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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1970

Page

12

Deaths Hiram W Weatherford 74 Langley Aiken services today

Hiram W Weatherford 74 of Langley died Saturday in an Aiken hospital. Services are at 5 p.m. today at Langley Pentecostal Church with Revs J T Ellenberg and L H Elliott officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memory Gardens. Survivors include wife Leona Watson Weatherford and daughter Mary Ellen Powell of Mathews Virginia. Pallbearers named. Friends may call Posey's Funeral Home in Aiken until 4 p.m. Monday. Family at Hugh Watson’s home in Bath.

Langley Hiram W. Weatherford Aiken Langley Pentecostal Church J. T. Ellenberg L. H. Elliott Sunset Memory Gardens Leona Watson Weatherford Mary Ellen Powell Mathews Willie Gregg Johnnie Wright Grady Miles Henry Miles Leroy Galloway Floyd Aiken Posey Hugh Watson Bath

Johnson Funeral Is Set Tomorrow

Mae Berry Johnson 79 of Ward died Sunday. Funeral 4:40 p.m. Tuesday at Ward Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Sullivan and Rev. M B Webb officiating. Burial Mount of Olives Cemetery Johnston. Survived by three daughters Ella Mae Duffie Rae Rhinebolt Inez Randall. four sisters. call Cumbee Funeral Home Ridge Spring.

Ward Mae Berry Johnson Ward Baptist Church Paul Sullivan M. B. Webb Mount of Olives Cemetery Johnston William Patterson Johnson Charlie Ella Mae) Duffie Benjamin Rae) Rhinebolt Jamie Inez) Randall Ridge Spring J. H. Willing Aiken W. A. Rawl Edgefield Henry Shealy Leesville Hugh Shealy Cumbee Funeral Home

Walker Funeral held for Annie Mae Walker

Funeral services for Annie Mae Walker, who died Friday, were conducted Sunday at Shaws Creek Baptist Church with Rev. A T Stephens officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery with pallbearers Bennie Lewis, Aaron Hightower, Thomas Blocker, Henry Walker, Garfield Samuels, and Nathaniel Dicks.

Annie Mae Walker Shaws Creek Baptist Church A.T. Stephens Bennie Lewis Aaron Hightower Thomas Blocker Henry Walker Garfield Samuels Nathaniel Dicks

Lula Boyd 93 Burnettown Rites Held At Hollow Creek

Funeral services for Lula Boyd 93 of Burnettown were set for today at 4 p.m. in Hollow Creek Baptist Church with Revs. Lamar Morgan and Roy Hayes officiating. Burial followed in Hollow Creek Church Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters Mrs. Nathan Smolowsky Langley Mrs. Grady Reese Burnettown and Mrs. Horace Key Warrenville S C and one son F H Boyd Jr Burnettown. Pallbearers were Ronald Cleckley Ronnie Smolowsky Guy Grimes Herbert Higgenbottom Leslie Key and Cecil Key.

Burnettown Lula Boyd Hollow Creek Baptist Church Lamar Morgan Roy Hayes Hollow Creek Church Nathan Smolowsky Langley Grady Reese Horace Key Warrenville S. C F. H. Boyd Jr Ronald Cleckley Ronnie Smolowsky Guy Grimes Herbert Higgenbottom Leslie Key Cecil Key

Tindal Funeral Plans To Be Announced

J J Tindal 82 of RFD 2 Aiken died today in Aiken County Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by George Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow Lucy Mills Tindal.

J. J. Tindal RFD 2 Aiken Aiken County Hospital George Funeral Home Lucy Mills Tindal

Aiken Agent At Insurance Conference

Hollywood Florida dispatch reports Steve A Ferlita of Aiken South Carolina a Metropolitan Life Insurance Company representative attends a business conference. He is noted for an exceptional sales and service record and ranks among the top members of the companys 30000 field representatives in the United States and Canada.

Hollywood Fla Steve A. Ferlita Aiken S.C Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Ferlita U.S Canada

Pont Neuf Bridge in Paris Shows King Henry IV Monument

The Pont Neuf in Paris, completed in 1577, is the city’s oldest bridge. It carries the first sidewalks and features a statue of builder King Henry IV mounted on horseback.

Paris Pont Neuf Henry IV

Israeli delegate stays in Jerusalem amid tense peace talks

In Jerusalem the Israeli delegate to U N Middle East talks remains there awaiting a cabinet decision on approach. Cairo Radio says Israel may quit talks citing Israeli officials while Nasser denies Egyptian ceasefire violations and the seventh accusation by Yosef Tekoah. Deputy Dayan and Bar Lev present Israel’s position to the cabinet amid debate. Abba Eban calls for a land for peace style compromise while Cairo Radio links Eban and Galili to withdrawal signals.

Jerusalem Middle East United Nations Cairo Radio Gamal Abdel Nasser Israel Yosef Tekoah U.N Israel Galili Eban Galili

Desegregation Begins in Columbia Schools Amid New Year

The Columbia school system opens with 40 000 white and Negro students in desegregated classes. Thirteen other districts start classes. 75 of 93 districts have begun the new year. Federal funds sought for integration costs include portable classrooms and equipment. Boycott actions in Jasper and Pickens counties affect several Negro elementary pupils protesting school closures.

Associated Press Columbia Palmetto State Richland County Marion Lexington Orangeburg Abbeville Beaufort Colleton Horry Kershaw Oconee Jasper County Grays Robertville Pickens County Easley Simpson

Hamlet ally gains farm support amid subsidy controversy

Watson builds local Republican backing as Hamlets allies win broader farmer support in the county. The piece cites ASCS payment patterns and a survey backing a bill capping losses, noting top county payees Hodges and Epps as examples of farm subsidy connections.

Fred Scott Aiken County Southern Farm Publications Thos. J. Anderson The South Carolina Farmer - Grower

End War Vote Is Tuesday

Washington AP reports a Senate vote Tuesday on the Amendment to End the War to pull all U S troops from Vietnam by 1972. Backers see strategic dividends and a stronger Senate role. opponents warn it would disrupt Vietnamization and prolong the war.

Washington U.S Vietnam Senate Nixon Congress House George McGovern D-S.d Associated Press Robert P. Griffin Griffin The

Riots in Los Angeles Cause Death and Heavy Damage

A full scale Los Angeles riot leaves one dead, over 60 injured, 185 jailed, and 178 businesses vandalized or looted with property damage up to 1 million dollars. Authorities differ on causes after a large East LA march protesting Vietnam.

Los Angeles Watts Vietnam Wilmington

Banks Feel Increase In Robberies Bank Robberies Rise Amid Crisis In 1969

The FBI reports bank robberies have nearly tripled since 1960, with about 2,000 incidents yearly and losses in the millions. In Riverside California four officers were shot during a patrol search for vandals, while Ruben Salazar, a Mexican American journalist, was killed by a tear gas projectile at a bar. Police sealed Whit tier Boulevard as heavy patrols continued and officials urged an FBI investigation into the East Los Angeles riot.

Washington Dan Cincinnati John Dillinger FBI J. Edgar Hoover Riverside Los Angeles Whittier Boulevard Ruben Salazar Los Angeles Times Salazar National Mexican-American Anti-defamation Committee Nixon Domingo Nick Reyes Reyes Gonzalo Javier

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