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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1973
Page
16
The EPA orders over 56,000 waste-discharge permits to be approved by end of next year to advance clean-water goals. The plan, outlined by William Ruckelshaus, maps 1972 Act deadlines for 1977 1983 and 1985 targets, while noting funding gaps and slow progress in issuing permits and defining terms.
EPA Administrator William D. Ruckelshaus said no water storage for pollution control should be included in the Blue Ridge pumped storage project on the New River near the Virginia North Carolina line. The agency called the FPC plan inadequate citing missing data on air impact, land use, routes, and downstream water quality.
The South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. plans the first synthetic gas plant in the Southeast. McCormack Co. Inc. of New York will join in a $10 million project at a 50 acre site in Bushy Park Industrial Park Berkeley County near Charleston. Moore-McCormack Energy will operate the plant and buy the site. Output, 30 million cubic feet daily, will be purchased by the utility in addition to current natural gas from Southern Natural Gas Co. The company notes ample existing supply but says synthetic gas is needed for future residential and commercial growth.
The Rocky Mountain goat does not hibernate or migrate. It spends its entire life on the rocky slopes above the snow line, adapting to steep terrain and cold conditions without retreat.
The Future Homemakers of America celebrated FHA week in Wagoner from April 17 with daily activities. The group placed flowers at the club president’s church, posted posters, wore FHA tags, hosted a teachers tea for WSH staff, and honored the community’s sick and shut ins with fruit baskets. The week closed with a Homemakers Day and a trip to Carowinds on April 14.
Wagener-Salley seniors held a Mr Senior pageant March 30 at the W-S auditorium to raise prom funds. Twelve contestants paraded in dresses while Miss Rita Mae Stroman won the title, with Tina Cooper and Marion Thomas as runners up.
A package of 13 committee drafted labor bills awaits House action alongside an inconclusive beer bill. The measures, prepared by the Labor Commerce and Industry Committee, would implement South Carolina OSHA state enforcement replacing federal procedures. Governor McGowan backs the bills as essential after long hearings. Also on the agenda is a Senate approved constitutional referendum to lower the age of majority from 21 to 18.
Eli jah DeLee, 21, son of civil rights activist Victoria DeLee, indicted on reckless homicide and involuntary manslaughter in the Feb 20 bus wreck near Ridgeville day care that killed Pamela Smith 6 Otis Johnson 4 and Raymond Campbell 3. Twenty seven others injured as the 14 seat bus overloaded with 30 children overturned after failing to leave skid marks.
Akron Ohio AP Goodyear explains that kicking tires originated with early clincher tires to test fastening and inflation. Old tires lasted about 50 miles, while modern tires carry a 40000 mile guarantee making the practice mostly superstition or frustration.
Twenty four Saint Angela Academy junior girls attended a formal tea Sunday as the 1973 Saint Angela Sweetheart Pageant began. The event precedes Friday 8 p.m. finale in Saint Angela Gymnasium where six top honors will be awarded including Miss Sweetheart 1973 and Miss Congeniality.
Four juniors from Wagener Salley High School have been nominated Furman Scholars for high academic standing leadership and character. They join over 500 scholars for Furman activities on March 31 on the Furman campus. Local scholars are Cynthia Martin Hank Salley Mary Tyler and Robert Chandler.
William Erwin assistant secretary of agriculture toured Abbeville County the tornado struck area. Governor John C. West and Rep. W J B Dorn said federal aid action was expected by week’s end.
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