Aiken Standard (Newspaper) - April 13, 1976, Aiken, South Carolina A KEN COUNTY PUbL L I BR 435 SVl KEN S 61 975 Pages Aiken South Carolina Tuesday April 13 1976 lOc Per Single Copy Telephone 6482311 Whats Going On Bills Reintroduced Today WASHINGTON cashing a check or receiving today it might be a I good idea to count your money with extra care In com memoration of Thomas Jeffer sons birthday the government is introducing bills into the nations money supply Banks have been holding the new bills for a couple of days now with directions to keep them in their vaults until today By yearend 400 million of the new bills will have been dis including 225 million today President Ford received the first Monday from Treasury Secretary William E Simon in a brief White House ceremony It cost the President two bills Lively Debate Held Senate Backing Defense Budget WASHINGTON AP The Senate is backing President Fords request for a record peacetime defense budget but is making no moves to cut do spending that the ad ministration finds unnecessary or undesireable In adopting an overall billion federal spending ceiling for fiscal 1977 the Senate beat down an attempt to cut defense programs by million The Senate on Monday gave Ford nearly all he asked for de fense trimming only mil lion from the billion he requested The million ad cut proposed in an amendment by Sen Birch Bayh DInd was beaten by a 5827 vote Judge Orders Strikers To Work SAN FRANCISCO AP Union officials have reacted negatively to a new proposal for ending the 14day municipal craft workers walkout On Monday a judge ordered strikers to return to work The new plan presented Mon day night to 10 striking unions would soften scheduled pay cuts by stretching them over a threeyear period in order to reduce the impact on the worker and his family said Board of Supervisors President Quentin Kopp Ammunition Factory Explodes HELSINKI Finland API Vn explosion ripped apart the Lapua ion factory today killing at east 37 persons and injuring nore than 30 the Defense Min stry announced Most of the dead and injured were women working in the cartridge loading plant which was destroyed the ministry aid There was no indication of the cause of the blast at the factory 230 miles north of Hel sinki The government named a commission to investigate The explosion was just one big blast which ripped the one story concrete plant to pieces a spokesman said He said it would be difficult to determine what happened because all the foremen were dead or injured Assad Threatens Intervention BEIRUT Lebanon AP President Hafez Assad has threatened more Syrian mili tary intervention in Lebanon and Egypt has warned him to leave Yasir Palestine Liberation Organization alone In a warning apparently ad dressed to the leftist Lebanese Moslem leader Kama Jum blatt Assad told a political ral ly in Damascus Monday that he was prepared to move into Lebanon to protect any victim of aggression We have complete freedom of movement We have the capability to take any position we want Election At A Glance DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN Carl M Hair incumbent SHERIFF Paul D Grant incumbent George B McCormick James A Williams AUDITOR TREASURER Mike Lucas Ray Hill L Vernon Davis Marvin Dunbar Nathan Howard Cleve Edmunds Laurie Livingston Homer L McGee James DISTRICT THREE DISTRICT FOUR DISTRICT FIVE DISTRICT SIX DISTRICT SEVEN Maurice Rice James F James Rhoden Mim Woodring John Pound COUNTY Margie H Plunkett Burgess REGISTRAR OF MESNE CONVEYANCE Cleo Scott incumbent Virginia Ergle CORONER James L Gregory incumbent CLERK OF COURT Sue H Roe incumbent SOLICITOR W Westerdahl John W Harte Jr COUNTY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN Charles W Prosser Cieo Allen Bradberry Carrol H Wamer DISTRICT ONE William L Benson DISTRICT TWO Silver Bluff Estates Annexed By LIN SMITHWICK Staff Reporter Two issues on last nights city council agenda brought live ly comments from the audience in the packed council cham bers The second reading for annexation of a 76acre area of Sil ver Bluff Estates had pro and con representatives at the meet ing When both sides had been heard the council members boted unanimously in favor of the annexation Among those opposing the move to gather that portion of Silver Bluff into the city limits was Herbert Williams Wil liams asking for a listing of the names of those who signed the citys petition represented several families opposed to the an While neighbors on one side of the street in favor of the proposal complained about problems with septic tanks DISTRICT EIGHT Clint Cowart Ralph F Cullinan Lonnie W Lott RT Huntoon Walter Jr Forest L Kirby Aubrey C Woodward SENATE DISTRICT EIGHT SEAT ONE L i Rodney Alberts Gilbert E McMillan incumbent JM Glass independent Robert M Bell William E Knotts Tom Turnipseed SEAT FOUR Michael L Laughlin incumbent AJ Dooley incumbent Addison GWilson during heavy rains others said they had no problems with their sewage systems Those in favor were strong in their opinion that being a part of the city would be cheaper than living in the county A retired man Frank Boyd saying he came here from the north quipped Im tickled to death to pav taxes to the City of Aiken for this service Fred Wiles a local Realtor stressed that according to his figures it will be cheaper to be in the city rather than out Mrs Willie Harleson another proponent of the annexation who circulated the petition said everyone she talked with was happy to sign it A member of the audience asked when residents could ex to be hooked up to the citys sewer line City manager Roland Windham answered We hope it will be within two years Windham explained that expansion of the sewer system is very expensive and added that the city cannot guarantee when it will be done However Windham stressed The sooner you get in and the sooner you get pro the sooner the system can be hooked up Another question concerned whether or not citizens are required to hook up to the city Windham replied that resi dents are not required to tie in immediately but if septic tank trouble develops they must at that time hook up to the city Windham stressed that annexation residents are en to tie in as soon as possible Mrs Harleson raised another point saying it was her under standing that residents would be allowed to pay the hook up fee on an installment plan This seemed to baffle council See CITY Page 14 Texas Race Said Close Ford To Change Tactics BEACHED WHALE DIES Residents of the Tofino BC area on Vancouver Island tried in vain all