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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1973
Page
1
An Aiken man handed squad secretary Jimmy Roe a $1000 check for a new ambulance after asking if money was needed. The moment was described as too good to be true amid a fundraising request.
AP reports American warplanes conducted more than 120 strikes on the southern North Vietnam panhandle on Tuesday and today. The U S Command says a fighter bomber was lost and two airmen were in North Vietnam six days ago, bringing totals to 28 aircraft and 9 percent killed or missing. In South Vietnam enemy attacks rose to 81 in a 24 hour period with rockets and mortars making up 57 of them.
North Vietnam’s chief negotiator Le Duc Tho travels from Hanoi to Paris as preparations continue for resuming both sets of Viet Nam peace talks. U S sources say the four party semipublic talks will meet again next week after a walkout on December 21 in protest of bombing Hanoi and Haiphong.
A Republican fundraiser and Nixon ally leads one of three firms pursuing a federal broadcast license against Jacksonville station WJXT. The case ties to coverage of G Harrold Carswell white supremacist speech found in a 1948 paper, a factor in Carswell's 1970 Supreme Court nomination rejection.
Investigators recovered the body of Mrs. S Karpen Tuesday, marking the 99th death in the Eastern Air Lines TriStar crash into the Everglades. Officials announced 99 dead and 77 survivors in the worst single plane disaster in U.S. history.
New York AP reports the Old Homestead marked 105 years with century old style meals and antiquated prices. A regular dinner including sausage liver soup pie and coffee cost 19 cents while roast beef or mutton went for 6 cents. The restaurant served about 1,700 customers and faced losses between 7000 and 10000 dollars Tuesday night.
Governor George C. Wallace will have a sixth operation related to injuries from a would be assassin's bullet. A press aide said the surgery is not serious or mandatory and could be scheduled at any time with no date set. Dr. H H Hutchinson noted the procedure concerns bladder function altered by the wounds. The operation may address an enlarged prostate affecting urine flow.
Quinault Washington reports 1972 rainfall at the ranger station totaling 174.28 inches about 15 feet for the year, averaging nearly half an inch daily. Officials say this is just shy of the 1968 all time record of 175.45 inches in the rain forest community.
The Aiken County Rescue Squad will contest restrictions imposed by the Aiken County Ambulance Commission. Commander Thomas Reams announced they will seek legal counsel over a Dec. 21 letter outlining conditions for providing ambulance services, including training, vehicle standards, insurance, and limited public first aid roles.
Forecasters predict near certainty of showers today with a 50 percent chance tomorrow. Temperatures slide to the upper 50s today then rise to the upper 60s tomorrow. Tonight lows near the mid 40s, with northeast winds at 10 to 15 mph shifting to easterly then southeast by tomorrow.
Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged the Senate to act to end US involvement in Vietnam as Congress begins its 93rd session. He cited House support for an immediate war funds cutoff and blamed the executive branch for lacking a disinvolvement plan.
Mack Johnston administrative assistant to Rep. W J Bryan Dorn recounts delivering a litter of ten pups in the back seat of a car en route to Washington for the opening of the 93rd Congress. The dogs born include 16 total with six deaths.
A hijack on a Piedmont Airlines plane ended with Charles Wenige of Baltimore surrendering after three hours. Cardinal Shehan, FBI agent Farrow, and Dr. John Lyon mediated the peaceful release of two stewardesses. Wenige, an Army veteran and Korea war wounded ex-patient, was taken into custody.
South Carolina Senator Ralph Gasque says there will be no liberalization of marijuana laws in the 1973 session. The 1971 statute fines possession of one ounce or less at 100 dollars or three months in jail, with harsher penalties for larger quantities. The Drug committee will meet January 3 to hear enforcement officials and consider recommendations.
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