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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1978
Page
5
Il Tempo quoted Cristoforo Piancone, a Red Brigades member wounded in Turin, saying the group intended a 24 hour later subversive attack to bring the country to its knees but leaders halted the plan as politically untimely.
The Carter administration may unveil a standby gasoline rationing plan next week to allocate fuel in a national emergency based on the number of cars owned by individuals, families, or businesses. The 1975 law requires a plan on hand. no current push for rationing is stated, and fuel economy would influence allotments.
Witnesses described the scaffold fall as if an apple peeling away from a tower leaving a mangled scene. The disaster struck during a late stage of a 29th pour at the Pleasants Power Station a $680 million coal plant on the Ohio River. Federal inspectors arrived to probe scaffolding faults and a moored catwalk in still-wet concrete amid prior OSHA site violations since 1973.
The article outlines Joan Mondale embracing full skirts and high necks after a fashion show by Eleanor Brenner on Seventh Avenue. It notes she approved the style while declining liqueur at a luncheon. The piece also covers Bob Dylan's London tour, Ginger Rogers planning a North American tour, and a Humphrey story about Nixon's Christmas outreach and subsequent death.
As the filing deadline nears in South Carolina, Gov. James B. Edwards appointee G. Bryan Patrick Jr. seeks a first full term as Agriculture Commissioner while facing a Democrat challenger. Rep. Floyd Spence fields reelection, with possible primary bids by Jack Bass and B. E. Hadley. Ed Young and Nancy Stevenson paid filing fees for governor and lieutenant governor runs.
Maj. Gen. John K. Singlaub was summoned to the Pentagon to explain his public rebuke of Carter era policies. He criticized shelving the neutron bomb and opposed the Panama Canal treaties while addressing ROTC cadets at Georgia Tech. He previously drew Carter ire for statements on Korea withdrawal.
Fighting continued in Kabul as rebels led by an air force commander were said to have eliminated President Mohammed Daoud. Afghanistan closed borders and airports and cut commercial communications. Western diplomats in New Delhi reported about 200 bodies in Kabul streets with uncertain military situation in Kandahar and Herat.
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