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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1970

Page

2

Funeral for Robert Lee Cooper Held at North Augusta

Funeral services for Robert Lee Cooper 47 of 1249 Radiance Drive North Augusta were conducted at 4 p.m. at Posey's Funeral Home Chapel with Revs. Earl Satcher and L H Fowler officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Memory Gardens. Cooper a Langley native who lived in North Augusta nine years worked for the Georgia Merchant Police. Survivors include his widow Lillian Sanders two sons Richard and Donald Cooper his mother Mrs Mattie Mills Cooper Langley and two sisters Mrs Bessie Mae Chipley Langley and Mrs Ethel Burkett Leesville. Pallbearers were Bill Greenway Edward L Chambers Orville Brown Fred Dilham J B Harwell and C H Ward with Georgia Merchant Police members serving as honorary pallbearers.

Robert Lee Cooper Radiance Drive North Augusta Posey’s Funeral Home Chapel Earl Satcher L.H. Fowler Sunset Memory Gardens Langley Saluda County Georgia Merchant Police Lillian Sanders Richard Cooper Donald Cooper Mattie Mills Cooper Bessie Mae Chipley Ethel Burkett Leesville Bill Greenway Edward L. Chambus Orville Brown Fred Dilham J.B. Harwell C.H. Ward The

Linthicum Rites Set Today in Wagener Church

Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Dailey Linthicum 59 of Washington are at 1 p.m. today at Chalk Hill Baptist Church Wagener with Rev. Albert Hammond officiating. Burial follows in Barr Cemetery Wagener. She was born in Aiken County and belonged to Jehovahs Witnesses. survivors include daughter Mary L. Miller Washington seven sisters and four brothers listed with respective towns.

Washington D. C Ada Dailey Linthicum Wagener Chalk Hill Baptist Church Albert Hammond Barr Cemetery Aiken County Jehovah’s Witnesses Faith Mary L. Miller Janie Winder Leah Newsome Ruth L. Medlock Thelma Watkins Mildred Plummer Brooklyn Pauline Bethea Minnie E. Harrison J. S. Dailey John C. Dailey Willie Dailey Earl Dailey

Aiken Standard Publication Notice Details

Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes each afternoon except Saturday and Sunday from 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801 Box 456. The paper carries AP and UPI wires and reserves republication rights for other material. No responsibility for ad omissions but corrections made in next issue.

Aiken Standard Rutland Drive Aiken S. C S.C Associated Press United Press International

Mass Strike Of Teachers Expands Across Cities

Teachers in Minneapolis led a 1800 member strike defying a no strike law and court order with other cities like Los Angeles Muskogee Oklahoma and Butte Montana preparing walkouts. Demands include higher salaries and smaller class sizes along with nonpay issues such as better facilities and hiring practices.

Associated Press Minneapolis Los Angeles Muskogee Oklo Butte Mont Afl-Cio Minneapolis Federation of Teachers City of Minneapolis Education Association The United Teachers of Los Angeles

Grant backs measure as 62 percent approve in poll

Grant notes over 50 percent support for the measure while opponents push to place 18-year-olds with older students on campuses. He argues mentees over 21 face disenfranchisement and cites rising high school graduation. Local delegates Grant Elden Jones and Clyde Strom vote yes, Republican Marshall Cain votes no.

Grant House Elden Jones Clyde Strom Marshall Cain

Public Release Of Transcript Set Wednesday

Boston AP A public release of Judge James A Boyle's secret transcript and inquest report on Mary Jo Kopechne death is planned for next Wednesday at the Suffolk County Courthouse. Judge Wilfred J Paquet ordered the state Supreme Court impoundment lifted, after the court rejected Sidney Lipman claim to sell copies. Dukes County grand jury completed its two day session and announced no report to issue.

Boston James A. Boyle Mary Jo Kopechne Suffolk County Wilfred J. Paquet State Supreme Court Paquet Supreme Court Sidney R. Lipman Dukes County Grand Jury Miss Kopechne

Education Group Halts Sanctions Issue in SC

The South Carolina Education Association Delegate Assembly defeated a sanctions clarification and a survey on sanctions by wide margins. The body urged safeguarding educator positions in desegregation times and planned numerous subject-area meetings.

Columbia South Carolina Education Association South Carolina

Four Million In Food Stamps Distributed In February

The U S Department of Agriculture reports about 171 000 South Carolinians received food stamps in February a 22 percent rise from January and 44 percent higher than a year earlier More than 4 million dollars in coupons were distributed statewide A county by county breakdown lists recipients in Abbeville Aiken Allendale Anderson Bamberg Beaufort Berkeley Charleston Cherokee Chester Chesterfield Clarendon Colleton Darlington Dillon Dorchester Edgefield Fairfield Florence Georgetown Greenville Greenwood Hampton Horry Jasper Kershaw Lancaster Laurens Lee Lexington Marion Marlboro McCormick Newberry Oconee Orangeburg Pickens Richland Saluda Spartanburg Sumter Union Williamsburg York and other counties.

