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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1972
Page
1
In a blazing air duel over North Vietnam, American F4 Phantom jets fought eight MIG21s and returned fire with missiles and anti aircraft fire. The engagement involved multiple U S Navy aircraft as the battle unfolded.
In the northern Bering Sea two Soviet ships the Lamut factory ship and the Kolyvan stern trawler refuse to proceed to port after arrest for trespassing in U S waters. Armed boarding parties from the icebreaker Storis remain aboard. a skipper and the Soviet fleet fisheries director are held under arrest aboard the Storis.
Miami police escalate a search for Donna Marie Fisher believed abducted Monday. Her mother Elaine Fisher reports the family was packing to return to Upper Darby Pennsylvania from a Castaways Hotel vacation when a man phoned demanding 50 000 dollars ransom and threatened if not paid.
Four gunmen killed Sidney Agnew a 40 year old Protestant bus driver at his doorstep as he prepared to testify in a court case about rioters who hijacked a Belfast bus weeks earlier. The shooting raises Northern Ireland’s death toll to 213 in 29 months of sectarian violence. Agnew’s 81 year old mother in law was wounded in the foot.
Chicago water commissioner James J. Jardine calls the alleged plan to poison city water supplies a harebrained scheme. Two city college students were charged with conspiracy to murder for aiming typhoid germs at Chicago’s drinking supply. Jardine notes continuous chlorine treatment in one billion gallons daily would destroy the bacteria and security guards patrol the filtration plants around the clock.
Congress prepared to send President Nixon a federal election spending reform bill to close reporting loopholes curb campaign costs and reflect modern realities. The measure promises the broadest change in campaign practices in fifty years amid debate over media advertising rates and radio TV spending limits.
Two more candidates join the February 1 Aiken County Board of Education election efforts for at large and Horse Creek Valley seats. Henry P Moseley of Aiken opposes Board Chairman Albert J Maddox Jr also of Aiken who seeks reelection to the at large seat. Gerald Dennis of the Lynwood area filed for the Horse Creek Valley Area 3 seat where W E Twilley of Clearwater had earlier qualified. Moseley, a local native with ties to DuPont and a law degree, attended local schools and studied psychology. Continued on Page 10.
More than 160 reservations have been made for the first annual Cancer Crusade Dinner at the Heart of Aiken tonight at 7 p.m. Dr John C Hawk Jr of the Medical University of South Carolina is the guest speaker. William J Haile Jr former state crusade chairman also speaks.
Ray mond W. Mizell director of the Aiken Barnwell regional rehabilitation office received the Distinguished Service Award for rehabilitating the handicapped and aiding employment. Mrs Ver Bena B Peacock manager of Aiken's SC Employment Service won Boss of the Year. Jim Davis delivered the main remarks.
The House weighs a local option bill for Charleston Horry Beaufort and Georgetown counties to petition for referendums on liquor-by-the-drink. Sponsors seek four counties with 10 percent voter petitions while opposing reps push statewide voting.
Nathaniel Stetson, head of the AEC Savannah River Office, released a statement rebutting Townsend Belser's Senate testimony on nuclear energy. He said no Savannah River Plant worker has died from radiation and no lost time injury due to radiation has occurred, defending safety records and data accuracy. Belser had alleged a DuPont employee died of leukemia linked to radiation exposure and that the plant hid the case. Belser opposes Barnwell Nuclear Plant construction.
An Aiken jury of 11 men and one woman deliberates the Richards case after he pleaded guilty to two murders at a Belvedere motorcycle clubhouse on June 18. The judge plans to lock the jury with meals until a life or death verdict is reached. Autopsy cites asphyxia from bound victims with jugular veins cut. Richards described nightclub events and his Navy service amid defense calls for mercy. Continued on Page 10.
Rep. Zack Fulmer of Aiken introduced two bills in the South Carolina House. One would allow staff of SC congressional delegation in Washington to vote absentee with affidavits proving employment. The other would amend the Homestead Exemption Act to extend relief for seniors 65 plus with life estates and mobile homes permanently affixed to owned property. An Aiken County Ambulance district and commission measure advanced to second reading.
In Columbia the South Carolina Senate opens a battle over a second state supported medical school Gov West faces sharp criticism from Sen. Scarborough who says the governor rushed the proposal without proper checks Scarborough warns of higher taxes and federal funding gaps if a second medical school is built He notes only a few states have dual public medical schools and questions South Carolina’s financial fit.
The Aiken County United Fund awards will be presented tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the Commercial Hotel. Outstanding firms and outgoing officers will be honored. Conrad Hartzog is this year’s campaign president.
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