insane When he left her side says the Rev William ODonnell Miss Moore was still determined to plead guilty to the charge that she tried to kill President Ford But a federal judge pondering the legal complexities involved in such a plea change still has not accepted it US District Court Judge Samuel Conti scheduled a special hearing for today on the issue Although ruling that Miss Moore is men tally competent to change her plea Conti said he must be convinced that she is indeed guilty of the alleged crime PUbL LIBR 6f975 iiw i 4j5 SA S 1 Of 17 Defendants Receives Prison Sentence j Manslaughter Probation Revoked Staff Reporter Only one of 17 defendants pleading quilty to various crimes during General Sessions Criminal Court yesterday received a prison sentence Circuit Judge George Bell Timmerman Jr the presiding judge for the special term revoked six months of a manslaughter probation on a defendant All of the other defendants were either given fines or a choice of paying a fine or serving weekends on the Aiken Coun ty Public Works ACPW or in the Central Correctional In CCI in Columbia The day started slow with questioning of petit jury members and the roll call of the Aiken County Grand Jury consuming most of the morning hours Security Forces Man Hotels BEIRUT Lebanon AH Lebanese security forces manned the hotels in downtown battle zone today but the warring Moslems and Christians held on to gun posi tions in the highrise buildings The 15th ceasefire of Leba civil war began to take effect Monday but both the rightwing Chris tian and the leftist Moslems pulled out only part of their gunmen for hotel district Both said they would not withdraw the rest un til the other side did so Thatchers Chances Improving LONDON AP Margaret Thatchers chances of becom ing Britains first woman prime minister appear to have im proved significantly in the past two weeks For the first time since she became leader of the Conservative party in Febru ary the political climate seems to be moving her way Among the key signs are the elections in Australia and New Zealand which voted the Laborites out and conservative parties in the death Sunday of Maurice Edel man a Laborite member of the House of Commons which re Prime Minister Harold Wilsons majority in the House of Commons from one to none and widespread press reports of deep splits within Wilsons cabinet including resignation threats over the handling of the key issue facing the nation the economy Driving under the influence DUI of alcohol or drugs and drug violation cases continue to dominate the court docket Seventeen guilty pleas were heard by Judge Timmerman and 56 true bills were added to the carry over docket bringing the total cases to 116 Larry Darnell Cheatham charged with five counts of for gery by uttering a forged instrument was allowed to plead guilty to three counts with the other two nol pressed Cheatham was given three years and a fine of su with probation for two years Judge Timmerman told Cheatham whose attorney said drugs were partly responsible for his trouble that during the time of his probation he must not use or associate with anyone who uses drugs Cheatham also must remain gainfully employed must pay to the Aiken County Clerk of Court for restitution of checks forged by the defendant must continue on a drug pro gram of rehabilitation must attend church and must live quarters approved by the probation department Other guilty pleas and the sentences were DUI Lewis second offense one year and fine suspended to three months or with 18 months probation Christine McCurry Barsh second offense one year and fine suspended to two months or with 18 months tion John Thomas Smith third offense three years and suspended upon service of six weekends on the ACPW or in the CCI and two years probation See GENERAL Page 3 A nrn ii 3 TO o 3 1 y 1 h i i c ro a 1 3 T O vj fl D V Senate Passes Tax Cut But Ford Veto Is Expected Hostage Hijacking Perfection AMSTERDAM The Nether lands AP South Moluccan gunmen who held 23 hostages aboard a train in northern Hol land for almost two weeks planned the hijacking with perfection but didnt realize what it meant to shoot somebody a Dutch jour reports Ger Va ders 50 released when the gunmen surrendered Sunday said in a television interview the hijacking was planned to the were military men He attributed the killing of three of the hostages to nerves adding They ob didnt realize what it means to shoot somebody They wept Opposition Minimal To Bush WASHINGTON sition to the nomination of George Bush to head the CIA appears to be minimal but Sen Frank Church Chairman of the Senate In Committee says he still plans to fight against con Bush ran into scant