Atlanta U.S. Department of Agriculture South Carolina Department Abbeville Aiken Allendale Anderson Bamberg Barnwell Beaufort Berkeley Calhoun Charleston Cherokee Chester Field Clarendon Colleton Darlington Dillon Dorchester Edgefield Fairfield Florence Georgetown Greenville Greenwood Hampton Horry Jasper Kershaw Lancaster Laurens Lee Lexington Marion Marlboro McCormick Newberry Oconee Orangburg Pickens Richland Saluda Spartanburg Sumter Union Williamsburg York

Comet Bennett Shown to Be Largely Water Ice

Colorado scientists using the orbiting Geophysical Observatory report that comet Bennett is composed mainly of water. Data from atomic hydrogen measurements indicate the sunlit body releases hydrogen as it warms, matching long held beliefs. Professors Barth and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics led the study.

Boulder, Colo University of Colorado Bennett Carolinas Orbiting Geophysical Observatory OGO Charles Barth Earth

Railroad Right-Of-Way Cleaned In Aiken by Workers

Maintenance crews cleared trash debris and small trees along the Southern Railway right of way in Aiken from Union Street to Burgundy Road city limits. Workers from Columbia and Charleston began the two mile cleanup to remove brush from river banks and trash from city bridges, a focus of local beautification protests.

Southern Railway Aiken Union Street Burgundy Road Columbia Charleston

Nixon signals next Supreme Court pick after Carswell clash

Southern senators who backed Haynsworth oppose Carswell and sparred with Nixon over the court vacancy. Senator Spong and Fulbright fault regionalism while Martha Mitchell stirs controversy. Nixon vows a near term nomination and asks the attorney general for a list of qualified judges.

Carswell Haynsworth Nixon William B. Spong Jr Dva J. W. Fulbright D-Ark Spong Fulbright South Carolina Martha Mitchell John N. Mitchell Arkansas Mitchell Arkansas Gazette the Gazette Philip A. Hart Dmich Joseph D. Tydings Dmd Senate

Man Without Fingerprints Receives Life Imprisonment

Robert James Pitts aged 52 known as the man with out fingerprints received a life sentence after a York County jury found him guilty of murder burglary and armed robbery in the May 11 fatal shooting of Woodrow Boyd owner of a coin operated laundry in York. The judge ordered 25 years for armed robbery before two life sentences for burglary and murder to run concurrently. Defense asked for a new trial and the request was under advisement. Pitts recently resided in Charlotte North Carolina.

York Robert James Pitts York County Pitts Woodrow Boyd James Grimball Grimball Charlotte N. C

Charleston School Desegregation Plan Approved

The U S Department of Health Education and Welfare approves Charleston County desegregation plan. Major student reassignment affecting Cooper River District includes about 940 Negro pupils moved from Bonds-Wilson High to other district schools.

Charleston Charleston County U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Cooper River Bonds - Wilson High

Views on Vacancy Discussed Aboard Navy Yacht

He said he discussed the vacancy with Mitchell Wednesday night during a cruise on the Potomac River aboard a Navy yacht.

Mitchell Potomac River

Dorn Urges Russell for Supreme Court Appointment

Third District Representative William J. Bryan Dorn telegrammed President Nixon urging Judge Donald Russell be named to the U.S. Supreme Court. Dorn praised Russell as a distinguished jurist, former governor and senator, former assistant secretary of state, and university president. He urged confirmation.

Third District William J. Bryan Dorn Richard Nixon Donald Russell Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court Russell U.S William Jennings Bryan Dorn Congress

Local Solicitorships Cast Across Multiple Circuits

West 6th presents figures including Rep. John L. McMillan and Claude L. Stephens of Kings Tree along with Bill Craig and Olin B. Lansbury Jr. from Darlington. The 3rd through 16th circuits list solicitors: McLeod, Foard, Hare, Mobley, Summerford, Greene, Hill, Graham, Long, Little, and Jolly Jr. with named assignments.

John L. McMillan Claude L. Stephens Kingstree Bill Craig Darlington Olin B. Lansbury Jr R. Kirk McLeod John W. Foard Jr William Hare Barry L. Mobley T. Kenneth Summerford Thomas W. Greene Leo H. Hill Hugh Z. Graham J. M. Long Jr William A. Little Mike S. Jolly Jr

Stock Listing Quotations From NASD Noon Interdealer Prices

Inter-dealer NASD quotations near noon reflect representative prices with markets changing through the day. These figures exclude retail markups and commissions and are supplied by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner.

Merrill-Lynch Pierce-Fenner

Prisoners Fail Escape Attempt at Jefferson County Jail

Three inmates bound a guard at the Jefferson County jail in Louisville and stole keys but could not locate an exit. They were captured when their concealment plans failed.

Louisville Jefferson County

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