weekend to save a beached killer whale by hosing it down with water until high water returned to the inlet The 27footer was found in 3lzfeet of water Friday after being caught in a low tide in mud fiats off AP Republicans Offering Full Slate For Board WC Files For Treasurer Staff Reporter Republicans had a full slate of candidates for the Aiken County Board of Com missioners when the noon filing deadline passed to day In addition Republicans will be running candidates for several courthouse of fices including treasurer auditor sheriff and regis trar of mesne conveyance William C Busch filed for treasurer this morning and Mike Harvey filed for audi tor and Virginia Ergle for registrar of mesne convey ance The new candidates filing for the Board of Commis are James Rhoden District Three Aubrey C Woodward and Walter C Guy Jr District Eight John Pound of Belvedere operator of a North Augusta roofing company for Dis Five Clint Cowart of Warrenville an employe of the Savannah River Plant offering for District Six William L Benson police chief of Wagener offering for District One Other GOP candidates lor the County Commission are Mim Woodring for District Four a threeway race be tween Ralph F Cullinan Lonnie W Lott and RT Huntoon for District Seven and a twoway battla be tween Maurice Rice and James F for Dis Two Carrol H Warn er is running for chairman The Democrats have sev eral candidates Charles W Prosser and Cleo Allen Bradberry will fight it out for the nomination to the Chairmans seat Lucas Ray has offered for District One Medwell Hill is running for District Two The District Three race will be fought between L Vernon Davis Marvin Dunbar and Nathan Howard Cleve Edmunds is seeking District Four Lau rie Livingston is seeking District Five Homer L McGee is seeking District Six James K Gregory has offered for District Seven and Forest L Kirby is seek ing District Eight Another Republican that has filed is Virginia Ergle She is seeking the post of Registrar of Mesne Convey REPUBLICAN Page 14 Mrs Burgess McGowan File Two Democrats field for elec tion yesterday Rhea J Burgess for county treasurer and Rep Marion D McGowan for the District 84 House of Representative seat Mrs Burgess former finance coordinator of Aiken County has filed for the Democratic nomination to the Treasurers post She will be facing Margie H Plunkett in the primary A native of Aiken Mrs Bur gess is a graduate of Aiken High School and has taken ad courses in bookkeeping and English She joined the county office in 1957 as a clerk in the ers office She later became chief clerk In 1973 she became head bookkeeper of the county and served in that position until January 1975 1975 was a year of sy for Mrs Burgess In January she was fired by TF liams The ensuing controversy and investigations by Demo cratic commissioners resulted in Williams angry resignation See DEMOCRATS Page 14 President Seeks Wider Audience By The Associated Press i President Ford continuing to portray himself underdog in Texas May 1 Republican primary Ronald Reagan is ahead but that we could surprise them Fords campaign manager Rogers Morton said the race in the Lone Star state was too close to call At a White House reception Monday Ford said We could surprise them down there and we have an to win If we can do well in Texas if we surprise them then I think weve really got headway going The President will try a new aimed at increased news coverage of his activities when he resumes his campaign travels next week Little Change Expected In Weather High and dry Thats the forecast for the Aiken area weather Tem are again expect ed to rise into the high 70s and no rain is ex through Saturday There are no frost warn ings for tonight Tempera tures are expected to drop only into the 40s Health Group To Get AUGUSTA Ga A 5175000 budget for the first year of op for the East Central Georgia Health Systems Agen cy has been approved by the U S Department of Health Edu cation and Welfare i HEW i The announcement came last night at a meeting of the Gov erning Board of the Agency in the Georgia Railroad Bank Ford plans to do his cam during the normal work week White House sources said rath j er than on Fridays and Satur i days as he has in the past Newspaper deadlines are ear ly on Saturdays they reason and weekend television network news programs have far small I er audiences than those weekday evenings Meanwhile a report j with the government showed Reagans campaign j trimmed its spending in March to barely half of what it laid 1 out in and ran its debt to nearly SI million while i the President s campaign in creased its expenditures in March and ended the month ahead Reagan spent million in March in sharp contrast with the million he spent in February the report showed On the Democratic side the leading contenders for the par tys presidential stepped up their campaigning for April 27 pri mary Pennsylvania will elect 134 Democratic delegates in the primary and 44 others at the partys state conventions Arizona Rep Morris Udall who walked the streets ol The will be given to i t the aller Ihe proper i forms have been bv anii E he ohe Missouri campaign officials for both Udall and Jackson said the candidates had agency a working budget of was being counted on In the letter from HEW read last night it was further noted that would not be as SCUle Treasurer Candidate Seeks ReElection sured for the next fiscal vear ance lhe 5tae to because of uncer the 1977 ap 1C propriation the phrase ethnic punty con The lessened means to come under criticism cutbacks in planned personnel i Black active r iniri in Atlanti and reduction of the number of planned offices from one each in Augusta and Athens Ga to just one in Augusta The governing board voted unanimously for said in Atlanta that Carters apology for using the phrase in i speech does not go far enough Williams a state legis lator called on blacks to stop supporting Carter until he Jernigan to sign the his stand on integrated neighborhoods documents to get the The Budget Committee re ported that the executive di rector will receive an annual salary of the associate director assistant di rector So far the only man hired bv the agency is the executive director William T In other business the Alabama Gov George C his campaign for the Democratic nomination ham by problems was scheduled to kick oft a trip to Texas and Arizona to day Idaho Sen Frank Church most recent ot the entrants in in other business the thc continued Committee submitted changes a swinS through Ne braska See HEALTH Page HI
