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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1973
Page
1
The 1964 Aiken High School class plans a Dec 22 reunion at Knights of Columbus Hall with a $6 per person charge and a band plus refreshments. Reservations go to Reunion Committee Box 1111 Aiken SC 29801.
Pioneer 10 travels 81 000 miles from Jupiter in a reconnaissance of the solar system's largest planet. The unmanned 570 pound craft will send color pictures and take readings while passing through radiation belts considered potentially harmful to the probe.
Space Center officials warn Skylab 3 crew may need to shorten earth resources passes and Kohoutek comet viewing if nitrogen gas use cannot be cut. Gerald Carr William Pogue and Edward Gibson are in day 18 of an 84 day flight with maneuvers consuming about 1200 pounds of nitrogen instead of 400.
Israeli leaders and foreign representatives attended the funeral of David Ben-Gurion in the Knesset plaza. The first prime minister died at 87 and was to be buried at Sde Boker in the Negev after lying in state. About 250,000 Israelis filed past the bier as Earl L. Butz represented the United States at the service.
President Chung Hee Park ousted Lee Hu-rak and reshuffled half his cabinet to halt student protests and push talks with North Korea. Riot police dispersed about 2,500 Seoul university students, including 500 who marched before the National Assembly.
Viet Cong rocket and mortar attack on the Nha Be depot six miles southeast of Saigon destroyed an estimated 35 to 50 percent of South Vietnam’s oil reserves. The strike was the closest to Saigon since the cease fire and seen as a prelude to a broader Communist offensive anticipated during the dry season next year.
Police and Aiken County Hospital Administrator Sam Nesbit report five of seven stolen gas cylinders recovered from the hospital grounds. Four additional oxygen tanks, not listed as taken, were found abandoned by the sheriff and returned to the city. Two cylinders remain unaccounted for, including one cyclo propane and one nitrous oxide. Authorities warn cyclo propane is highly explosive and leaks could trigger detonation.
Survey of Aiken merchants shows business up from last year as gas concerns spark earlier shopping. Managers at B C Moore Son Gingerbread House Le Grandes J C White Otasco Economy and Belk’s report strong or improving sales with heavy parking and booming gas station business over the weekend.
Deputy Treasury Secretary William E. Simon rejects the idea that his appointment as head of the new Federal Energy Administration eliminates the chance of gasoline rationing. He says he does not rule out rationing or any other option as the nation faces a fuel shortage. Senate hearings on the agency were scheduled, with Republicans pressing for actions to curb shortages. Other officials and lawmakers debate whether rationing or taxes are best, while some Democrats urge strong conservation and potential rationing as a last resort.
Gulf United Nuclear Fuels Corp will not move its headquarters to Aiken and will liquidate Gulf United. Shell Oil Co holds 50 percent. Gulf Oil Corp makes the final decision. About 400 Gulf United employees will lose their jobs as plans collapse after months of site visits and land options near Aiken and Barnwell.
Warmer weather continues to ease the Christmas spirit as highs near 70 and nights in the mid forties. The chance of rain remains near zero today into Tuesday while southwesterly winds of 5 to 15 mph shift through the period.
Twelve men were arrested on illegal gambling charges after a county and New Ellenton raid at the Scene Cafe on Jackson Street. Police Chief Jack Fields said the operation had run for three to four months, with $682 cash seized and a warrant issued for operator John Bing. Several suspects hailed from Augusta and Aiken, and one Augusta man was found with $582.
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