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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1972
Page
1
Senator Edmund Muskie declined to disclose the amount of military aid for South Vietnam if elected president and whether he would grant amnesty to draft evaders. The remarks came during a television interview reported by UPI.
Air traffic controllers walked out at 4 a.m. EST, grounding nearly all flights across Canada. Negotiations with the treasury board and the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association continued overnight, with talks expected to resume this afternoon and union president J R Campbell warning Parliament may be recalled to pass back to work legislation.
Red Skelton told a Hilton crowd he plans to retire after a few more bookings this year. A spokesman said he intends to end nightclub appearances but may pursue television and movie work.
The Royal Society of Arts awards Sir William Walton the Benjamin Franklin Medal for Anglo American understanding. Walton is honored for his music with distinctly English themes performed in the United States. The medal alternates between American and British recipients.
Mounted riot police swarmed the Madrid University campus as medical students protesting academic conditions faced clubbing and chasing. Several students were injured and arrested after attacks with rocks and vandalism, with police confirming multiple arrests.
U S Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz ordered immediate steps to ensure food stamp participants do not lose benefits under new federal regulations. The move follows Congressional pressure and comes as a response reported by UPI Telephoto.
Captain William Hughes of the Center Fire Department recounted 44 fires burning simultaneously after a hay truck on Highway 1 north of Aiken caught fire at about 1 20 a m Sunday. The blaze spread grass fires for 4 2 miles, but no damage was reported and the truck driver returned home after the rapid response from Center and Aiken fire departments.
South Carolina activists push back against a House bill to legalize mini liquor bottles arguing current brown bag rules are too liberal. Ben R. Morris of the South Carolina Foundation for Modern Liquor Regulations and Control says comprehensive regulation is needed and a full reform is essential rather than patch-work changes. The measure, awaiting redraft as a constitutional amendment, would move to voters this fall.
American fighters exchanged missiles with North Vietnamese air defenses along the Laos border and near the Ban Kari pass. U S forces say two SAM sites and an antiaircraft radar were destroyed, with no U S losses reported. North Vietnamese MIGs were seen farther north near the Barthelemy pass. one crossed into Laos but was driven off.
A Ft. Gordon soldier, John L. Vignalli, was found not guilty after a two day trial over involuntary manslaughter in the July 7 crash at the Highway 19 and Highway 191 intersection that killed Mrs. Lillie Kneece of Graniteville and injured four others including Vignalli who had head injuries. Public defender Cushman argued mind at time, while Assistant Solicitor Fox noted a stop sign visible 473 feet away.
Charles McGahee DDS named 1972 Cancer Crusade Chairman for Aiken County. He practices in Aiken since 1967 and is a charter Sertoma member and Masonic Lodge member. The first annual Cancer Crusade Dinner is Jan 19 at 7 p.m. in Heart of Aiken with Dr Hawk Jr and William Haile Jr as speakers. Tickets from local hosts.
The Aiken area remains in the icy grip of an arctic cold front stretching across the central and eastern United States. A high pressure dome centered over the Carolinas slows its southwestward motion as the front keeps fair weather in the southeast. Expect highs around 40 today and in the 50s tomorrow with lows in the 20s.
Aiken County School District board members and area superintendents meet with school attorneys to discuss interrogatories served by lawyers for black parents in a discrimination suit. The data request covers central office personnel and most district teachers since 1964-65, including race, position, salary, training, and experience. Deadline dates for responses are January 25 and February 8.
Aiken police reported three weekend arrests. James Kelly, 27, of 537 Sum ter St. NE, is charged with assault and battery with intent to ravish after an attack on an elderly woman in northeast Aiken. James John Carter, 50, of 811 Cox Ave., faces grand larceny for stealing $50 from Jones Supply Co. last Thursday. Walter T. Land, 20, of Wildwood Trailer Park, is charged with a lewd act on a child under 14. Public Safety Director Car roll Busbee reported.
The South Carolina State Hospital plans a village style, group therapy based treatment for mental patients. Village A on a new campus north of Columbia will house 10 to 12 per unit with a 4.5 million cost and is slated for completion in mid 1974.
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