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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1969

Page

2

Poorly Constructed Drug Laws Flagged by Expert

Dr. William F. Geber, pharmacology professor at the Medical College of Georgia, told Aiken Rotarians that marijuana and LSD are misclassified as narcotics, criticizing laws as poorly constructed and lacking information on drug abuse. He linked abuse to family patterns and noted regional import trends and potential fetal risks.

William F. Geber Aiken Rotarians Geber The Medical College of Georgia South Carolina Florida

Crosland Park Bookmobile Stops Scheduled

Miss Josephine Crouch director of the ABBE Regional Library says a Crosland Park Bookmobile stop is being scheduled in response to resident requests. The next visit is Friday with ongoing visits every two weeks at 9 to 9 45 a.m.

Josephine Crouch Abbe Regional Crosland Park Crouch Aldrich and Croft Streets Norma Hicks

Aiken Standard Publication Details and Rights

The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes every afternoon except weekends. It lists address 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801 and PO Box 456. The paper carries AP and UPI dispatches and reserves republication rights and error corrections notices.

Aiken Standard Rutland Drive Aiken S. C Associated Press United Press International

Senior Men Hold Annual Yale Party

The Senior Men's Club hosted its Christmas Party at the Commercial Hotel with entertainment by a ladies barbershop quartet Mary Chelton Julie Chelton Jean Robertson Lisa Jol ly, ventriloquist Captain Thomas Cundiff of Salvation Army and guitarist. Former Opry and Greater Kensington String Band members appeared. President John Conover presided. toastmaster Audrey Ward. About 70 attendees with dinner committee Bill Lowry Ellsworth Braun and George Robinson.

Commercial Hotel Mary Chelton Julie Chelton Jean Robertson Lisa Jolly Salvation Army Thomas Cundiff The Grand Old Opry William Billy) Shuttleworth Greater Kensington String Band Philadelphia John Conover Audrey Ward Bill Lowry Ellsworth Braun George Robinson

Associated Mortgage Companies records 1969 year results

Associated Mortgage Companies Inc reported record results for the year ended Sept 30 1969 with net income of 1 052 000 up 10 8 percent from 949 000 a year earlier The firm closed loans totaling 238 900 000 and managed real estate loans of 1 367 000 000 ranking as the third largest mortgage banking firm by servicing portfolio.

Associated Mortgage Companies, Inc Louis H. Meyer Associated United States

New Ellenton Sets Primary Date At City Meeting

A meeting at 109 Main Street in New Ellenton will set the date for a Republican primary to nominate candidates for city government. Qualifying fees and legal requirements will be decided. The general election is March 4 with a mayor six councilmen and a water commissioner to be elected.

New Ellenton Main Street GOP

Tourism Poll Finds Most Foreign Visitors Enjoy India

The Indian Institute of Public Opinion reports 94 percent of foreign tourists, mainly Americans, enjoy their visits citing warmth, good climate and reasonable prices. Complaints focus on poor hotel accommodations and travel arrangements.

New Delhi The Indian Institute of Public Opinion India

Monkeys Reprieved From Death Row For NIH Studies

Washington AP reports 290 research monkeys spared from death due to budget limits in cancer virus work. The primates, about five years old, will be shipped to four NIH regional centers as breeders after showing no cancer or virus spread. Centers at Atlanta Southboro Beaverton and Davis will receive the animals for ongoing primate research use.

Washington National Institutes of Health NIH Atlanta Southboro Mass Beaverton Ore Davis Calif

South Carolina approves two new history texts

The South Carolina Board of Education approved two state history texts for eighth graders, both emphasizing Negro development and integrated figures. One is a revised Oliphant history and the other, South Carolina The Palmetto State by Clemson professor Ernest McPherson Lander, highlighting Negro leaders and service.

Columbia South Carolina Board of Education South Carolina Mary C. Simms Oliphant Palmetto State Ernest McPherson Lander Clemson University A. M. Moseley State Department of Education

Crusade to cut South Carolina December highway deaths

Gov. Robert E. McNair launches a "December A Month for Special Care On the Highways" crusade to reduce highway fatalities in a peak travel month. The campaign, coordinated by the South Carolina Highway Department, notes December’s critical risk with 898 fatalities by November 30 and a seven percent rise in travel since 1969.

