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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1970

Page

2

Services Set At Graniteville For N H Ergle

Norman N Ergle of Breezy Hill Graniteville died Tuesday Funeral services planned for 2 p m tomorrow at Posey s Funeral Home Chapel Graniteville with Rev Atkinson officiating Burial in Graniteville Cemetery He was a retiree of Graniteville Co and a Calvary Baptist Church member Survivors include widow Leona Barton two daughters Mrs Audley Widner and Mrs Carl Renew both of Graniteville step daughter Mrs Helen Hornick Pennsylvania three step sons Jesse Melton Graniteville Willie Melton California Arthur Floyd Ohio and sister Mrs Nell Carlton Ft Price Friends may call at home or at the funeral home

Graniteville Norman N. Ergle Breezy Hill Posey Albert Atkinson Graniteville Co Calvary Baptist Church Leona Barton Audley Widener Carl Renew Helen Hornick Pennsylvania Jesse Melton Willie Melton California Arthur Floyd Ohio Nell Carlton Ft. Price

Rites Set Today For Rev Haskell Key

Funeral services for the Rev Haskell Felix Key of Aiken to be held at 2 30 p m today at West Side Baptist Church where he served as pastor Burial will be in Graniteville Cemetery Officiating will be the Rev David Phillips and the Rev John Ackerson Key a native and lifelong Aiken County resident served as pastor at West Side Baptist about five years Surviving family includes son Foster Key of Aiken daughter Mrs Brenda Widner of Aiken four sisters and six brothers all listed with last names Key and extended relatives Nephews to serve as pallbearers Deacons of West Side Baptist Church to be honorary pallbearers.

Haskell Felix Key Aiken West Side Baptist Church Graniteville David Phillips John Ackerson Aiken County West Side Baptist Brice Rogers Foster Key Brenda Widner Beatrice Chapman Hattie Redd Eunice Walker Langley Rosena Moss Bath Walter Key Belvedere Butler Key Danner Key Tillman Key Woodrow Key Archie Key Cayce

Kentucky Educational Television Produces Arts Documentary

Kentucky Educational Television is producing a one hour color documentary on life in Kentucky through the arts. The film will highlight folklore and folk songs and airs as an arts feature.

Frankfort, Ky Kentucky Educational Television Kentucky

Aiken Standard Publication Statement

Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes each afternoon except weekends from 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801. Leased wire dispatches from The Associated Press and United Press International. Reprint rights and corrections policy noted.

Aiken Standard Rutland Drive Aiken S. C S.C Associated Press United Press International

Hector Key Dies in Augusta at 69

Hector MacDonald Key 69 of 2562 Ivey Road died Tuesday in a local infirmary. Funeral tomorrow at 4 p.m. at Poteet Funeral Home Chapel with Pastors David Nelson and John B. McCullough officiating. Burial at Westover Memorial Park. He was a WWI veteran, Lutheran, longtime Augusta resident, and ex manager of O K Rubber Welders of Aiken.

Augusta Hector MacDonald Key Ivey Road Poteet Funeral Home Chapel David Nelson John B. McCullough Westover Memorial Park Bankfoot Scotland Aiken Lutheran Church Camp Hancock Barracks O.K. Rubber Welders

White House Eyes Compromise On Education Funding Rift

The Nixon administration moves toward a compromise after GOP resistance to a veto threat on an education bill. Senate passage of a $19.7 billion Labor and HEW appropriation boosts talks, with 21 Republicans for and 17 against the measure.

Washington White House Nixon GOP Congress Senate Departments of Labor and Health Education and Welfare Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare

Nixon seeks 202 to 203 billion budget with cutbacks

Washington AP reports President Nixon’s upcoming budget message may call for federal spending around 202 to 203 billion with cutbacks in some services including Post Office operations. The plan aims for a small surplus aided by tax increases and faster collections.

Washington Nixon Administration Congress

Nursing Homes Quit Medicare Nationwide Trend Figures

The Associated Press reports hundreds of U S nursing homes have dropped out of Medicare extended care, with 295 leaving in six months and a net loss of about 50 facilities since July. Officials cite misuses and paperwork, while some say low rates and retroactive denials drive the trend.

Washington Associated Press Social Security Administration Frank Moss Utah Medicare Medicaid Ohio Rowland Lutz Columbus Lutz

Doctors Continue Onslaught On Pill Causes Caution

Washington UP reports three doctors urged caution about oral contraceptives in Senate hearings. They linked risks to high blood pressure strokes and fatal clots, calling for immediate government funded large scale research while offering no new conclusive evidence.

Washington Senate J. Edwin Wood Department of Medicine Pennsylva Gaylord Nelson Wisconsin

Nixon pursues a small budget plan for pollution control

President Nixon plans a small budget approach emphasizing user taxes and research incentives to curb air and water pollution and solid waste, rather than expanded spending. Administration officials say the plan will be weaker than congressional proposals and rely on industry action and targeted taxes. A bipartisan House group seeks 1.25 billion for waste treatment next year, while Finch and Volpe announce major airlines will modify engines to reduce smoke by 1972.

