17 Aug 1977
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1977
Page
1
The article recalls the Bermuda Triangle lore from Columbus's 1492 sighting to the 1945 Fort Lauderdale Navy training flight vanishings. It links ongoing seafaring awe, disappearances, and radio confusion across decades within the Miami to Bermuda to San Juan triangle.
The Mead Corporation of Dayton Ohio appeals to the 4th U.S. Circuit to stop condemnation of 7216 5 acres in Abbeville and McCormick counties for Richard B Russell Lake. Mead would be paid 2.376 million and claims the land better serves a paper mill.
Ambassador Andrew Young, after a 12 day Caribbean tour, says Senate approval of the new Panama Canal treaty is crucial to US influence in Latin America and worldwide. He warns failure could threaten democracy and notes Venezuela Trinidad Canada Britain and the Netherlands would join in an international effort for Caribbean economic stability.
Brezhnev said some of President Carter’s statements sounded positive but urged translating them into practical deeds. He welcomed Tito’s visit and linked it to a thaw in U.S.-Soviet relations while noting the Soviet Union seeks peace in foreign policy. Carter offered to clarify human rights remarks to show not targeting the Soviets. If there is a wish to translate them into practical deeds, we will seek mutually acceptable solutions.
Tropical storm Doreen was forecast to drop three inches of rain in southern California coast and deserts with as much as six inches in the mountains. A rain warning and flash flood watch remained across much of southern California, with watches extending into northwest Arizona, southern Nevada, southern Colorado, and other regions as thunderstorms threatened. Early reports noted heavy rains in western New York and flooding near Tell City, Indiana, as the system spanned the Ohio Valley toward New England and Gulf states.
At a recent council session county attorney John Henry Williams mocked the courtroom paint as baby blue and panty pink. Therm-O-Disc plant manager Robert L Kuhn shared a hotel coat anecdote linked to local politics amid birthday chatter about Leo councilmembers Medwell Hill Cleve Edmunds and Spooky Weeks.
Washington AP A House committee demands clarifications from the Carter administration on the Panama Canal treaty. Ambassadors Sol Linowitz and Ellsworth Bunker are to testify along with two State Department officials before the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. The panel cites constitutional rights and warns against the treaty being ratified over the August recess amid opposition accusing it of a give-away and risk of canal loss to communists.
Aiken area weather outlook shows a 40 percent chance of rain with thundershowers possible each day through Sunday. Temperatures stay warm with tomorrow's high in the upper 80s and tonight's low around the low 70s.
Aiken County Council approved a maximum 50000 allocation for renovations to the Aiken County Courthouse at last night’s meeting. The body voted to transfer funds within capital expenditures to cover the project with an estimated cost of 44775.88. County Attorney John H. Williams raised whether new money was involved, but officials said it was a fund transfer and passed the resolution after assurance from County Administrator L C Greene and Carroll H. Warner chairman.
Therm O Disc production and marketing were outlined to the Aiken Wakin group by plant manager Robert L Kuhn. The Emerson Electric division makes temperature sensitive motor protectors that reset motors after overloads, requiring high accuracy and repeated testing. The Aiken plant expansion aims to add product lines and increase component manufacture.
Murphy and allies tighten budget oversight over canal operations amid fears the treaty could raise U S annual payments to Panama and shift canal governance before 2000. Opponents oppose turning over the Canal Zone and question property rights as Ford and Kissinger back administration efforts to win GOP support.
In Philadelphia six beer bottles capped with rib bon s will be smashed against a brick wall to dedicate a new $75 million beer packaging facility. William Elliott, president of C. Schmidt & Sons Inc., calls it the first time a building is launched with a six pack.
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