opposition Monday as he told the Senate Armed Services Committee he would take no part in any partisan political activity At the same time however he refused to rule out the possibility that he would ac cept the Republican vice presi nomination if it were of Bush also told the panel he could not rule out future CIA support for foreign military coups Rain Expected Tomorrow The chance of rain will de crease this evening to 20 per cent chance tomorrow with lit tle or no sunshine predicted Highs today should reach in the mid 60s with a low in the mid 40s Wednesdays high will be in the low 50s The extended outlook is for cleaning Friday and becoming fair and much colder Saur day Highs are expected to be in the 50s Thursday and 40s Saturday with lows in the 30s Thursday and 20s Saturday Hospital Staff Passes Resolution The Aiken County Hospital Medical Staff adopted a resolu tion which requests the Board of Commissioners to take whatever immediate action is necessary to close the pres ent Aiken County Hospital The resolution is the work of the Medical Staffs Executive Committee which presented it to the Medical Staff at a meet ing last night It reads Resolved that the Aiken County Board of Commissioners take whatever immediate action is necessary to close the present Aiken County Hospital as an acute care facility when the Aiken Community Hospital begins operation and that alt patient medical records be transferred from the present Ai ken County Hospital building to the Aiken Community Hospi tal when it opens Ths resolution was adopted unanimously by the executive committee and was adopted on a voice vote by the Medical Staff with not much opposition according to Dr Robert 0 Lipe a member of the Executive Committee There was little discussion not much happened Dr Lipe reported MUSICAL REFLECTIONS Barbara P Duke first chair trombone is mirrored in her horn while rehearsing with the Aiken High School Sympho nic Band for its annual Christmas Concert to be presented tomorrow at 8 pm in the gymnasium of the Aiken Junior High School The concert will be dedicated to the memory of William T Slaughter former Symphonic Band tor Staff Photo By Murry Sill Spending Ceiling h Left Off WASHINGTON AP The that would extend 1975 individual tax cuts into the new year is now in the hands of a committee that will prepare it for final delivery to President Ford but there is little chance the measure will win Fords approval The members of the conference committee that will work out the final form of the have wide latitude in saying how income taxes should be cut but they have no authority to tie the sixmonth taxcut extension to a spending ceiling that Ford has demanded as the price for his approval Thus whether the average worker will see an 8per cent tax hike starting in January apparently hinges on whether House Democrats can told together arid mus ter the Republican votes needed to Ford veto nearly sure to come Failure to extend the tax cuts would cost a married maii earning a year and sup porting a wife and two children an additional a week in withholding or about more income taxes for the year according to the Internal Revet lue a Per son earning the lolding would be increased by I Thurmond Hollings iit Votes Williams Expected To Be Hired Although not on tonights agenda the Aiken County Board of Commissioners are expected to hire John Henry Williams as county attorney when they meet at 7 pm in room 107 of See Editorial Page 4 According to Commissioner Cleve Edmunds the item will definitely be discussed in the form of a resolution to hire Williams Edmunds said that he and Chairman Harold V Graybeal visited Williams yesterday and it went real good I think Mr Graybeal was impressed also See WILLIAMS Page Z Jaycees Raise Over The totals for the two area Christmas funds keep going up as the countdown of days be fore Christmas continues The Jaycees and Salvation Army have collected a grand total of THE SALVATION ARMY Three little girls have been taken in by their grandparents who live on a small pension and cannot really afford the added expenses of raising the grandchildren The mother was recently killed and the father has not been helping the girls Santa will need a little help to bring Christmas to this family The Salvation Army through the money it is raising will help families like this share the joy of Christmas Dona tions may be sent to Salvation Army PO Box 439 Aiken AMOUNT SIS Mr and Mrs T Olsen CM Patterson Pilot o Aiken ta Mr iod Mrs AJ Farmer Mr aad Mrs RH Gaddy CS Luther M Farrell wa liam and Helen K Dr and Mrs EF SB Daisy 0 Greene ts Dale and Bernke Loser BO Margaret and JO Wizard tlS BS Local food First Presbyterian 1100 