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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1976
Page
2
Congressman Jerry Litton, who had just won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, died in a plane crash shortly after takeoff from Chillicothe airport in Missouri. The crash also killed his wife and four others.
Medical researchers pursued the cause of the mysterious legionnaires disease still claiming lives in Pennsylvania. Twenty deaths and over 140 hospitalizations across three states prompted officials to conduct a statewide hospital survey for a clearer outbreak picture.
In Pasadena Calif the bulky Viking 1 lander arm has jammed for the second time hindering an organic analysis of Martian soil. Scientists awaited a decision on how to restore movement and resume life-detection work.
Gov. Richard Lamm surveyed the Big Thompson Canyon flood zone by helicopter and said the area is healing after nearly 100 deaths. He described the scene as more encouraging than the morning after the disaster and noted movement as residents begin returning.
Security was tightened in Chowchilla California as three youths involved in the Chowchilla school bus kidnapping faced arraignments. Deputies posted on rooftops along main street while the 12 member Chowchilla Police Department stayed on duty. Frederick Woods and James Schoenfeld, both 24, appeared for arraignment. Richard Schoenfeld, 22, had pleaded innocent and sought bail reduction from one million dollars.
Dunbar's name will be sent to the S C Tax Commission from the council asking the office no longer wants to handle the stamp sales.
In a council briefing Mrs. Homer L. McGee said no one in the registrar's office is selling stamps. Audits say stamp sales mixed personal and county funds and a former clerk Cleo J. Scott drew a three percent commission from stamp sales. Beginning last September the county took over purchases while the registrar's office remains in charge of distribution with Dunbar appointed to manage purchases pending tax commission approval.
The forecast predicts seasonably warm temperatures across most of the country. Significant showers are expected in the Northwest, southern Plains into the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Florida, with rain moving from the western Gulf to the Carolinas. An AP Wirephoto accompanies the feature.
Council members clash over oversight of indigent care funds with near 500000 spent last year and 160000 of 200000 allocated this year. They question a 12500 salary to monitor the remaining 40000, while other actions include equipment loans and budget readings for the auditor treasurer and a $1000 emergency aid for Monetta amid a water shortage. Fresno theater boom adds two large complexes Festival and United Artists with ten cinemas.
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