Deaths Mrs Leona R Myers of Aiken
Mrs Leona R Myers of 357 McCormick Street South West Aiken died Sunday at a Blackville nursing home after an extended illness. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. tomorrow at Old Macedonia Baptist Church with ministers E W Simmons and W H Hightower officiating. Burial follows in the church yard cemetery. She was a native of Aiken County and a member of Old Macedonia Baptist Church in Edgefield County. Survivors include two sons Levi Myers and the Rev James Myers Jr both of Aiken a daughter Mrs Sarah Etta Floyd New Ellenton a brother Robert Reed Salley and four sisters Mrs Daisy Grant Mrs Ida Lee Conway both of Salley Mrs Janie Green Wagner and Mrs Essie Moseley of Freeport N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona R. Myers
McCormick St
S.W
Aiken
Blackville
Old Macedonia Baptist Church
E.W. Simmons
W.H. Hightower
Myers
Aiken County
Edgefield County
Morris Budget Talks Highlight 1972-73 Plan and Tax Hints
Morris notes a proposed 1972-73 budget of 50 million above current spending with taxes rising to meet it. State agencies sought 129 million in added spending. teachers and state employees ask for raises, with past gains limited. The appropriations bill may omit tax hikes and appears late this month or early February as the General Assembly opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ways and Means Committee
Morris
General Assembly
Veteran photographer Busch long associated with Aiken Standard
The article profiles a veteran photographer who built a wide career across major papers and UPI AP wire services. He documented crime in counties, worked undercover for the Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Division, and served as a Soil Conservation Service photographer. Aiken native, war photographer, and longtime figure in the community, he plans no retirement but will resume his morning coffee klatches and maintain a downtown office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
Busch
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Aiken Standard
Soil Conservation Service
Army Air Corps
Europe
Aiken County
Mamie Busch
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Jimmie Byrnes
Aiken
America
Atlantic Seaboard
Midwest
Western States
Rocky Mountains
St. Angela High School
National Press Photographers Association
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Alvanos
Delegation to Weigh Ambulance Service Change and Funds
The delegation debates phasing out current services and creating an ambulance commission with contract power to run the system after the January legislative start. A nine member panel is suggested. final size to be set by law. Debate also touches on LSRC funding and county representation fairness in the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Cain
Williams
Ambulance Commission
Ambulance Study Committee
Sen
McMillan and
Aiken
North Augusta
LSRC
South Carolina
Joel Gunnells
Commission
Julian Dunbar
Savannah
McMillan
Odell Weeks
Floyd Moore
Strom Thurmond
Fritz Hollings
Bryan Dorn
Wagener
Perry
Salley
Oklahoma City man given 20 year term for marijuana sale
A 30 year old Oklahoma City man received the maximum 20 year sentence in district court Monday for selling marijuana under the new 1971 drug code. It marked his first conviction after James Patrick Wright was accused of selling one bag of marijuana to undercover officers at his home on September 4, 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
James Patrick Wright
Vitamin E Fad Skepticism From a Medical Veteran
A physician questions the vitamin E craze noting lack of proof for dietary deficiency or disease cures. He recalls past drug fads like benzyl benzoate and cites Evans on vitamin E's wide food distribution. He warns against broad claims linking vitamin E to numerous conditions and notes blood levels vary without proven harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Fancisco
Herbert Evans
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Leona Myers
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Atlanta Journal
UPI
F.E. Ellis
Saturday Review
National Geographic
Aiken Drug Store
du Pont
Erlene Bentley Seigler
Rebecca E. Gell
Sarah A. Wadford
Rosyin B. Lockhart
Kathy Pilz
Victoria E. Seigler
Suzy Phillips
Sons
Allen E. Seigler
Herman E. Seigler
Lester D. Seigler
University of South Carolina
Aiken Cablevision
Weather Channel
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