Robert E. McNair South Carolina Highway Department

Aiken High Symphonic Band Set for Christmas Concert

The Aiken High School Symphonic Band and the Aiken Recreation Department present a Christmas Concert at 8 p.m. on Thursday in the Aiken Junior High Auditorium. The 45 minute program titled The Sound of Music at Christmas features light Christmas music and songs from Sound of Music. Rev. John McCullough will deliver the Christmas message and J. O. Willis will give the welcome. Directed by William T. Slaughter. Admission is free. All are invited.

Aiken High School Aiken Recreation Department Aiken Junor High Sic John McCullough St. Paul’s Luthern Church J. O. Willis William T. Slaughter

Textile Industry Protection Progressing in Congress and White House

Sen. Strom Thurmond reports progress on textile protection with the Import Amendment passage 65 to 30 in the Senate. He notes Nixon Administration talks in Geneva on a world trade agreement for fibers and wool, stressing need to shield American jobs and industry while pursuing fair trade.

Congress White House Strom Thurmond Senate Cotton United States Senate House Geneva Nixon Switzerland U.S Far East

Turn Out For Visit By Bloodmobile In Aiken

Three hundred forty seven Aiken residents donated blood during the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit on December 9 and 10. Blood program chairman Joseph M Thompson and volunteers coordinated the drive with volunteer physicians Dr. Helen M Deane Dr. Charles Whitaker and Dr. James C Beard Jr aiding in the effort.

Helen M. Deane Charles Whitaker James C. Beard Jr

Public auction in Aiken County 1969 decree sale

By virtue of a December 5 1969 decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Aiken County Ruth D Dudley plaintiff versus John M Davis Cleola D Fort Joe Davis et Al defendants the Master in Equity will offer the property for sale to the highest bidder at the Aiken County Courthouse in Aiken South Carolina on Monday January 5 1970 at 11 00 a m.

Court of Common Pleas Aiken County Ruth D. Dudley John M. Davis Cleola D. Fort Joe Davis Aiken South Carolina

Real estate sale in Graniteville Aiken County South Carolina

Master Toole announces a real estate sale in Graniteville Aiken County for Lot No 1 containing 0.48 acre with improvements, bounded by Graniteville Company P O Fox and other lines. The property has a 15 foot drainage easement and residential liquor restrictions. Cash sale with 5 percent good faith deposit. immediate compliance after sale.

Graniteville Aiken County S.C L.H. McCullough C. E P. O. Fox Graniteville Company Stiefeltown Coursey and Bracknell H. A. Williamson Letha Davis Williamson Aiken Downtyme Os William Aiken County Toole & Toole

Property auction notice in Aiken County South Carolina

Estate of Emma F Parker subdivides two tracts in Langley and near Old U S Highway 1. Tract 1 consists of Lot 1 bounded by Kimble Street and nearby properties. Tract 2 includes Lots 8 and 9 with specified street extensions and parcel boundaries. Sale to highest bidder for cash with 5 percent deposit. immediate resale if bid rejected.

Emma F. Parker K. L. Wise Aiken Odom Lee Geddings Cushman Kimble Langley Aiken County South Carolina United Merchants and Manufacturers, Inc Jones and Murph Sibley Street Lewis Sizemore Howard K. Williamson Aiken County Lybrand Rich & Cain

Public Foreclosure Sale Set In Aiken County

In the Sizemore v Miller Dean Sizemore case the Master In Equity of Aiken County will auction real estate at the Aiken County Courthouse on Monday January 5 1970 at 11 00 A M to the highest bidder. The property is Lot No 3 Block B Burnettown Aiken County South Carolina as described on the plat of tract sub.

Court of Common Pleas Aiken County Lewis L. Sizemore Miller Dean Sizemore Palmetto Federal Savings and Loan Association Farmers and Merchants Bank Aiken South Carolina Burnettown S.C

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