Construction Company Employees Katie G Williams Bible Clasi SI Johns Methodist Church EA Rachal 110 Mrs Gladys A Wood Mr and Mrs Garvin Jr Walter Johnson Sunday School Johns United Methodist Church RS John Services BO Total KOT to Date GRAND TOTAL JAYCEES One of the families to be in cluded in this years Jaycee shopping tour which will be held this Saturday consists of a mother five children and three grandchildren They live in a house a kitchen and two bedrooms Somewhere in this state is the father who doesnt care about the welfare of his family The mother who is crippled is doing the best she can under the crowded conditions but finds she cant do the things for her family that she would like With the very small income there is just enough to survive with nothing left Donations may be sent to the Aiken Jaycees co Shopping Tour PO Box 707 WASHINGTON AP Here is how senators from the Caro linas voted in the 7319 roll call vote by which the Senate Mon day night passed a extend ing this years temporary tax cuts for another six months Democrats for Ernest Hol lings SC Democrats against Robert Morgan NC Republicans against Jesse Helms NC Strom Thurmond SC In the 5243 roll call vote by which the Senate Monday sent the construction site picketing to President Ford all four senators from the Carolinas voted against the measure IM LEAPING FOR JOY OVER YOURE ME J DAYS Harvey Sees No Further Have You Heard that even though the calendar says its December the weather seems to be a summer leftover Aiken resident Mrs Herbert J Feinen yesterday reported seeing a young man walking topless up Richland Avenue All he had on was a 1 pair of slacks its hard to believe its December 15 that according to Rotarian Gus Lehman God may for give your sins but your nervous system wont Aid On Jobless Benefits Staff Reperter Lt Gov W Brantley Harvey Jr stated at a public meeting last night that he foresees no emergency funding for persons whose unemployment insurance is running out Its within the states power to fund that type of service he responded to a question However Harvey characterized such legislation as not realistic A young woman had asked the lieutenant governor if the state had any plans for citizens whose rapidly expiring un employment compensation will suddenly leave them with no source of income Harvey said I dont know of any plans and suggested food stamps and welfare The citizen argued that it would be cheap er to enact emergency funding than to imprison the unem ployed forced to crime because of no income I dont think the state can go into that type of funding Harvey concluded The question and answer session came on the heels of a short speech given by Harvey to the more than 40 present on the highlights of the upcoming session of the legislature Stressed in his predictions was a very tight fiscal 1976 with no sentiment for tax increases among the lawmakers There will be very few services and a closer look at whats See JOBLESS Page 2 W BRANTLEY HARVEY JR Speaks In Aiken about per week or for year The tax cut enacted J year as an economy measure expires automatically on Dec 31 unless extended Congress The Senate indicated it will have no trouble overriding Ford when 17 Republicans joined 56 Democrats Monday night in passing the 73 to 19 Only two Democrats sided with 17 Republicans against the measure The margin was 11 more than would be needed to repass the over Fords veto The House vote earlier this month was considerably closer 257 to 168 but Democratic lead rs have expressed confidence he twothirds majority needed o override can be obtained The key test of Fords in luence on the tax issue came when the Senate voted 66 to 27 against a Republican effort to tie the tax reduction for 1976 16 ceiling on federal spending for 1977 Some senators who con support Ford deserted n on that vote agreeing with Democratic leaders that to set such a spending ceiling so early would be impractical and would represent abandonment of the newly enacted procedures un der which Congress gave itself an expanded role in developing the federal budget One Democrat Sen Walter D Huddleston of Kentucky said Fords insistance on a spending ceiling for 1977 was pure politics to appease those conservatives who otherwise might favor Ronald Reagan over Ford in GOP primaries H is degrading to the Senate to have to face such a political ploy to salvage a position taken by the President who some months ago decided he was go ing to occupy himself with campaigning Huddleston said The bills passed by the House and Senate differ on how taxes would be cut but they agree that withholding rates affecting most paychecks should remain at the present level through next June 30
