Hornets Hornettes Win 17th Straight
The Hornets and Hornettes stretch their winning streak to seventeen games as reported on page eight, highlighting current form and key performances from the team and players.
04 Feb 1974
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1974
Page
1
The Hornets and Hornettes stretch their winning streak to seventeen games as reported on page eight, highlighting current form and key performances from the team and players.
Aiken realtor Cecil Harte is named in the current volume of Personalities of the South. Aiken Elementary fourth grader, son of a DuPont employee at the Savannah River Plant, recalled a misspelling incident about the river dividing South Carolina and Georgia and joked about the DuPont River. The piece closes with a thought for today about taking action on the right track.
Beirut papers report Saudi Arabia and Kuwait promised President Hafez Assad to maintain the oil embargo against the United States. King Faisal and Kuwait's ruler assured Assad it will stay until disengagement talks on the Golan Heights advance on Syrian terms. Al Anwar and Al Bayrak publish the reports.
Los Angeles AP report says Superior Court Judge Gordon Ringer planned to sign a subpoena ordering President Nixon to testify in the Ellsberg burglary case. The document would go by registered mail to Washington to seek presidential compliance. Nixon aides said he would likely refuse on constitutional grounds.
Britain's coal miners vote 4 to 1 for a national strike that would close mines and threaten industry. The Electoral Reform Society reported 80 percent turnout of 279,452 NU M miners with 81 percent in favor. The walkout tally was 188,393 to 44,222 against. Prime Minister Heath would meet union leaders hours later to avert the action.
Princeton based AP report notes Nixon's approval fell to 26 percent in a Gallup Poll taken January 18 to 21, shortly after revelations of a long tape gap linked to Watergate erasures. The latest rating is one point below the early January 27 percent poll.
David Rockefeller chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank meets Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Cairo and earlier spoke with Abdel Aziz Hijazi while signaling the disengagement of Israeli and Egyptian forces at the Suez Canal marks a timely and promising start.
Former Chief Justice Earl Warren, 82, rests at his daughter and son in law's Beverly Hills home after a week in hospital for heart disease treatment. He was released from Daniel Freeman Hospital in Inglewood on Saturday and earlier served as California governor from 1943 to 1953.
Treasury Secretary George P Shultz pressed Congress to impose steep windfall profits taxes on oil companies and repeal tax breaks for U S firms operating abroad He rejected price rollbacks as an adequate substitute for the windfall tax in testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee
Two five year old children riding hobby horses in an Aiken park escaped serious injury when a car lost control at 5 05 p m Sunday tore down a fence and struck them Aiken Police identified the children as Melissa Whet
Officer Yount reported a vehicle turned off Charles ton Street tearing down two sections of chain link fence and stopping five feet inside. Damage to the car estimated at $200 with both hobby horses destroyed. Police investigated two other weekend accidents with several injured.
Nationwide truckers strike shows no impact in Aiken area with firms reporting normal schedules. United Merchants and Manufacturers Trucking notes fuel stop incidents as exceptions. Amber Truck Stop and major local grocers report no driver or supply issues. SC sees three weekend shootings at I 95 and I 26 with no injuries or serious damage.
Aiken police identify four suspects in a 1030 p m break in at 108 Barnwell Ave offices of Dr Henry A Langston Jr and Dr Guy C Heyl a large amount of drugs reported taken by three males ages 20 22 and 23 and a female juvenile runner The group was linked to a truck stopped by a South Carolina state trooper in Columbia and were later jailed in Cayce awaiting warrants and further questioning
Independent truckers strike idled about 20 000 workers disrupting meat and produce deliveries across 30 states. Over the weekend officials reported 15 states saw shootings rock throwing and tire slashings with 14 shootings at trucks in Pennsylvania and up to 100 violent incidents since last Wednesday. National Guardsmen were deployed to patrol highways as talks in Washington stalled and diesel prices fueled the stalemate threatening economic disruption.
A sunny day gave way to a chilly night with a forecast of upper 20s and moderate frost. The high was expected in the upper 30s with a zero chance of rain tomorrow.
Voters face two three way races in the Aiken County School Board election with polls from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Results will be counted by computer at the Aiken Electric Cooperative on Highway 215 while candidates await at the courthouse. Voter registration certificates needed and duplicates issued 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Osbon Perkins and Towler compete in Administrative Area No. 1. Osbon and Rusche Fulmer Anderson on the at large ballot.
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