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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1970
Page
9
A regional note describes evening grosbeaks visiting feeders and preparing to migrate to spruce belts in northwestern Canada. It urges readers to record last sightings and share data with the source. The piece also notes purple martins have arrived, will nest late April to May, and offers tips on nesting boxes placed 15 to 20 feet high away from houses for better martins.
The article explains how purple martins aid in crop protection by eating various insects and why people should provide gourds or simple boxes as homes. It notes martins return to established areas, the need for clean, well maintained housing, and the birds' dust baths as part of their hygiene.
A proposed vital records bill would make altering birth or death documents a crime and push South Carolina toward statewide registration. The package would end dual county registrations by 1971, with county health departments collecting data for the State Board of Health.
Census Day begins as 408 census takers sworn in Greenwood follow counties Abbeville Aiken Anderson Edgefield Greenwood McCormick Newberry Oconee Pickens Saluda visiting households. Questionnaires were distributed by the Post Office and will be collected by census takers over the next three to five weeks.
Former U S undersecretary George W. Ball warned Ottawa that a neutral Canada could harm Canada U S relations and diminish North Atlantic defense. He spoke before the Commons External Affairs Committee as Canada trends toward free trade and possible neutrality under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Ball noted Americans fear NATO erosion if Canada withdraws while Norway and Denmark might follow.
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