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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1972
Page
8
The column outlines daily zodiac guidance for Aries through Pisces with notes on mood, travel, talks, investments, opportunities, and personal plans. It highlights lucrative actions, careful timing, and balancing responsibilities across signs. This is a general forecast for a fresh year ahead.
Bridge analysis recounts North South bidding and play in a 1972 Chicago Tribune column. Declarer, after cautious bids, leverages club length and diamonds for entries, navigates ruffs and discards, and ends with a sequence maximizing eight clubs while managing spades and hearts.
Layoffs in the Columbia and Bennettsville areas boosted unemployment claims for the week ending Aug. 5 per the South Carolina Employment Security Commission. About 550 workers in Bennettsville were laid off due to a seasonal textile shutdown and 300 in Columbia due to slowed production in miscellaneous manufacturing. The state jobless rate reached 12.488 percent, though most areas posted lower rates. The commission expects a slight decline in the coming months barring more seasonal layoffs.
New York AP reports Ridgecrest Baptist assembly grounds in North Carolina hosted a puppet show by third and fourth grade campers. The youngsters wrote and performed a Genesis inspired skit with Adam and Eve referencing an apple, the snake, and God.
Gross loans among the 28 largest Fifth District banks fell by 11.482 million in the week ending August 9, totaling 11.6689 billion. Domestic bank loans rose 15.083 million, while interbank adjustments pushed overall loans down 26.565 million. Demand deposits declined 224.42 million as time deposits rose 35.71 million.
Ken Kilbourne has been re elected to serve as Chairman for the Aiken Psychic Study Group.
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