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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1969
Page
2
About 50 college students marched from the Beaufort Post Office to the county courthouse voicing opposition to BASF planned chemical plants. They carried signs about pollution and future safety. Gail Doughtie of Hilton Head, a protest spokesman, urged concern for future residents.
A shopper notes two prints left at The Crest to be framed by Betty Cooper for suitable matting. They compare budget options at Eckerd's and mention oval cut-out frames and matting at 1.96 dollars. Miniature foxes priced at 1 dollar each from Cloud Seven Country Store inspire a green post holiday arrangement.
Carlos Gibbons executive secretary of the South Carolina Education Association accuses state government of funding education reports without backing recommendations with money. He cites the Moody Report costing $100000 and notes the legislature approved only an $800 pay raise after months of work. The report, received last year, was praised to guide highway planning education and economic development.
Retired Army Sgt. Joel T. Ward becomes the first Negro on the South Carolina Democratic Party professional staff. State Chairman E Crosby Lewis Jr says Ward will start as a field worker with potential promotion to assistant to the executive director. Ward, married with three children, retired from the Army in January 1968 after 20 years of service.
The Aiken Standard established 1867 is published each weekday afternoon except Saturdays and Sundays from 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801. It carries AP and UP press dispatches with rights reserved for republication of local news and other material. Corrections are printed in the next issue at no cost if errors are reported.
Louis Harris vice president and editor of the Augusta Chronicle addressed Aiken Rotarians about his tour of South Africa Thailand and Vietnam. He described apartheid and the Bantus Indian and colored populations with figures and noted some segregated cities inviting white industry while expressing uncertainty about the future.
Savings and loan associations in South Carolina posted a net savings gain of 6.3 million in November, down from 10 million a year earlier. New savings and dividends totaled 23.5 million with withdrawals of 17.2 million. Mortgage loans filed 13.063 million, below the prior year’s 20.886 million. The Greensboro district echoed these trends as 708 associations reported a 43.1 million gain versus 108.6 million the previous November.
A congressional study finds major weapons programs running about 50 percent above initial estimates with no central tracking. Navy cost overruns reach up to 1.2 billion, driven by post contract claims and development delays, amid Justice Department probes and personnel changes.
Vice President Spiro Agnew attended Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos’s inaugural in Manila amid security tightness. A friendly crowd applauded him during arrivals and ceremonies while a small leftist demonstration near the U.S. Embassy sparked arrests for explosives and assault. Marcos urged Asia to unite for peace and urged the wealthy to share burdens with the poor.
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