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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1969
Page
2
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew urged expanding college attendance may worsen class divisions and called for restoring vocational and technical training. He argued education should prepare for useful, satisfying lives, not a fixed 12 to 20 year program.
Astronomers report formaldehyde and likely methane in interstellar space far stronger than expected. The discovery, presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting, suggests complex biological molecules may form in space before reaching Earth, supporting life arising elsewhere.
Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes daily except Saturdays and Sundays from Aiken South Carolina with post office box 456 and 124 Rutland Drive. It carries AP and United Press International dispatches and offers mail rates of 13.00 per year six months 7.50 and three months 4.00 with carrier and correction policy noted.
The Advisory Council of Administrative Area 3 will meet at 7 30 p m in the area office inside Burnet town Elementary School. The Area combines Gregg and LBC School Districts. The public is invited to attend.
Emergency teams began vaccinating 74,000 Miami school children as a diphtheria outbreak claimed three lives. An 8 year old boy died hours before doctors visited 40 schools in the northwest, using air powered guns for rapid injections.
A military coup toppled Dahomey president Emile Derlin Zinsou amid gunfire in Cotonou. Lt. Col. Maurice Kouandete led the takeover and urged exile leaders to return as borders close and communications are cut. Royal guards clashed with a firing vehicle. fate of Zinsou unconfirmed.
In Kentucky both Lee County and Grant County were named to honor historical figures. Lee County honors the Confederate general, while Grant County bears the name of Samuel Grant who was killed by Indians on the Ohio River's north bank, not after Ulysses S. Grant.
Los Angeles AP report notes Superior Court Judge William B. Keene limits extrajudicial statements by principals lawyers and officials in the Sharon Tate and related killings case to ensure a fair trial. Defendants Susan Atkins Linda Kasabian Leslie Van Houten and co defendants face arraignment dates while Charles Manson Charles D. Watson and Patricia Krenwinkel await cases.
President Nixon asked Congress for a $40 million culture program targeting museums symphonies and a humanities initiative. The plan includes $35 million for arts and humanities next fiscal year with $11 million from private contributions. Nancy Hanks said the program would boost state grants expand museum support and fund humanities research on race and generation gaps.
The Aiken Lions Club hosts Minister's Night with guest speaker Capt. Thomas Cundiff of the Salvation Army. Several area ministers are expected to attend. The meeting starts at 7 30 p m in the Lions Club Hut on Edgefield Highway.
Foreman Memorial Baptist Church in New Ellenton will present a Christmas music program at 3 p.m. Sunday featuring youth and adult choirs. The highlight is the cantata "Carol of Love" by Ellen Jane Lorentz.
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