28 Apr 1970
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1970
Page
1
Israeli military reports show a stepped up Egyptian activity along the Suez Canal elevating concern in Tel Aviv. One Israeli soldier was killed and another wounded Monday amid artillery exchange across the canal, the fifth Israeli fatality in two days.
Sen Edward M Kennedy will narrate Aaron Copland A Lincoln Portrait as the Boston Pops opens its season at Symphony Hall with Arthur Fiedler conducting. The concert will be broadcast locally. Kennedy’s wife Joan previously narrated Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf with the orchestra last season.
Alpha 66, the Cuban exile group behind the 13 man Cuba landing, says four survivors were captured and the rest liquidated. A Miami spokesman vowed continued war effort and new landings to unseat Fidel Castro proceed.
Former Portuguese premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator for nearly four decades before a stroke felled him 20 months ago, marked his 81st birthday at home. The stroke left him with speech impairment and left-side paralysis. his last public appearance was six months ago when he voted in Lisbon.
The transcript of testimony and the judge's report in the Mary Jo Kopechne inquest will be released at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday. Judge G. Joseph Tauro ruled against a stenographer claiming ownership rights and ordered public release in the Chappaquiddick incident.
In Juneau Alaska officials report no frog native to the state can represent Alaska at the International Jumping Frog Jubilee in Angels Camp California. Gov Keith Miller aide Herbert Lehfeldt refused a stand in from Frogtown Mayor Ray Callahan citing pride and authenticity.
The Milwaukee County Civil Service Commission voted unanimously to end the long standing ban on hiring women as lifeguards at county pools and Lake Michigan beaches. The decision comes amid a manpower shortage dating to World War II. The bikini will not be accepted as lifeguard attire.
Hawaii lawmakers passed a bill allowing import of two nonpoisonous snakes to the Honolulu Zoo. The reptiles must be male and imported under state supervision to prevent danger to native ecosystems.
Maj. Gen. William K. Jones, former commander of the Marine 3rd Division in Vietnam, will replace Lt. Gen. Henry W. Buse Jr. as commander of the Pacific Fleet Marine Force. Jones, 54, earned the Navy Cross on Saipan and was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general.
At the opening of a U S cultural center in Stockholm seven demonstrators formed a ring and burned an American flag as Ambassador Jerome Holland walked from his car to the building. Police arrested the seven.
Former Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark calls the suggested impeachment of Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas a dangerous and poisonous attack on the judiciary. He says the move intimidates the court and he does not approve.
Aiken County legislators discuss placing a new University of South Carolina extension campus near population centers. The delegation backs a Graniteville Co. 100 acre site on a proposed northwest bypass, though no purchase authorization is in place. A minority report argues for land near United Merchants adjacent to Aiken Tech on US 1.
Aiken County projects income through July 1 1970 at 2 234 062 for county purposes only. Rep G H Grant said at a county delegation meeting last night the 1969 70 supply bill was 2 058 746. The 1970 71 bill proposes 1 941 907 with 400 000 for Aiken Tech and 80 000 for USCA campus land to be authorized from surpluses. Real estate industrial and personal taxes total 4 565 976 with a 91.7 percent collection rate, and 92.5 percent expected next year. about 3 631 543 543 goes to schools and 930 732 to county purposes.
Cambodian forces report clearing Viet Cong from the Buddhist pagoda in Angrasom after six days of fighting. Viet Cong remnants reportedly blown bridges and attacks along Highway 4 are feared. Fighting continues at Chhlong on the Mekong and near Mimot rubber plantation.
The U S Command reports 15 Americans killed and 6 wounded in a series of incidents including five aircraft losses eight in an Army UH-1 helicopter shot down near Pleiku and six killed two injured when an AC 119 gunship crashed after takeoff near Saigon. An OH6 helicopter collision near the Cambodian border left two wounded. A medical evacuation helicopter was lost to ground fire near Dak Seang with no casualties. An Air Force F 111? or fighter bomber over Laos killed the pilot and injured the copilot. An accidental bombing 77 miles southeast of Da Nang caused civilian casualties. Two U S Marine A4 aircraft unintentionally bombed civilian irregular defense group forces. investigation pending.
Readers are invited to enter the Standard Stumper contest on Friday for a chance to win money and glory. The notice teases a great surprise for players who solve the puzzle, promising entertainment for readers who enjoy games and puzzles.
South Carolina lawmakers say the three month, one week and four day legislative session went well. Rep. Sol Blatt, 74, speaker of the House, called the compact work period and rapid passage of bills overall satisfactory.
In unofficial returns North Augusta voters elected two new Republicans and kept an incumbent on the City Council, with 1 181 for Roy L Walter and 967 for Lewis Jolly and 939 for Floyd Moore while incumbent Democrat Newton Manly received 928. A 11 vote spread between Moore and Manly triggered a recount under state law. Five Republicans and a Republican mayor would result if official results confirm.
Aiken City Council authorized Public Works to begin erosion control on Rollingwood Road. They will pipe water to a newly placed 96 inch culvert beneath the railroad and install drop basins. Costs for 96 and 72 inch culverts from Armco total 6427.17 dollars, to be deducted from the joint drainage project fund.
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