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23 Apr 1970
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1970
Page
1
House approves $20.24 billion military procurement bill
The House Armed Services Committee advances a 20.24 billion defense procurement bill with 1.45 billion for the Safeguard antimissile system. The measure awaits House action next week then faces Senate opposition over Safeguard expansion. Contingency funds of 200 million aid Lockheed’s 645 million C5 emergency package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Senate
Air Force
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Postal Reform Faces Senate Hearings and GOP Criticism
President Nixon's postal reform bill drew a harsher climate in Senate Post Office Committee hearings after a favorable House reception. Sen. Gale W. McGee rebuked Vice President Spiro Agnew for partisan remarks he said inject a divisive tone into nonpartisan reform efforts to fix the Post Office Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Nixon
Senate Post Office Committee
Gale W. McGee
D-Wyo
Spiro T. Agnew
McGee
Bill
Agnew
U.S. Postal Service
Post Office Department
City Commission Abolishes Spring in Salt Lake City
The Salt Lake City City Commission passes a resolution declaring spring officially abolished. Winter season now runs March 22 to June, with spring eliminated due to long-standing calendar confusion. The move claims March 21 as first day of spring is misleading and notes fall extends from September through March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
South Carolina
Senate
Arms To Cambodia Prompt Nix On Aid Decision
The New York Times reports the Nix on administration will supply Cambodia with several thousand Soviet designed automatic rifles captured from North Vietnam and Viet Cong. Officials warn Cambodia against inflated expectations of further US military aid. A State Department spokesman says no decision on weapons. The decision was relayed last Friday to Lloyd M. Rives in Phnom Penh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
South Vietnam
New York Times
the Times
Washington
Sion
White House
Times
State Department
Cambodia
Lloyd M. Rives
Phnom Penh
The
Senate
Sen
Snead Schumacher
Oconee
Rob
Clock Wary for Mrs. MacLeod as Clocks Advance
In San Francisco AP report Mrs. Louise MacLeod 85 keeps 60 clocks and faces Daylight Saving Time this Saturday night. While many set one clock ahead an hour she must manage her entire collection before the time change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Louise MacLeod
South Korean Forces Kill North Korean Agent
South Korean counterespionage command says security forces killed one North Korean agent in Samchok on Thursday. Troops acting on a tip from villagers seized a Russian made pistol three hand grenades and some communications equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Samchok
Demilitarized Zone
Counterespionage Command
Aiken Students Named To Military Academies
Three Aiken youths receive appointments to service academies as Rep. Dorn announces selections. Hass to West Point, Dion to the Naval Academy, Newsome to the Air Force Academy. four others named to academies in a competitive process. Ashley J. Little named director of the new Aiken TEC Center with a $2 million facility planned near the Vocational Center and a master plan outlining three buildings on 100 acres to serve 320 students by fall 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Tech Center
Aiken
William J. B. Dorn
Robert Anthony Hass
St. Angela
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Thomas Clifford Dion
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Richard W. Newsome Jr
Aiken High School
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hass
Robert Gordon Hass
Wildwood Drive
Dion
B. Ralph Dion
Clemson
James O. Efland
Tom Harrison
Anderson
James A. Butler
Newberry
Kevin G. O’ Brien
Ashley J. Little
Aiken County
Little
Pyle National
State Committee For Technical Education
Craig Musick
Aiken County Technical Education
Lockwood-Greene
Spartanburg Musick
Bonner Manley
Spartanburg
Stathy Verenes
State Development Board
Rep
G. H. Grant
G. S. Myers
Job Fair Opens Today At Center
Aiken County Vocational Center hosts a fair for 11th and 12th graders to meet industry leaders and seek summer employment. Booths provide information as the event runs today from afternoon into the evening, sponsored by the Aiken and North Augusta Chambers of Commerce and school district guidance counselors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Aiken
North Augusta
Hijacked Plane Lands In Cuba
A light plane diverted from Gastonia North Carolina reached Cuba after stops in Rock Hill and Jacksonville with two hijackers Ira Meeks 26 and Diane McKenney 18. They locked a taxi driver in a trunk and claimed a gun. No timeline for pilot’s return given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
N.C
Rock Hill
S.C
Jacksonville
Fort Lauderdale
Ira Davis
Orrie’ Meeks
Diane McKenney
Meeks
Miss McKenney
C. E. McMahan
Six More Aircraft Downed Over Laos
Six more American planes and helicopters were shot down on bombing and reconnaissance missions over Laos and near the Laotian Cambodian border. US officials confirmed the new losses as fighting continued between allied forces and enemy units in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laos
Saigon
South Vietnam
Udorn
Thailand
Cambodia
Nixon to end deferments and shift toward all volunteer army
President Nixon ordered an end to future occupational and agricultural deferments and to fatherhood deferments, and asked Congress for authority to end student deferments. He backed nationwide draft calls by lottery and an all volunteer force with higher pay and incentives, while current deferments remain. Two U.S. aircraft were lost with deaths and injuries reported, raising total American losses in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Congress
South Carolina Legislature Ends Session With Key Issues Pending
The 1970 South Carolina General Assembly will adjourn Friday after a lengthy session. Controversial bills on six new judgeships, Winthrop College coeducation, and tax exemption for Omar Shrine Temple remain unsettled. Gov. McNair will address the joint session to outline the BASF plant position and close the speech in about 20 minutes. BASF plans a $100 million chemical plant in Beaufort County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina General Assembly
Senate
House
Robert McNair
Winthrop College
Shrine Temple
Charleston County
South Carolina
Lew Wallace
York County
Charleston
Omar Shrine Temple
Ert Lake
Newberry
Lake
BASF
Beaufort County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aiken Standard Plans
Robert A. Hass
St. Angela Academy
By Emily Hindman
TEC
Cuba
Fla
Federal Aviation Administration
McMahon
New York City
Dick Caldwell
Caldwell Aviation Corp
Stradley
Aviation Corporation
Charlotte
Bert Wade
Wade
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