Aiken Standard (Newspaper) - December 31, 1975, Aiken, South Carolina N PUbL LIBR 435 A I k t O O S Vol 108 No 257 2 Sections 10A 88 Small Users Paying More Aiken South Carolina Wednesday December 31 1975 lOc Per Single Copy Telephone 64823 Propane Gas Cost Put On Sliding Scale Staff Reporter Although the fuel shortage has eased the variation in prices of propane gas for home consumption are complaints Complaints range from were being penalized for conser ving energy to Im not getting what I pay for are being registered G V Mundy says he will be paying only 38 cents a gallon for propane gas while his son will have to pay 62 cents a gallon I use a lot of gas and my son uses less Mundy said So it looks like he is being penalized for using less Mundy and his son Richard F Mundy are both customers of Cassels Oil Company Pine Log Road Aiken distributors of Exxon products EL Eaves III manager of Cassels said Exxon sets the price of propane gas on a sliding scale based on the number of gallons used in the prior year Exxon sets the guidelines and we follow them Eaves said And Exxon has to be in compliance with federal guide lines Dobbs auditor in charge of the Federal Energy Administration office in Columbia said there are certain rules to be followed in setting prices according to the guide lines If they companies were selling propane gas on a sliding scale prior to 1973 then they can still do so Ms Dobbs said This is provided they are keeping the difference between the small user and the large user the same Ms Dobbs explained that even though the price of propane gas might go up the difference between the two users would have to remain the same as in the past Jessie Key manager and subdealer of the Bennett Gas Com pany in Gloverville said he uses the sliding scale and that it is set by the Federal Government People do not understand that it costs much more to take someone a small amount of gas than it does a large order Key said This is why the large users get a reduction in price Key explained that the cost of taking a service truck varies from job to job and that a small order for propane gas can cost Whats Going On Earthquake Jars Western Greece PATRAS Greece AP An earthquake jolted western Greece today causing heavy damage to towns and villages but there were no immediate reports of deaths or serious in juries police said Most of the damage was re ported south of Lake and The villages of Ano and Kato were said to be leveled About 1500 persons live in these two villages Hundreds of homes were re ported damaged in other near by villages leaving several thousand persons homeless Power lines collapsed cutting off regular communications but police said they were in ra dio contact with the area BreakIn Of Ford Office Aborted WASHINGTON AP An attempted breakin today at of fices used by President Fords campaign committee apparent ly was unsuccessful District of Columbia police said Molding around a door to of fices used by the committees advertising and media workers showed signs of tampering and a burglar alarm had been tripped police said The offices on the 10th floor of a downtown office building apparently were not entered and nothing appeared to be missing a committee staff member said Police said a search of the building failed to turn up any one WASHINGTON AP ate Republican Leader Hugh Scott allegedly made repeated requests for Gulf Oil money even while the Watergate scan dals were boiling in 1973 ac cording to a Gulf investigative panel The panel quoted statements attributed to Gulfs political bagman Claude C Wild Jr who reportedly claimed to have made secret cash payments to a year for about 13 years The special review com set up by Gulf to in its own illegal politi cal donations in the United States South Korea and else where said in a report released Tuesday that in 13 years Gulf disbursed some million at home and abroad for political donations and related matters mostly illegal Pure Labels To Come Off Soon WASHINGTON AP Con sumers will continue to see la bels claiming that meat prod such as sausage and lard are pure for another six months despite the govern ments Jan 1 deadline for re moving them from retail shelves The additional time is being by the Agri culture Department which con tends it would be a financial hardship on companies if they were required to destroy mil lions of unused labels by the deadline up to or a mile sometimes We sell the 100pound cylinders of propane for each Key said For the larger tanks we charge 46 cents per gallon if it is a company tank and 44 cents per gallon if the customer owns the tank Key said a truck can go out and fill a large tank quicker than they can refill the cylinders We also get a lot of complaints from the customers who do not think that we are putting in the amount of propane gas ordered Key said They just do not understand how the tanks are serviced even when it is explained Key said that a customer will order 100 gallons of gas and when the meter doesnt say 100 gallons they think they are being cheated See PROPANE Page IDA No Indication Of Leads In Blast Passengers Are Nervous NEW YORK AP La Guardia Airport scene of an explosion that killed 11 per sons and injured some 75 others is open again but the first passengers to arrive there were nervous about a recurrence The first arrival was an American Airlines flight from Dallas which landed at pm Tuesday night with 90 passengers aboard More than a dozen nights land ed within an hour and many of the 1400 passengers who arrived during that hour grabbed their luggage and rushed away I want my bags I want to get out said Levada June a singer Im scared stiff I m terrified Meanwhile hundreds of FBI agents joined the search for the persons responsible for the 25stick dynamite bomb blast that left the Trans World Airlines claim area a mass of rubble SB e The FBI men along with New York City police officers and firemen spent the day reconstructing the scene and interviewing per may have been near when tne bomb went of i V There was no indication authorities had any leads as to who may have been re sponsible and they appeared to discount the numerous calls received after the blast claiming that awide range of extremist or crime groups was responsible I personally dont place too much faith in these calls said Chief of Detectives Louis The nervousness was clear to anyone in the airport as the first planes arrived Several passengers asked a reporter why he was interviewing them when you dont have to be here 7500 Cubans Believed in Angola WASHINGTON AP US intelligence sources estimate there are now about 7500 Cu ban soldiers in Angola support ing forces fight ing for control of that West Af rican country The increase suggests that the Cuban military com in Angola is growing steadily Last week US were using a figure of about 6000 Cuban troops there One unconfirmed report Tues day said that a Cuban tank bri gade may have arrived in An gola If so officials said that would represent the first com of a major unit of the Cuban army Rain