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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1973
Page
1
President Nixon vows to resist a historic court order to deliver Watergate tape recordings for a judge's private inspection. Chief Judge Sirica ordered production, but paused the effect for a legal appeal while Nixon's lawyers consider appellate review.
Viet Cong artillery and ground attacks struck two positions in Dinh Tuong province near Saigon as part of a broader drive to sever the capital from the Mekong Delta. In Cambodia, government forces claimed to have repelled Khmer Rouge attempts to breach outer defenses around Phnom Penh 8 to 20 miles south of the city.
President Luis Echeverria tours the southeast quake area and orders demolition of about 10,000 unsafe buildings in over 50 towns. Prefabricated housing will be provided for the homeless as officials say recoveries near 500 but death toll could reach 1000 once searches finish.
The Cost of Living Council schedules public hearings on 10 steel company price increases led by U S Steel. The proposed average rise is about 4.8 percent and would cover flat rolled steel products used in many consumer goods.
Space Center Houston AP report states officials will decide today if the three Skylab 2 astronauts are medically fit to continue the 59 day mission aboard the orbiting lab.
Washington AP reports the Cost of Living Council to decide if time remains to implement new retail gasoline price ceilings by Saturday. An appeals court approved the ceilings.
Aiken High School plans a football season pep rally and parade tonight starting at 7 pm. The parade forms at 6:30 pm on Park Avenue and Union Street with the Aiken High Marching Band and antique cars. It travels west to Laurens, where a 7:45 pm pep rally will be held mid block.
Public hearing in North Augusta climaxed in Mayor Raymond L. Walters announcing he will not seek another term. He cited the need for a full time job and praised ARTS as the solution to the sewage crisis after a three hour Atlanta EPA meeting. Support came from chamber and Jaycees leaders amid questions on the Bobby Jones expressway and Duncan Road. opponent Nora Falcone is mentioned.
About 100 people attended the Aiken County hearing at the county courthouse. 28 favored a public funded county hospital, 21 backed a private hospital, and 13 were undecided. Commissioners Wade Brodie Ralph Cullinan Jo Ann Price Carroll Warner and Ed Farmer presided. Brodie said a decision is likely within 30 to 40 days with a new hospital planned in two years. A public referendum is unlikely.
Hutson Davis Jr. told Columbia magistrates that evidence law can be easy or tricky and to judge admissibility by fairness. He defined evidence as anything relevant admitted in court and urged magistrates to let the jury decide when expert testimony is necessary.
The Aiken forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and hot conditions today tonight and tomorrow. Highs will be in the mid 90s and lows near 70s with a 10 percent chance of rain. The weekend outlook shows scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms with hot days and nights.
Hutson Davis of the attorney general's office shared a tale about a politician who never gave straight answers. Aiken firefighters faced a house fire on Greenville Street and encountered a hornet’s nest while tackling the blaze. Photographer Wendell Hall reports a poltergeist in his car that honks at odd hours, leaving him and neighbors eager to sell.
Judge Julius B. Ness ruled the Town of Jackson must pay delinquent hydrant rentals totaling 1,989 to the Jackson Public Works Commission. The suit, filed December, contends nonpayment since July 1971, affirming a 1964 ordinance on bonded indebtedness and water rates as a binding obligation.
In Aiken County two textile mills illustrate the Valley area’s industrial reach. Sara Molen guides readers through the local textile sector showing how fabrics labeled with New York origins may originate in the region.
Cullinan cites a 200 bed facility plan to replace the obsolete 142 bed hospital with expansion able by 1977 as population nears 98,000. Officials discuss funding via revenue bonds or general obligation bonds and note a state constitutional amendment limits local legislation and referendum routes.
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