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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1970

Page

7

Airlines Join Government Plan to Cut Jet Engine Smoke

Major airlines back a government program to reduce jet engine smoke with 31 carriers agreeing to begin installing smokem reduction devices within 90 days and aiming for substantial completion by late 1972. Industry spokesman says 1972 deadline unrealistic, favors 1974 full elimination pending further testing and manufacturing capacity.

John A. Volpe Transportation Robert H. Finch Health, Education and Welfare William Osman Air Transport Association HEW Osman Pacific Southwest Airlines PSA Andrews Pratt & Whitney

Population Rise Tops Estimate

World population will grow faster than forecast, reaching over 4.9 billion by 1985. The UN Population Commission says developed lands will hold about 1.3 billion, while less developed countries may total 3.65 billion, driving the push for a new strategy linking population with economic planning.

Geneva United Nations Population Commission Commission U.N

Senior Citizens To Meet Friday

The Senior Citizens Club will meet Friday at their club house on Crosland Drive. Guest speaker A. Duane Day, manager of the Aiken Social Security Office, will discuss Social Security after the meeting and be available to answer questions. A 6:30 p.m. covered dish dinner will precede the talk.

Senior Citizens Club Crosland Drive A. Duane Day Aiken Social Security Office

Tricentennial Observance Captured by Aiken Standard Photographers

Mrs Mamie Eisenhower attends events at the Tricentennial in Aiken along with Mrs Dorothy Ko MacDowell general chairman and Gov Robert E McNair. MacDowell also wrote the Tricentennial play Drums Along the Savannah and is praised as the organizing force by a joint Senate House resolution.

Aiken Aiken Standard Mamie Fisenhower Mld Dorothy Ko MacDowell George H. Grant Robert E. McNair Eisenhower Savannah

Lower Savannah Regional Planning Meeting Scheduled

The Lower Savannah Regional Planning and Development Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m in its Aiken headquarters. Topics include the Comprehensive Health Planning Program district advisory committee for outdoor recreation development and final approval of about 40 funding applications under the Law Enforcement Assistance Program.

Lower Savannah Savannah

Academy Award Nominations Reflect Youth Driven Shift

Hollywood observers note a generational gap as younger audiences favor fresh stories while Academy voters lean toward traditional fare. Nominations favor Anne of the Thousand Days Hello Dolly and Midnight Cowboy while Easy Rider receives fewer nods. Thirteen of twenty nominees are native born with no prior winners among major contenders.

Hollywood Academy Anne Jack Nicholson Santa Vittoria Gregory Peck Los Angeles Music Center

Confrontation Looms Over School Spending

Washington AP The House faces a clash with President Nixon over education funding after the Rules Committee spurned a proposed presidential compromise. An amendment would have let Nixon spend at his discretion regardless of Congress appropriations. The Republican backed measure was added to a $19.3 billion health education bill replacing the vetoed $19.7 billion package. The panel refused to clear the amendment by a 9-6 vote, delaying action until Thursday.

Washington House Nixon Congress House Appropriations Committee Rules

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