09 Dec 1974
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1974
Page
1
Common Market leaders begin a two day summit in Paris amid questions on France joining a unified front against oil exporting nations. Spokesmen say no decisions will be published after the opening session.
President Ford hosts Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon who signals readiness to offer concessions on Sinai withdrawal. Allon plans further talks with Secretary of State Kissinger as diplomacy enters a new phase with possible progress toward peace. Allen, arriving in Washington, says progress may be overdue.
Takeo Miki, 67, elected Japan's prime minister with 278 of 483 Diet lower house votes and 130 of 249 upper house votes. He succeeds Kakuei Tanaka, who resigned after 2+ years amid charges of using office for personal gain as inflation tests the economy.
A teenage girl a woman and four men were charged with murder in the Guildford pub bombings last October that killed five people and wounded sixty The arraignments bring to thirteen the total charged in the Guildford bombings blamed on the Irish Republican Army as it continues its campaign in Northern Ireland since 1969.
Washington officials estimate the federal government funds abortions for about 222000 to 278000 poor women each year at an average cost of 180 dollars per case. HEW deputy assistant secretary Louis M Hellman calls the program a bargain, noting that a full term pregnancy would cost taxpayers about 2200 dollars in the first year.
President Daniel Oduber said Vesco will stay in Costa Rica despite calls for deportation. He rejected a petition from 26 leaders urging expulsion and stated Vesco has received no special treatment and holds no influence in government affairs.
Crowds at the city craft fair buzzed over a carriage carrying three month old twins, one in pink, one in blue, as rain briefly paused Saturday night’s Aiken County Diabetes Board show of The King and I. Guests admired Molly Gray in a lilac reception dress borrowed from Broadway costumes, while umbrellas fluttered in the drenched candlelit walk.
City Manager Roland Windham honored at grand opening of Aiken Public Works Center. Mayor Weeks and council praised his fundraising and leadership for the 494000 facility, with tours of the 32000 square foot complex and its traffic signal shop and water meter testing area. Over 100 attended the housewarming and observed five garage bays for public works vehicles.
Owens Corning Fiberglas trims 300 jobs as part of a gradual layoff plan, with 20 percent of the workforce affected. Nearby firms Federal Pacific, Consolidated Yarn Brindier, and others report cuts amid housing, autos, and textile downturns. Unemployment claims rise in Aiken area while Graniteville holds steady at 6,000 workers.
The Aiken Jaycees report only 256 raised toward their 3000 goal for the annual Shopping Tour Drive set for December 21 to help local children. Donations may be sent to P O Box 707, Aiken, as a four child family battles kidney disease and hardship after the father's death. The Salvation Army fundraising effort in Aiken County surpassed 3000 this weekend with support from a widower family and six schoolchildren. Donations can be sent to P O Box 439 or given to kettles.
Colder and windy today with highs near 0 degrees. A cold night brings lower 20s. Tomorrow will be sunny and milder with a high around 55. Rain chances: about 10 percent today, near zero tonight and Tuesday.
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