06 Aug 1976
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1976
Page
1
Health officials in Harrisburg optimistic the worst may be over as no new cases in two days in the legionnaires outbreak. Investigators continue round the clock work to identify the cause amid 23 deaths linked to a Philadelphia American Legion convention two weeks earlier.
In Pasadena California scientists start an organic analysis of Martian soil with a GCMS instrument to detect basic molecular building blocks of life. The search targets letters in life’s language that could indicate past or present life on Mars.
U.S. intelligence reviews underway to see if Moscow violated the spirit of a landmark nuclear pact with two underground July blasts. Analysts cite limited terrain data and a wide band of uncertainty about exact yields hindering assessment.
A theft at the American Museum of Atomic Energy in Oak Ridge Tenn involves radioactive material including uranium used in the 1942 Chicago Pile first nuclear reactor. The items are of little monetary value but hold historic significance due to their role in early reactor history.
In Lebanon the latest civil war cease-fire appears intact after a fighting flare in Nabaa a Moslem district of eastern Beirut. Christians claim tactical gains while leftist papers accuse Phalange militiamen of massacring civilians leaving bombed streets and corpses in the alleys.
The Aiken area should see fair skies this weekend with a slight chance for thundershowers tomorrow afternoon. Overall temperatures rise into the 90s Saturday and Sunday with tonight’s low in the upper 60s and a 10 percent chance of rain tonight increasing to 30 percent tomorrow.
The Aiken Standard starts a weekly series titled Know Your Policemen with the first feature today on page 12. Each Friday a local law enforcement member will be profiled with a photo and a short biographical sketch.
Leo Pearson traveled from Boone North Carolina to Myrtle Beach on the Fourth of July and joined 17 Bicentennial parades along secondary roads. Richard Heaton of St Angela Academy met German officials while spending the summer in Germany through the Youth for Understanding program. his mother says he will have tales to tell on his late August return.
County administrator Donnie J. Williams asks for details on four charges cited by four councilmen demanding his resignation. He requests names of complainants, specific complaints, missing procedures, and related accidents, while noting a dispute over the Home Rule Act and a potential public hearing.
Unemployment climbed to 7.8 percent in July, the second straight monthly rise, while about 400,000 more Americans found work to push total employment to 87.9 million. The report notes a 7.4 million unemployed count, the highest since December, and discusses hiring shifts among adult women amid recession effects.
Aiken plans a Hall of Fame for thoroughbred race horses with a Thanksgiving opening. Jaycees chair John D Surles says the Carriage House at Hopeland Gardens should finish by late November after about two years of work. About $10 000 was raised for heating cooling painting and renos. The museum will honor horses trained in Aiken that won national championships and trained at the Aiken Training Track since 1942 which has housed champions Kelso Shuvee Cannonade Tom Fool and Stage Door Johnny.
Four Democratic council members plan a August 17 vote to terminate Aiken County Administrator Donnie J. Williams amid confusion over the county’s government form. The council awaits a Justice Department ruling on Home Rule before proceeding under the 1975 act, with Williams resisting resignation.
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