May End By Tonight The first day of 1976 isnt exactly going to be a bright new day according to thf weather bureau Four to six hours of sun shine is expected and theres a 10 per cent chance of rain The probability of rain is 80 per cent today and 28 per cent tonight Winds should be 10 to 15 miles per hour tonight and northwesterly at the same speed Thurs day A small craft advisory is in effect on the lakes Tonights low is a mild 45 degrees Tomorrow the temperature be is the low Weekend weather should be mild with a chaace of showers Saturday and San day Cooler weather is ex Have You Heard that Jerry Nelson really put his foot in it The shower stall ceiling that is In a Sunday afternoon attempt to put more insulation in the attic of his home the ERDA environ mentalist accidentally stepped into the shower stall via the ceiling While the astronauts may be famous for leaving their footprints on the moon Nelsons fame for leav ing his footprint on their shower ceiling may go unchallenged Its not all over after Dec 25th Nona Renew of ville decorates her door for New Years instead of Christmas This year Father Time is surrounded by Bicentennial colors of red white and blue Barbara Teschendorf 21 of Greenville SC said she was irate when she learned her plane would land at La Guardia instead of Kennedy as sched uled When I bought my ticket I insisted I go to Kennedy be cause I read about the bomb ings she said Its absurd Im frightened silly Were just human guinea pigs Little more than an hour after first plane landed the air port was virtually deserted again as air traffic dropped for the night Meanwhile the nations scheduled airlines offered a reward for information leading to the arrest and con viction of those responsible for the explosion The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey which operates the airport announced that the 25cent lockers where the bomb was secreted would be closed to the public in definitely As flight schedules were re workmen were feverishly putting up plywood over blown out windows and painting the blast area to cover as much of the damage as pos sible The panels were painted light green and soon looked like concrete walls that had always been there Bombing On World Trip By The Associated Press Edythe Bull 72yearold Bre vard NC woman who was among the 11 persons killed in the bomb blast at LaGuardia Airport in New York Monday would have been out of the ter minal had she not missed her limousine Miss Bull had just started an trip She tele phoned a woman friend who was to go with her that she had missed the pm limousine from the airport and would lake the next one The bomb went off at pm Miss Bull had been director of community relations for Keep America Beautiful one of the nations first environmental action organizations About two years ago after her retirement See VICTIM Page HA FOR CLUES An FBI agent knocks piaster down from ceiling in LaGuardia AP Feels Rights Violated Scott Seeking Legal Opinion By LIN SMITHWICK Staff Reporter A retired Navy commander who lives in Edgefield County and is a member of the Edgefield County School Board but who works in the Aiken County school system is seeking a legal opinion as to whether or not his first amendment rights have been violated Cmdr Ralph C Scott head of the program for three area high schools has asked Aiken attorney John Bodenheimer to review his case Bodenheimer who stressed that he has not been retained by Scott said He is concerned about possible infringement of his first amendment rights of the freedom of speech and has asked me to review his situation This action by Scott has been preceded by his year long letter to the editor attack waged against the Aiken County School Board In a long series of let ters Scott has charged the board with misdirection of state funds and poor administration of certain programs The funds Scott referred to were ones used by the board to retire bonds which Scott said were supposed to be used for construction of new buildings or repairs to present structures However Aiken County school superintendent T B Ted Willis explained that the board at an open meeting decided to request state funds to be used specifically to retire the bonds Willis said the funds were approved by the state and were used accordingly This is one of the points Willis feels Scott misrepresented in his letters There were several things that were misleading if not outright false Willis stated To me all this reflected on the of the board when it the criticism wasnt true Willis added Scott also took issue with the validity of the mini course program being of at Aiken High Willis acknowledged that there are pros and cons to this program but feels that is to be expected with anything new Because of a gentlemans agreement between Willis and Scott over a year ago at which time they agreed that Scott would not become embroiled in any controversy in the press without first checking with Willis members of the school board and Willis felt everything would die down after the first few let ters When this didnt happen the Board compiled a letter containing clippings of Scotts letters to the editor and sent it to Admiral J T Burke Commandant of the 6th Naval District in Charleston While the letter itself has not been released to the press nor has Scott seen a See SCOTT Page 10A Forms Mailed For Exemptions Applications for 1976 Homestead Exemptions for persons who filed in 1975 will be mailed by Aiken County Auditor Mar tha W Redd today These applications must be signed and re turned to the Auditors office on or before April 30 Those who have become eligible for the first time must make application to the auditor Persons who are newly eligi ble are those who are 65 by today have resided in South Caro lina for one year own and live in their home and are blind or totally disabled Such applicants or their representative must present proof of age or disability date of birth and social se curity number In 1975 the legislature amended the Homestead Exemption Law by inserting a section regarding mobile homes When any person would be entitled to a homestead tax ex emption under this section except that he does not own the real property on which his dwelling place is located and his dwelling place is a mobile home owned by him located on pro perty leased from another such mobile home shall be exempt from personal property taxes to the same extent and obtained in accordance with the same procedures as is provided for in this section for an exemption from real property taxes pro vided however that no person shall receive such an tion from both real and personal property taxes in the same year KENNEDYS SKI TOGETHER Sen Edward M Kennedy DMass second from right pauses with his family after they descended the ski slope at Snowbird Utah a resort near Salt Lake City Other family members are Kara lefO Teddy Jr and his wife Joan The Kennedys braved a heavy snowstorm to ski down Big Emma run with a ski instructor John Ken Jr also down with the group i AP Wirephoto i
