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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1971
Page
1
The Aiken Standard advertises a puzzle contest offering $400 for completing a simple puzzle. It notes extra copies available at the office and mentions three free words numbered 4 across 3 down and 19 across with entries due by noon Wednesday.
Eleven week old Amy Fussy in Minneapolis has endured 14 kidney machine treatments at the University of Minnesota Hospitals. Doctors say she is the first infant to surpass four sessions and may live only weeks without a transplant. Surgeons await a donor kidney as readiness for surgery is stated by Dr. Michael Mauer.
Former FBI agent William Turner says the Roy al Canadian Mounted Police and Vancouver police have a long standing cozy arrangement with U S authorities. He claims FBI agents may enter Canada for 72 hours to persuade draft dodgers to return home and that Canadian police sometimes push men back across the border.
In Atlantic Iowa Mrs Mel Bendine called police as snowdrifts halted travel to Cass County Memorial Hospital for labor pains. Dr John Weresh, impeded by multiple snowdrifts, borrowed a snowmobile and reached the delivery with about twenty minutes to spare.
Dale Parnell Oregon superintendent of public instruction will take January off to teach elementary classes in Dallas. He says administrators should teach from time to time and other Education Department officials will teach later in the year.
Gov. Lester Maddox bidding farewell at the Georgia Governor's Mansion as he steps down to lieutenant governor on January 12. Hundreds of thousands of well-wishers greet him, with patrol estimates placing the crowd between ten and fifteen thousand. Maddox notes he cannot seek re election.
Aiken County Coroner James Gregory identified four year old Tommy Jones as the first traffic fatality of 1971 in Aiken. The child died after being struck by a car near his home on Carver Terrace. The driver was Rosa Cordy Dent of 114 Horry Street. police investigate and an inquest will follow.
Voters in 45 precincts start at 8 a.m. and vote until 7 p.m. in Democratic and Republican primaries to nominate supervisors and State Senate seats. Democratic candidates include J Z Addie, R A Holley, F Mills, M Scott, G Rollins. Dooley seeks the Senate nomination. Republicans choose four for supervisor and five for the Senate, with Antley, Cooper Jr, Hydrick Jr, Kaney, Baxley among GOP hopefuls. Special election set for Feb 23. Polling places and rules noted. GOP and Dem ballots differ. voting signups and meeting details included.
Inside Today highlights and briefs including comics, editorials, deaths, and sports with listings for TV and want ads across sections. Read for quick notes on local happenings and entertainment.
A thermal effects laboratory is under construction at the Savannah River Plant by the AEC division of biology and medicine. The lab will study heat effects on plant and animal life in artificially heated water and land crops. Waste heat could be used to grow crops near cities, reducing transport costs and fertilizer needs. Sam Beall Jr. outlined a cooperation plan with power plants and farmers at a AAAS meeting.
Sgt Frank Whitecotton told Rotary that lack of parental concern and the urge to fit into crowds drive juvenile delinquency. Aiken arrests rose 38 percent from 1969 to 1970, with petty larceny and runaways up, and shop lifting cited as a cause for the surge.
Local primary candidates will answer questions on Aiken Cablevision channel 4 at 7 p.m. tonight hosted by the League of Women Voters of Aiken County. Virginia Dunkelbarger and John Lyon represent the league. Returns will be televised tomorrow night starting at 8 p.m.
The Aiken County Legislative Delegation meets tonight at 7 at the Health Department. Two controversial items from the past week are not on the agenda: a city drainage obligation near the proposed courthouse site and Gov Elect West's plan to merge the Aiken Tech and USC Aiken campuses. A letter to proceed with selling over 2 million dollars in bonds for courthouse construction has a majority backing it.
Aiken Rep. Julian Dunbar, a Republican, endorses Gov elect John West’s get tough highway safety proposal. It calls for mandatory jail for second or third drunken driving offenses, higher fines, license suspension enforcement, faster trials, and a computer system to prevent suspended drivers from driving. West seeks no new taxes this session and a $500 annual teacher pay raise.
As of this morning no 18 year olds had registered to vote in Aiken County. Norma Meyer of the County Board of Registration said lines were empty. The attorney general ruled 18 year olds are eligible to vote in primaries and a special election to replace Rep. Mendel Rivers. The 30 day registration rule may be waived for the primaries. Social security cards provide eligibility to register if tenure requirements are met. The ruling follows the Supreme Court upholding 18 year old voting in elections.
The AEC Division of Materials Licensing issues a construction permit for a nuclear reprocessing plant about seven miles west of Barnwell on a 1700-acre site. Allied Gulf Nuclear Services Allied Chemical Nuclear Products Inc Gulf Energy and Environment Systems Inc receive the permit. Construction costs are estimated at 6 million dollars with operation planned for early 1974 to recover uranium and plutonium from spent reactor fuels for reuse in new fuels.
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