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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1972
Page
1
The U S Weather Bureau expects a chance of showers tonight and tomorrow with a 30 percent rain probability today tonight and Friday. Highs near 60s today and around 70 tomorrow with lows in the mid 40s. Winds will be southerly about 10 mph through Friday.
Convicted U S representative John V Dowdy of Texas was sentenced in Baltimore Maryland to 18 months in prison and a 25000 fine for bribery conspiracy. He indicated plans to appeal within ten days.
Communist delegations from North Vietnam and the Viet Cong walked out of the Paris peace talks protesting the US air war escalation. They planned to return by March 2, while the US and South Vietnam would decide if they would reconvene. Ambassador Porter called the move a violation of conference rules.
Rep. Wilbur Mills leads a bid for a 20 percent increase in Social Security benefits with a slight payroll tax cut this year. Mills asks the Senate Finance Committee to include the plan in welfare legislation under Senate consideration. The Senate is expected to approve.
Richard G. Kleindienst stands before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a crucial vote on his attorney general nomination. He has drawn little opposition and is expected to face only a few dissenters as the nomination proceeds to the Senate floor after closing committee testimony.
U S Senator William Proxmire, who recently appeared with two black eyes, wore a bandage on his head at a Washington committee hearing. He is undergoing hair transplant treatment and said it will take over a year and a half to grow out, leaving him still semi bald.
Angela Davis is freed on $102,500 bail on the first day outside jail walls in Palo Alto California after more than 16 months in custody. The Black militant figure is expected to spend her time at a secret hideout while awaiting further legal actions.
Aiken County man Teddy Gravette 45 Beech Island faces murder charges after a fatal game of Russian roulette with Augusta woman Shirley D. Thomas 43 in her apartment. Gravette claimed the pistol clicked initially and later fired killing Mrs. Thomas with a shot to the eyes. He was arrested at the scene.
North Augusta residents met for a Chamber breakfast to review three hospital options. A satellite hospital tied to Aiken County Hospital, a county run 50 to 100 bed facility, or a privately funded North Augusta hospital were discussed.
Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees plans to name a consultant and architect to draft long range 20 to 30 year expansion plans for a new county hospital expected within a week. A total hospital costing 8 to 9 million dollars for 200 beds seems unlikely now as trustees consider phased additions. The decision requires concurrence from the county delegation before proceeding.
Nixon and Chou resume high level talks following a visit to the Great Wall. The leaders agreed to continue discussions on key bilateral issues and listed a future meeting date to review progress.
President Nixon visited the Great Wall and met Premier Chou En-lai for three hours amid 12 hours of talks on improving U S China relations. They discussed Vietnam and prisoners of war as a warming of ties appeared possible but no formal agreement emerged.
Columbia South Carolina residents are not worried that heavy industry will damage the environment says J Bonner Manly director of the State Development Board.
Manly told a joint session of the General Assembly that South Carolina residents favor growth and diversification. A Harris poll of 855 households found residents want industry attracted without harming quality of life, with the Development Board maintaining selective industry choices.
South Carolinians favor more nuclear power plants, a Louis Harris poll shows 52 percent of 855 respondents see a benefit. Younger residents, the affluent, and the college educated show higher support. Barnwell location controversies are not cited as motive for the poll.
Repeated note that the Standard Stumper puzzle remained unsolved with a new edition promised for tomorrow. The piece mentions a prize increase to 330 dollars plus an extra 10 dollars and includes unrelated references to poll attitudes on nuclear reprocessing plants and a 1958 unarmed nuclear bomb incident near Florence.
FRANKFURT Germany AP Young Joe Kennedy and the other passengers on the hijacked German airliner headed for their homes today as the crisis neared its end and authorities moved to secure the aircraft and arrange reunions with anxious relatives.
Sen McMillan's bill to let five member legislative delegations oust highway commissioners died by voice vote on a tabling motion. Scott of Aiken, who clashed with McMillan over 1970 71 county paying program, praised the Senate's action as avoiding vindictive control.
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