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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1973
Page
1
The January Golf Digest lists Mrs John Clark and Claude Redd as Highland Park Golf Club's most improved amateurs for 1973. Also noted are quips on college loyalties and bumper stickers reflecting midcentury humor and rural-urban shifts.
Melvin R. Laird resigns as president Nixon's domestic counselor and urges House members to vote on impeachment by March 15. He cites Watergate and other issues harming U S policies and predicts the impeachment resolution will fail.
Chrysler Corp will cut capital spending in 1974 by 30 percent from 500 million to 350 million. The reduction follows the decision to defer completion of a new assembly plant in New Stanton Pennsylvania, delaying work that was to finish in early 1975.
Senator Strom Thurmond reviews 1973 in a yearend newsletter noting POW releases and improved U S balance of payments as high points, while citing the VP resignation and presidential vilification as low points and the year’s promise for 1974.
Former United Mine Workers President W A Tony Boyle faces the start of a five year prison term for misusing union funds and will appear before U S District Judge Charles Richey. A delay beyond the holidays is possible. Boyle is also under indictment in the Yablonski slayings from 1969.
A Liberian freighter with a crew of 40 sank in the Pacific about 520 miles northwest of Victoria. A Canadian Forces plane reported flares from lifeboats near the vessel Oriental Monarch, sunk at 1 15 a.m. PST. Rescue spokesmen voiced cautious optimism that survivors may be alive.
Readable forecast mentions a 50 percent chance of rain with a high near 60 tomorrow. Clouds and cooling conditions expected as winds shift from east to south tonight. Mild temperatures in the upper 30s tonight and into the 50s this afternoon.
North Augusta City Council unveiled the largest budget in city history totaling 1 189 987 89 dollars. Mayor Raymond Walters says the plan will fund a five mill tax increase and credits the council committee for a tough yet pivotal 1974 budget.
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners moved to hold an executive session tonight to discuss the recent county finances audit. A separate critical report by Cherry, Bekaert and Holland states the county policy charged fixed asset costs to the current year and that a historical asset record is missing.
The Ai ken Jaycee Christmas Shopping Tour and the Salvation Army Christmas Fund surpass the $6,000 mark but more gifts are needed to aid all applicants. Donations may be mailed to the Aiken Jaycees and the Salvation Army in Aiken South Carolina. The Jaycees plan to bring Christmas cheer to a family with three young boys.
A new procedure for indigent patients in Aiken County takes effect January 1 for a three month trial. The Board of Commissioners authorized hiring a caseworker in the Social Services Department to authorize county payments. The process uses patient requests, hospital cost verification, and county payment via the county administrator.
The auditors report defects in the Clerk of Court accounting and internal controls that made it impractical to extend audit procedures for fees. They could not confirm magistrate fees due to poor records. County Administrator LeCouture presented the report and urged the board to receive the audit in confidence amid irregularities and worse accounting conditions.
Aiken County forges ahead with a building boom as Amoco Chemicals plans an 150000 square foot Beech Island plant starting mid 1974, employing about 150 with potential growth. FMC Corp to build an 80000 square foot facility at the Aiken Airport Industrial Park, Tilbury Fabrics and Bolen mulching equipment also featured in the industrial expansion.
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