20 Dec 1977
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1977
Page
1
President Carter signed a law that sharply raises Social Security taxes for 107 million workers to keep the pension system solvent. The increase starts in 1979 and will cost taxpayers an extra 227 billion dollars through 1987, focusing the burden on higher earners.
President Carter will decide by Wednesday on tax reductions totaling 20 to 30 billion dollars. Middle income brackets earning 15000 to 20000 dollars could save about 300 dollars, as advisers await the energy bill’s consumer cost projection.
American Japanese and British toy makers flood Cologne West Germany with Stuka model planes and swastika items. Protestant and Catholic leaders join officials to press the government to ban sale, which has yet to respond. Federation says war toys are under 1 percent of output.
Oakland County homicide task force faces an uneasy winter as detectives pursue a serial child killer. Eleven year old Timothy King was found dead nine months ago, the fourth local child slain in two winters, with a new composite drawn after a Detroit suburb woman who called with a description last March.
Egyptian officials organized preparations for President Anwar Sadat and Prime Minister Menahem Begin to meet on Christmas Day near the Suez Canal. Sadat visited Ismailia to oversee the setup as the talks were expected to last only a few hours on his 59th birthday.
Aiken County residents should expect cooler weather this week with tonight's low in the low 30s and daytime highs around the 50s. Lows Thursday through Saturday are forecast in the 20s and there is a 10 percent chance of showers tonight and a 20 percent chance of rain tomorrow.
O W Lloyd claims he could shed pounds if TV ads ran shorter. A local wag jokes that a bald man is a great thinker if bald on the front, a great lover if bald on the back, and both fronts and backs mean he thinks himself a great lover.
North Augusta officials and PSA board discussed leasing most of the trunk line for sewage to the city within its service district. The line runs toward the Horse Creek Valley Treatment Plant near Beech Island and must be defined for municipal ownership. A $3.3 million FmHA loan and rate rules for in and out of city customers were also reviewed.
Aiken County Public Library informs patrons of service changes at the Main Branch on Newbury Street in Se'PIEN South Carolina 29801. Details include hours, access adjustments, and contact information for new programs and resources.
John A. Fogle of Neeses led about 75 farmers at a meeting between Aiken and Montmorenci to back the American Agriculture Movement strike. Robert Scott of White Pond Community was named leader as speakers cited parity goals of 100 percent to cover rising costs, while warning middlemen and government as major obstacles.
The Salvation Army reports nine thousand one hundred ninety two dollars and sixty five cents raised for winter relief with new donations of three hundred fifty five dollars and forty nine cents. A family with five seeks aid including medical bills and unemployment loss while two children recently visited emergency care. Donations can be mailed to P O Box four three nine in Aiken South Carolina.
Venezuela's energy chief Hayden Acosta and other ministers gather in Caracas for a two day OPEC pricing meeting. Disputes persist between hawks demanding up to 23 percent increases and doves seeking to freeze prices through 1978 with a possible 5 percent rise in the base price.
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