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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1973
Page
1
Walter Byrd and Alexander Cord arrived in new green jackets, funded voluntarily, as Aiken County faces colors for the budget. A missing-money claim surfaces as a misdemeanor remark. A hair salon sign jokes about dyeing now and gray later. A worker notes a tiny apartment with a refrigerator door that must open inward.
Energy czar William E. Simon asked drivers to voluntarily cap consumption at 10 gallons per week without mandatory controls. He argued voluntary compliance could avert rationing. He also announced 1.5 million barrels of jet fuel from the Pentagon stockpile will go to United States International Airlines to ease the crisis through January's end.
Bob Darin, whose 1959 hit Mack the Knife helped shape early rock era, dies at 37 after open heart surgery at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. A spokesman said one of two artificial heart valves implanted in 1971 was not functioning properly.
A government source says the coal industry can raise output enough to cover about 20 percent of the nation's petroleum shortage by the end of 1974. The National Coal Association study was done at the request of federal energy planners and its release is expected today.
Spanish Premier Luis Carrero Blanco, second to Franco, is dead after a blast that hurled his car about 30 feet. A police source said a bomb caused the explosion as he rode to work. the premier, his chauffeur, and a bodyguard died, with two others wounded.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Egyptian counterpart Ismail Fahmy pledged to do everything possible for a successful Arab-Israeli peace conference opening in Geneva. A Fahmy delegate condemned closing doors and urged elasticity and tolerance as delegates arrive.
Spacemen report hearing the familiar klunkity klunk while aboard the Apollo ferry linked to Skylab 3. Mission control notes a recurring gyro scope fluctuation as one main gyroscope shows a brief load spike and slight slow in spinning wheel during systems checks.
SC GOP chairman C Kenneth Powell says party leaders have discussed with others about urging retired General William Westmoreland to seek the governor's office. Westmoreland, director of the Governor's Economic Development Task Force, has not announced his plans or party.
An Augusta collision on the Highway 56 Loop near Bush Field left one 18-year-old in critical condition and four others in fair condition at University Hospital. Involved were Beckner’s car with five youths from North Augusta and Belvedere. the second vehicle’s driver Robert Costantini and his wife Pat from Waynesboro.
Citizens urged to donate to the Jaycee Christmas Shopping Fund and the Salvation Army Christmas Fund. Many families have been interviewed by both groups and need help this holiday season. Donations to the Jaycees are noted on Fund page 2A.
Board of Commissioners led by Chairman Harold Graybeal says criminal charges may arise from irregularities found in the Cherry Bekaert audit. Officials decline to name the charged party while noting deficiencies in magistrates records and county bookkeeping. The group met late into the night to discuss the audit and plan a centralized standardized system.
Two of three races in the fourth annual Aiken Triple Crown are scheduled with Public Trials on March 16 at the Aiken Training Track and the Aiken Hunt Meet on March 23. The Harness Races date is TBA. Proceeds benefit the Jaycees, American Cancer Society, and Aiken County Hospital.
A weather update notes rain across the northeastern areas ending tomorrow with highs in the upper 40s. Temperatures range from the 30s to 60s across Greenville Spartanburg Columbia Florence Charleston and Myrtle Beach as total rainfall nears an inch.
Judy Rich reports a 650 dollar loss of hams at Deaton's Red and White 3110 Vaucluse Road. Investigators note 175 in change 60 in steaks and roasts 390 in Top Value Stamps. Entry via pried front door. 44 hams over 20 pounds each sold. replacements planned before the holiday. Also investigated is a break-in at Sherman Carpenter's Bettis Academy Road residence with multiple items reported missing.
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