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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1972
Page
1
An army spokesman said British troops halted an attack on a Roman Catholic club in Belfast early today as 75 men clashed with police. Troops used rubber bullets and batons while rioters hurled furniture and resisted, with several gunmen firing during the confrontation.
In Dunedin Florida Mrs Gerlad A Gartley says the Presidents stance proves he intends to stay in Vietnam. She claims the answer leaves POW families hopeful of no homecoming for their sons. Her son Navy Lt Mark Gartley, 27, was shot down over North Vietnam in August 1968.
About 125 workers cleaned crude oil from San Francisco Bay and two Pacific beaches after a spill from the Liberian tanker Golor Obo chartered by Standard Oil Co of California. Standard said initial spill 80 gallons, later uncertain, with 10 boats and foot patrols used.
The government tax preparation cram course booklet "Your Federal Income Tax" will be sold for 75 cents at first and second class post offices, including a sample Form 1040 with line explanations. A second 75-cent guide "Tax Guide for Small" will be available at select first class offices. Both are by the Internal Revenue Service. King Frederik IX admitted to Copenhagen Municipal Hospital after an acute heart attack following his New Year's radio speech.
The Gallup Poll places President Nixon at number one for the third year running. The top five includes Billy Graham Edward Kennedy Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey with Agnew Nad er Paul VI Bob Hope and George Wallace also in the top ten. The survey of 1504 adults was conducted December 10 to 13.
A two member White House advance party arrives in Peking to coordinate news coverage and technical details for President Nixon's China trip next month. The delegation left Guam Sunday with a planned stop in Shanghai before proceeding to the Chinese capital. No arrival times were announced.
Secretary of the Treasury John B Connally tops Nixon and Agnew as best dressed statesman per the Fashion Foundation of America. The report notes Connally’s polished style ahead of the presidential pair.
Viet Cong fired four 100 pound rockets at Da Nang air base wounding one American and damaging three support planes as a new cease fire ended. Mortar fire hit Camp Alpha near the DMZ killing one South Vietnamese soldier and wounding two. In the Central Highlands South Vietnamese Rangers with U.S. air strikes reported 19 enemy soldiers killed and eight weapons captured. President Nixon discussed residual force size amid Vietnam negotiations.
The Miami Dolphins defeated Baltimore 21-0 in Miami to seal a Super Bowl spot, while the Dallas Cowboys edged the San Francisco 49ers 14-3 to earn their second consecutive berth.
Sheriff deputies seek three black men in the rape of a 20 year old Clearwater woman after she declined a ride from a car on Highway 421 near Clearwater Elementary School. The driver and two others assaulted her near an abandoned trailer. Investigators work on the case.
Aiken County March of Dimes reports the 72 hour flag football game last week grossed 2359 dollars and 24 cents. Gate receipts total 2159 dollars 54, auction proceeds from the game ball added 200 dollars. Proceeds will bolster the 1972 campaign which seeks a 25000 dollar goal.
In a Sunday White House TV interview Nixon said he will announce by January 14 if he runs again and hinted he will keep a residual force in Vietnam until POWs are freed. He said inflation controls may be eased if successful but some may persist into 1973 to cool the economy. He stressed not allowing Communist gains in elections and noted talks with China and the Soviet Union, and pledged continued troop withdrawals or acceleration in early 1972. Rotary speaker Lt Gov Earle Morris Jr. spoke in Aiken previewing the 1972 legislative session and touring the state to gather public input.
Police say a stylish gang used a black limousine to gain access to the Pierre hotel on Fifth Avenue and 61st Street. They bound 16 staff with handcuffs and tape and opened 14 safe deposit boxes, possibly netting over 1 million in cash and jewelry.
Aiken County Legislative Delegation will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Health Department to discuss the countywide ambulance service plan and the $23 755 annual assessment to the Lower Savannah Regional Planning Commission. The panel will review recommendations from the Ambulance Study Committee and consider staff salary deductions under the Aiken County Supply Bill. Also on the agenda are Alpine Drive funding, public account ant Eric Pressley funding requests, Election Commission Chairman Gene England, welfare board operations, illegal dumping issues, and an Adult Education Development Center tax exemption.
Government spending labor legislation federal controls of business economics and Communist domination of the United Nations are among the questions to be directed at South Carolina Senators Strom Thurmond and Ernest Hollings. The audience may attend and submit questions during the program at 8 p.m. in the Heritage Room of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, sponsored by the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce with Carl Littlejohn moderating.
Two newborns arrive at Aiken County Hospital as the year begins. Roy James of 910 Cox Ave. in Aiken and George W. Young of Level Acres Trailer Park each welcome a baby, a boy and a girl, respectively. A minor fireworks injury occurred when a Roman Candle lit in a woman's hand. she was treated.
Aiken County Coroner Jim Gregory said an inquest will be scheduled into a traffic crash on Highway 278 near North Augusta that killed Charles Leonard Seabolt of Augusta and injured four others. Seabolt’s wife and brother in law were hospitalized, as was Otis Ray Harris. The crash occurred about 12:15 p.m. Saturday during a head on collision involving two cars.
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