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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1973
Page
1
Six year old Gary Bateman of Aiken caught a five pound six ounce bass while fishing with his father David near Martinez Georgia. The boy wrestled with the fish and even sat on the rod before his father rescued them both. Also note Jeff Burcham visiting Raleigh and a local Aiken teenager trying to run away.
James Earl Ray, convicted for the King assassination, says in a Tennessean letter that he does not truly want to stay in solitary. He has sought release from solitary confinement for two years and cites an article quoting Warden Jim Rose about his preference to remain in his cell while continuing appeals.
German activist Carl Holzapfel and nine others planned to hijack a British European Airways jet traveling from Stuttgart to Berlin to force Soviet release of Rudolph Hess. Holzapfel claimed he abandoned the plan after learning accomplices would threaten with dynamite risking collateral harm.
A river convoy including four freighters and four fuel tankers passed under heavy escort and came under small arms, machine gun, and rocket fire near the Vietnam Cambodia border but sustained no serious damage. Two rockets struck Hong Ngu with no casualties. Vietnamese and Viet Cong clashes caused six Viet Cong and two government troops killed and 36 government troops wounded in the border area. The Cambodian truce violation count fell to 66 in the 24 hours to dawn, the lowest since January 28.
President Nixon sought seclusion on a private Bahamian island with two close friends. C G Bebe Rebozo, Nixon’s Florida neighbor, and Robert Abplanalp, head of Precision Valve Co., joined him after Easter services in Key Biscayne.
A gunman using a shotgun carried out an Easter Sunday rampage in Los Angeles, killing six people and wounding ten at eight locations. Police wounded William Ray Bonner, 25, during a chase and shootout. he was booked for murder. Among the dead were Bonner's grandmother, girlfriend, and a 12-year-old girl.
Fire crews contained a derailment fire after a Southern Pacific freight train derailed about 50 miles east of El Paso. The blaze involved roughly 40 cars in a desert brush area and prompted response from local fire units.
Theodore Braxton Willis explains in the Aiken Standard his plan to shift focus from lingering image concerns to showcasing positive school achievements. He notes consolidation of 10 attendance areas into four regions and system integration as completed progress before taking the district superintendency. Willis, a Chester native and longtime Aiken educator, will become district superintendent as the elected post ends June 30 and emphasizes collaboration with staff and the community.
The forecast calls for showers and thundershowers this afternoon and tonight with a 30 percent chance, then 40 percent Tuesday. Highs near 85, tonight in the lower 60s, winds SW to W at 10 to 15 mph. Extended outlook shows partly cloudy conditions midweek with scattered showers Thursday and Friday and highs in the 70s.
Minerva the 1542 foot jumper from Jawbone Branch Kershaw County captures top honors in the Governor's Frog Jumping Contest. Trained and owned by the McGuirt family of Camden, Minerva finishes three inches shy of the record and three feet ahead of last year's winner Goofy. Runner up Too Deep is trained by David Fulmer of Springfield.
Washington Post reports White House counsel John W Dean III aims to implicate other aides. The Post cites sources claiming Nixon was told by staff last year that former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and Dean were likely involved in wiretapping Democratic headquarters and a coverup.
North Augustans will vote tomorrow for a mayor and three city council members. Incumbent Raymond L. Walters leads the Republican ticket with Harold Bush challenging him. Republican council candidates are incumbents W. J. Mottel Thomas W. Greene and Mrs Ivan Smith. Democratic candidates are W. Stephen Harley Wallis J. Hallman and Pringle L. Peeples. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at four precincts including Jaycee Community Center Summerfield School annex North Augusta Senior High School Hammond Hill Elementary School and North Augusta Elementary School. Six thousand two hundred fifty four voters are eligible.
City council tonight fields a public hearing on an animal control measure requiring dogs within city limits to be registered and licensed and not roam at large. The session starts at 8 p.m. with a large crowd anticipated.
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