Washington Nixon Congress House Robert H. Finch Finch Transportation John A. Volpe

Duke Power offers Keowee land for South Carolina park

Duke Power Co. makes 1000 acres of its Keowee Toxaway nuclear development tract available for a state park in Pickens County. W B McGuire presented the offer to Gov. Robert E McNair at his office, outlining three miles of frontage on Keowee Lake.

Columbia Duke Power Co South Carolina Pickens County W. B. McGuire Duke Robert E. McNair Keowee

Starter Steve Phillips Introduces Mobile Gate in 1946

Harness racing history notes that starter Steve Phillips invented and launched the mobile starting gate in 1946, changing how races begin and influencing track procedures nationwide.

Steve Phillips

Six candidates vie for two County Board of Education seats

Six candidates seek election to two seats on the County Board of Education with a February 3 vote. At large contenders include A J Rutland Dr Robert L Worrell W H Bill Sorge Francis C Wade and Gene N Daniels with North Augusta Jackson area race features Robert L Folger and Gene N Daniels Balloting spans 45 precincts in Aiken and seven in Saluda Mrs John M Weibel will not seek re election.

County Board of Education A. J. Rutland Aiken Robert L. Worrell Wagener Area 4 Advisory Council W. H Bill) Sorge Zimmerman, Evans and Leopold Francis C. Wade Graniteville Aiken County Saluda County John M. Weibel North Augusta

Auditor's Office Open To Receive Property Taxes

The Aiken County Auditor's office at the county courthouse will be open through Feb 15 to receive Personal Property Tax Returns. It is each individual's responsibility to return autos boats trailers and other personal property for an accurate 1970 tax notice. Mobile home licenses must be renewed at this time.

Aiken County Martha Chapman

Boatwright sentenced in manslaughter case in Eureka

Lewis Boatwright, 22, was given 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of Allen Bailey on Nov 4 in Eureka. The state failed to connect a weapon to the crime.

Lillian Tucker Park Ave Paige Lewis Boatwright Boatwright Allen Bailey Eureka Leon Edward Pilot Jr Chester D. Rawls Ridge Spring-Monetta High School Pilot Rawl

Board of Education race speakers set for PTA meeting

The two candidates for the County Board of Education seats will address the North Augusta PTA Council tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the old North Augusta Junior High School auditorium. The public is invited to attend.

County Board of Education North Augusta PTA Council North Augusta Junior High

LSD and Marijuana: Origins of the Drug Revolution

The text traces drug use from controlled 1950s research to the 1960 LSD spread led by Harvard's Timothy Leary. Marijuana begins the rise, LSD surges until a chromosome- break was noted, and new hallucinogens emerge as underground chemists produce about one per month. Scientists lack long term birth defect data as research lags.

Harvard University Timothy Leary Leary

Community drug program panel hosts discussion for parents

Dr Owens says school officials may show the film during its local two week run and may schedule more if interest grows. He notes personal concern for his children as events of the past days shift public sentiment and urges parents to bring their school aged children to the event.

Owens

Wideman Promoted to Trust Officer at SCN

Frank J. Wideman Jr. a trust development executive for Greenwood Anderson and Aiken offices of South Carolina National Bank has been promoted to trust officer. A Jacksonville native and UNC and UF law graduate he has 16 years in Washington and a Marine veteran. He and his wife have two children and he serves in Rotary and church roles.

Greenwood Frank J. Wideman Jr Greenwood, Anderson and Aiken South Carolina National Bank Jacksonville Fla University of North Carolina University of Florida SCN Quihonton Law Washi West Palm Beach Marines Wideman Rotary Club Episcopal High School Alexandria American Legion Chevy Chase Episcopal Church St. Alban’s Church Washington

Greyhound Sets 1 55 Trotting Record in 1938

Greyhound established a one mile trotting record at 1 55 in 1938. The performance stood as a historic mark in harness racing, reflecting the era's speed and competition.

Greyhound

Scout Council to hear Westmoreland address by phone

General William C. Westmoreland, U S Army chief of staff, will address the Georgia Carolina Council of Boy Scouts of America by long distance telephone hookup Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Embassy Room of the Augusta Town House Westmoreland will be joined by a Spartanburg Troop 1 Eagle Scout and several adult volunteers as five men receive the Silver Beaver award and new officers are inducted in a ceremony highlighting long service to scouting.

William C. Westmoreland United States Army Georgia-Carolina

Mrs Willcox Dies In Nursing Home

Helen Dye Wyman Willcox of 346 Larrens Street Northwest died Tuesday in a local nursing home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by George Funeral Home.

Helen Dye Wyman Willcox Larrens St. N.W George Funeral Home

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