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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1971
Page
2
A community calendar lists dense schedules for Aiken area groups with monthly meetings for the Aiken County Board of Commissioners and various clubs. Also notes sport events and USCA Pacers basketball games across January in North and South Carolina.
Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes afternoons except weekends. Address 124 Rutland Drive Aiken DC 29801. Classified notices and advertisements carry corrections offered in the next issue. Rates shown: per week by carrier 1.73, per month 22.00, per year by mail 11.60, 6 months by mail 0.40 per 3 months by mail.
Jeane Dixon delivers daily guidance for all signs with a focus on steady effort and calm approach. Aries should start year-end celebrations early and avoid routine drains. Taurus faces irritations in final financial moves. Gemini should stay philosophical about day’s confusion.
More than 80 Vietnam Veterans Against the War protesters were arrested at the Lincoln Memorial after a 40 hour occupation. Gerald Evan, a University of Massachusetts student and Air Force veteran, surrendered after being detained atop a monument urn.
Television actor Tom Lester of Green Acres was hospitalized in Hattiesburg after a quail hunting accident on a Forrest County farm. He suffered chest, arm, and hand injuries with a lung collapsed by a birdshot pellet. doctors expect a likely early release.
The Tennessee River near Chattanooga hosts the Color Cruise, a WWII reenactment style event. In 1971 it drew 462 boats and 4,000 attendees, with tangoing, country music, Shrine clowns, and a guest appearance by Lief Ericson. Rep. Lamar Baker praised the event as Americanism. Sponsors noted many visitors traveled along US 41 to Hale's Bar.
An environmental control workshop will be held Thursday January 6 at the Orangeburg Calhoun TEC on Highway 601 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is sponsored by the Lower Savannah Regional Planning and Development Commission Orangeburg Calhoun Technical Education Center and Clemson University to inform municipal county and industrial officials about waste and water problems in South Carolina.
AP reports Sydney notes the Australian budget includes a postage rise for bees in separate bags from 33 cents to 56 cents. The change impacts beekeeping and related shipments as authorities adjust service charges.
Registrations are being taken for slimnastic classes sponsored by the City of Aiken Recreation Department to be held in the Teen Town building. Classes start Jan. 3 and run 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. on Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday. Marilyn Stilp conducts the classes. For more information contact 648-0151.
A proposed Victims of Crime Act of 1972 would establish a three member board to compensate innocent victims of violent crime up to 50000 for medical bills lost earnings and funeral expenses. The bill targets crimes in DC national parks and forests Indian reservations and on airplanes and ships and would fund 75 percent of state compensation programs. President administration backing is uncertain but sponsors expect eventual support.
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