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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1978
Page
3
A man walking his dogs found two 16 inch U S made ground to air missiles aimed at the Israeli Embassy from a wall 164 feet away. Army experts blew them up in a park. Investigators said the missiles were connected to a makeshift battery detonator and fitted to a stand. The detonator failed and the terrorists fled.
Simon Peter Nelson, 46, faced arraignment after police said his wife planned divorce hours before all six of his children were found bludgeoned and stabbed in their beds on a quiet middle class Rockford street. Roseann and Jennifer were 5 and 12. brothers Matthew 7 Andrew 9 Simon Peter Jr. 10 and David 3 also slain. pet dachshund killed.
Columbia Police Chief William R. Cauthen may have given pistols listed as destroyed to friends, a report in The State said. The story notes state law forbids such disposal and that one pistol shown in photos was reportedly given by the chief to an unidentified Columbia man.
In Holly Hill two men, Clayton Benjamin and Frankie Simmons both in their early 20s, were arrested for armed robbery and murder in the slaying of 66 year old Curtis Rembert. Rembert was found dead in his home by a neighbor around 9 25 a m Sunday morning.
Police fired on mourners at funerals in Port Elizabeth area wounding six people believed to be blacks. Earlier unrest followed the September 12 death of Steve Biko in police detention. A white man and a black man opposing apartheid were shot in Durban, with no link found yet.
The Associated Press reports 20 to 30 mph gusts across South Carolina as a cold front moves in. Residents feel the chill and drivers face minor delays from downed trees and lines. The National Weather Service cautions of a hard freeze tonight with up to an inch of snow possible in the mountains and possible river flooding along the Broad and Congaree rivers later.
Strong winds blamed for the death of parasailer Keith R. Liddell in Dunedin Beach Florida as a parachute jerked he into a tree. Three tornadoes touched down Sunday in Florida injuring at least 15 near Orlando.
Aiken Standard corrects a Friday headline misreporting William D. Royster as winner of the South Carolina Superintendent of Education race. The proper line states Royster wants the job.
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