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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1972
Page
2
Doris G. Kelly 30, of Charlotte, is charged with abandoning a boy in a cardboard box outside a church last Saturday and a girl in a car in a front yard on April 3 last year. Both infants were healthy.
North Carolina agencies consider a state takeover of all public school financing after Texas and California cases. The North Carolina Association of Educators proposes 100 percent state funding, citing a projected 300 million dollars in new revenue and disparities in local wealth between counties.
Edward's Department Stores will discontinue selling Saturday Night Specials, voluntary decision by Avram Kronsberg president. Company supports law enforcement views and aims to contribute to law and order while continuing to serve sportsmen with quality firearms.
Ameri can Cyanamid of Savannah seeks Corps approval to dump about 7.5 million tons of waste monthly offshore 87 miles from Savannah. Six month environmental study cited. Georgia officials threaten action if plans not started by year end. Opposition from conservation groups and officials in North and South Carolina.
Publication details for the Aiken Standard dated from 1867 outline circulation, publication schedule, contact address, and postal and billing information. It notes AP dispatch rights and republication policy with correction terms for advertisements and a variety of subscription rates.
South Carolina Democratic Party leader Donald Fowler calls for state action to limit campaign spending and require disclosure of large contributors, endorsing the 1972 Federal Election Campaign Act. He cites per voter spending caps and TV ad limits as essential to curb influence by wealthy donors.
The North and South Carolina Law Enforcement Association chose Earl Whitaker police chief of Wallace North Carolina as its new president at the end of a meeting. Also elected were Cecil Dilworth of the South Carolina Highway Patrol as vice president Roy Harris of Laurinburg as second vice president and R P McClellan of Charleston as third vice president. In the Winnipeg item Jean Lambert makes apple dolls from dry apples a decade long hobby and resists eating them.
AP Raleigh report says Dr. Alice Pugh McInnis a 48 year old pediatrician was found shot three times in a farm barn. A 50 year old physical therapist Celeste Hayden Van Landingham is charged with first degree murder and held without bond awaiting an Aug 24 Wake District Court hearing.
In Walnut Cove North Carolina a migrant worker William Otis Robertson 20 of Eutaw Alabama is jailed on kidnapping charges after a 9 year old girl Brenda Lea Mabe was found safe. Authorities link the slayings of Betty Greene Mabe 38 and William L Ernst 49 to the case. The child reported spending the night with a man named Otis who threatened to kill her and was found wandering near a highway. Robertson was captured in a tobacco barn following surrender remarks I give up.
Rufus Gosnell of 551 Whiskey Rd Aiken has been appointed to the VFW National Convention Committee on National Security and Foreign Affairs. He will serve at the national convention in Minneapolis Minnesota August 18 25.
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