11 Feb 1971
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1971
Page
1
Aiken with rising drug availability others report LSD flooding the area and heroin entering use. LSD prices have fallen from four dollars to two as teens experience trips and dangers rise. Authorities note two teen heroin addicts and possible overdoses, with LSD labs and casual public use described by officials and doctors.
Aiken Standard announces a special horse edition scheduled for tomorrow highlighting Aiken's horse industry. The section serves as a guide to equestrian activities and will be mailed to 1200 horse farms from Kentucky north and distributed to local tourist channels. Extra copies may be bought at 124 Rutland Drive.
Cinema 71 Inc. said it will film the life story of billionaire Howard Hughes after acquiring screen rights to Bashful Billionaire by Albert B. Gerber. The company was formed by Herb Altman and Sheldon Brodsky to produce the project.
A dump truck loaded with clay collided with a Southern Railway freight train at a crossing six miles south of Kings Mountain North Carolina. Driver A R Hawkins 31 of Kings Mountain was hospitalized with severe head injuries after initial treatment in Kings Mountain and transfer to Charlotte Memorial Hospital. A train brakeman T E Swinson of Kannapolis suffered several broken fingers when a fire extinguisher in the cab broke loose and struck him.
Picasso donates the 1912 sculpture Guitar from his famed Cubist period to the Museum of Modern Art. A spokesman says Guitar is the only major piece from that collection Picasso has released aside from a small construction sold to his biographer Roland Penrose. The work is built from sheet metal and wire.
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. received congratulations from the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Britain for testing ball distance on the moon. The message also mildly noted a golf etiquette rule about filling bunkers before leaving.
In High Point a youth was wounded after police and Black Panthers exchanged gunfire during an eviction at a Panthers headquarters. Lt. Shaw Cooke was critically wounded, later reported in satisfactory condition after lung surgery. Three companions were charged with conspiracy to murder and obstructing officers. The wounded youth was named as Larry Medley, 16.
The Standard Stumper prize rises to 460.00 after 1,672 weekly entries. Readers complain about close calls and near misses while a new ten dollar bill awaits the winner each Friday.
A compact page note lists sections including Comics Editorial Deaths Sports TV and Want Women's News with scattered numbers and codes. No coherent event is described beyond section headers and identifiers.
Los Angeles officials extend an evacuation for 80 000 residents near the cracked Van Norman Dam for 48 hours as aftershocks threaten collapse. Death toll 51, injuries 1 000, 33 hospital bodies found, 5 patients and 5 nurses missing, damages exceed 300 million dollars.
U S Marines of the 3rd Division arrive near the DMZ aboard a 7th Fleet carrier group and await a potential landing to reinforce South Vietnamese forces. Across Laos, South Vietnamese troops report multiple weapon captures and ongoing assaults with U S helicopter gunships supporting operations.
Apollo 14 crew Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa leave the recovery carrier New Orleans for Pago Pago then Houston arriving about 1 am Friday. They will be quarantined at Lunar Receiving Laboratory until Feb 26 with 12 others.
Aiken City Manager Roland Windham released annual reports for four city departments. Fire Chief James C. Busbee heads the Public Safety Agency after moving to a four platoon police and fire structure. Fire calls reached 458 with $140,485 inside and $637,685 outside city limits in 1970. Significant losses occurred January 25 at the Old Court House and November 6 at Aiken Graded School.
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