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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1973
Page
1
Lou Cassels and Marilyn Riviere race to outdo each other with mules as steeplechase entries. Cassels trains with Stan Bennett while others keep names secret. Last year’s riders await a promised golden spittoon and march heats promise a heated event.
Washington observes Nixon swearing in for a second term with an ethnic cocktail party and three concerts marking the second day of celebrations. Officials and invited guests attend the events in the capital theater district and surrounding venues.
Dick Martin and Dan Rowan fold Laugh In after taping its 142nd and final episode. NBC kept it on this season to satisfy pre sold ad spots, despite the decline from No 2 to 35th in December.
Tulah Hanley a Bradford widow and former belly dancer, real estate investor and oil heir, is held for court on charges of maintaining a disorderly house and corrupting the morals of minors after a police raid on a youth center she ran. Authorities cited a 19 year old allegedly entertaining visitors after hours at the club.
In Saigon three U S and South Vietnamese campaigns were under way to push thieu toward a cease fire. U S B52 bombers and fighter-bombers conducted over 400 strikes on base areas used by communists. A government radio campaign named Long Me-Mother's Heart urged communist personnel to defect and to root out Viet Cong political underground members.
South Vietnam indicated it is ready to accept a peace agreement and Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam said Saigon is close to a conclusion. He noted no objections to the agreement agreed in principle by the United States and North Vietnam and seeks clarifications on technical annexes before Kissinger and Tho resume talks in Paris Tuesday.
The Senate confirmed Frederick B. Dent as secretary of Commerce and Claude S. Brinegar to lead Transportation. The other four Nixon nominees await action next week amid Democratic dissatisfaction with perceived executive overreach of constitutional powers.
Judge Robert W. Hayes concluded the January term with Phillip Storey, 19, found guilty of possession and distribution of marijuana. Storey received two years or $1000 suspended and two years probation, being described as a first offense. The trial included SLED agent James A. Collins testimony and a delayed verdict after reviewing surveillance evidence.
Aiken area forecasts show showers unlikely tonight with a 20 percent chance. Skies are expected to be mostly fair and cooler for the weekend as overnight temperatures dip near 40 and weekend highs reach the mid 60s. Winds shift from southwest at 10 to 15 mph to west at 5 to 10 mph tonight.
Police probe execution style killings at an expensive home used as Hanafi Muslim sect headquarters in Washington. Seven people died including five children. Kareem Abdul Jabbar donated the house to the Hanafi Muslims and commented that only lunatics could commit such crimes.
North Augusta residents were among five arrested at Columbia's Richland Mall in a daylight narcotics raid. The group allegedly delivered about 15 000 capsules and tablets of suspected amphetamine sulfate to an undercover agent during a five month probe involving SLED. A loaded pistol was found. two suspects attempted to flee but were captured in a foot race. All five were arraigned and held on $25 000 bond.
The Aiken Polo Club will start games at 3 p.m. this season instead of 3 30. The first 1973 match at Powderhouse Field features four Aiken players against a Columbia team. Mrs John Bancroft notes the shift may take fans time to adjust.
The Aiken County Commission will convene Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Health Department to discuss ordinances and plan items. Topics include the South Carolina thoroughfare plan, office of superintendent of roads and bridges, staffing for secretary and clerk, and a $13 000 stock improvements allocation. Reports on landfills and hospital trustees will be heard, with a North Augusta planning committee request on the agenda.
Hugh J. Boyd of New Ellenton filed for the at large seat on the Aiken County Board of Education before the deadline. The 50 year old former principal and Chester County native retired after 24 years in South Carolina schools. He plans to resume law studies toward a degree and cites a wish to serve all areas of the county.
Police traced a mass shooting in Milwaukee to four to eight Black suspects seen fleeing a rear door. Victims, all Black and ages from infancy to 30, included two women found alive with gunshot wounds. Weapons found near the scene linked to the crime await ballistics results. Local civil rights figure Dr Reginald Hawkins claimed one victim was his daughter.
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