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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1970
Page
6
Vice President Spiro Agnew and Mrs. Agnew watched a Barong dance in a Bali temple as part of an Asia trip. Afterward they shopped for ebony carvings including hands and a dragon-handled walking stick. Agnew plans more travel before Jan 20 return and Lincoln Day GOP dinners.
Wagener built a 12 4 first quarter lead and held off New Ellenton as Earl Wooten and a balanced attack keyed a 40 35 victory in the boys game. Tom Willis led Wagener with 10 points while Scott Charles Tim Tyler and Wooten added eight each. David Bell led New Ellenton with 11 points.
Rich Texan H Ross Perot offers to buy the release of American POWs in North Vietnam and to supply prisoner camps with facilities and goods. He says cost is not the issue and that he could raise the funds, intending to exchange needed aid for captives.
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird warns congressional caps on Vietnamization spending could slow planned U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam though not endanger current pulls. He urges lawmakers to avoid arbitrary ceilings while detailing ongoing plans to transfer weapons and responsibility to South Vietnam.
Washington AP reports USDA officials say no broad action will come without a detailed review. The first review of hard pesticides like dieldrin and lindane could begin in March, with months before any action and a focus on uses with substitutes.
The South Carolina Senate once hosted a snowball fight that hit John C. Calhoun's portrait during a filibuster period. Lt. Gov. John West was absent that night as the body stretched into long sessions. The piece recalls jokes, historic quips, and odd moments from sessions amid calls for reform and debates on capital punishment and liquor laws.
Charles Olson founder and former director of Black Mountain College has died at 59 in New York. The poet and literary critic was serving as a visiting professor at the University of Connecticut when his death occurred.
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