09 Feb 1971
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1971
Page
1
Read in their own words, Aiken youths describe widespread drug use and easy access. Interviewees, ages 16 to 22, discuss marijuana, LSD, hash, amphetamines, barbiturates, and cocaine, costs, and the social reach across classes.
Deadline looms for the $450 Stand ard Stumper puzzle with three free words at four down five down and six down. Extra copies available at the Aiken Standard office 124 Rutland Drive.
A powerful earthquake struck Southern California at 6 01 am causing two deaths and numerous injuries. Damage was worst in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley with Newhall and Saugus heavily hit. The center was 17 miles north of the San Gabriel Mountains and tremors lasted about a minute.
AP report from Charlotte details that part time bartender Sidney Hedden, 48, was shot dead during an early Monday robbery at a lounge owned by Johnny Threatt. Threatt described three masked men who forced him to open the safe. he handed over a bag with $6,200 cash and $1,500 in checks from the open safe, totalling $7,700. The thieves fled as Hedden fell.
Delta Air Lines charged Eastern Air Lines with creating emergency scheduling problems at Atlanta Airport. Easternpetition asked CAB for approval to negotiate with other airlines to cut peak period flights as it cited 80 flights in the hour.
The FDA recalls Italian pottery distributed nationwide by Holt Howard Inc. of Stamford Connecticut after finding pieces containing 400 parts per million lead. The safety guideline limit is seven parts per million, with the lead a residue from manufacturing.
The Mississippi House backed Gov. John Bell Williams' proposal to tighten narcotics laws and create a highway patrol division to fight drug abuse. The bill aims to cut penalties for young first offenders and close loopholes by letting judges suspend sentences or place offenders on probation instead of mandatory prison terms.
New York and American Stock Exchanges will suspend trading on Monday February 15 in observance of Washington's Birthday. Banks will also observe the holiday.
A total lunar eclipse will be visible over the continental United States and Canada tonight with clear skies. The event begins at 12:52 a.m. EST as the moon enters Earth’s shadow, reaches totality from 2:03 to 3:26 a.m., and ends with the moon clearing the shadow by 4:37 a.m. The observer reach is typical, as lunar eclipses occur at least once yearly.
Apollo 14 returns to Earth after a nine day voyage of about 900000 miles. Astronauts Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa ride a near perfect reentry 76 miles above the Pacific headed for splashdown near American Samoa.
In Cambodia 20 000 South Vietnamese troops meet strong resistance near Snuol while a Laos push advances with light contact. North Vietnamese losses reach 407 in Cambodia this week. South Vietnamese losses total 45 killed and 203 wounded as US air support and B 52s blanket routes.
South Carolina Rep James Cuttino Jr proposes a bill to fingerprint every student in the state within 30 days of enrollment. The plan would place 8x8 inch fingerprint cards in State Law Enforcement Division files accessible only to officers or courts. Cuttino cites missing 13 year old Margaret Peg Cuttino as motive.
Bitter cold blankets the Southeast with zero degree forecasts in parts of Tennessee and widespread hard freeze warnings. North Carolina and Georgia face travel advisories while Georgia reports ice on highways near Dalton and Lookout Mountain. South Georgia endures heavy rains and thunderous winds causing floods. two tornadoes strike South Carolina with gusts up to 30 mph, no damages or injuries reported.
City council votes to extend non-enforcement of parking meters in the Central Business District through Easter shopping period. Reports of violations by shop owners and staff are noted, alongside a proposed Akekn Area Transportation Study with SCHD funding not to exceed 10000 dollars and county participation encouraged.
The study aims to create a permanent cooperative regional transportation planning process with the S C Highway Department to map current and future travel patterns in the City of Aiken and surrounding area likely to urbanize by 1995. Council actions include CATV rate hike to six dollars, appointments to Health Board, and housing authority advisory committee.
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