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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1970
Page
1
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Alan Bean the fourth man on the Moon and two other astronauts resumed flying after groundings. Bean, Cunningham, and Kerwin were grounded for various paperwork and clearance lapses. Officials said the suspensions ended and all three flew again the same day.
In Paducah Kentucky Judge Tyler Bourne faced a harsh consequence of a campaign pledge by Kenneth Burkhart then sheriff to crack down on law violators. Burkhart argued Bourne was lenient and won election promising stricter punishments. Upon taking office January 5 the city jail held 47 inmates with beds for 35 and a converted drunk tank housed overflow prisoners.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson arrive in Acapulco for vacation aboard a private plane from Austin Texas. They intend to spend the next week at a house in Puerto Marques owned by former Mexican President Miguel Aleman and expect their Mexico visit to last several weeks.
Six altar boys in Cincinnati are held on juvenile delinquency charges after allegedly stealing about $1,500 from St. Patrick Church offering baskets from October to December, with cash taken to the church office.
Bart Starr announced he will play another season for the Green Bay Packers and will not pursue a Republican bid for Wisconsin Senate. In a letter to Wilmer Struebing, Starr cited his football career as preventing active participation in the election.
A World Health Organization report outlines long standing use of central nervous system stimulants. It notes cocaine from the coca plant and synthesized amphetamines first used medically in the 1930s, with tolerance and escalating doses leading to widespread heavy use by the 1940s and 1950s in Japan, then the United States and Britain.
An interracial jury in Chicago finds the fatal police raid on December 4 justifiable homicide in the deaths of Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. The 14 officers who fired were deemed to have acted to prevent death or injury to themselves.
Four boys from Hatteras were injured when their car struck a garbage truck at 8 a.m. Two Coast Guard helicopters from Elizabeth City ferried three seriously injured teens Spurgeon Stowe 17 Harold Carlin 17 Jeffery Lynn Oden 16 to Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City. A fourth boy received on scene care for minor injuries.
A Boeing 747 made a transatlantic debut from New York to London on the maiden commercial flight. An overheated engine forced a substitute aircraft to operate after a delayed 1:52 a.m. EST departure. The jet carried 332 passengers and 18 crew, landing at Heathrow.
The Aiken County delegation introduced a House bill to authorize moving the courthouse or building a new one within the current city limits. Rep. C Marshall Cain says a statutory law requires a referendum, and the measure would exempt Aiken from it. The existing 1.9 acre site is constrained by streets and a church, limiting possible construction.
Federal narcotics agents told a Columbia conference that South Carolina has no real drug problem yet but urged increased funds for special training for officers. City Manager Roland Windham and Sgt. Frank Whitecotton of the Aiken Police Department were among state law enforcement representatives at the briefing.
In the Mekong Delta a two hour battle near U Minh Forest left 72 enemy dead and over 400 attacked with 600 South Vietnamese marines. US Navy planes and artillery supported the fight as casualties rose on both sides while Saigon reported weekly death totals easing.
Aiken County residents will gain about 1.202 million more in 1970 from a 15 percent across the board increase. The average per recipient will rise from 904 to 1040 dollars starting in April with separate checks for January and February. The total local pension payout is estimated at 9.218 million, up from 8.016 million.
Defense attorney Sylvia Westerdahl and Leonard Williamson argue for Leon Douse in a murder trial linked to David Newman in Hollow Creek near Jackson. Douse admits firing at Newman's car tires but claims the score was then evened. Newman, a left handed shooter, died from a chest wound at the Douse home. Willie Douse testified that Newman warned of harming his son. Jury hears timelines and weapons details. another action sentences Reese Earl Ingram Jr. to 18 months with probation.
President Nixon told Congress he will boost federal spending to fight crime and pollution at home and abroad. He cited 13 anticrime bills and a $10 billion five year plan for clean water and open spaces, promising innovative financing and a balanced budget emphasis.
Israeli forces landed on the Egyptian island of Shadwan in the Red Sea, sank two Egyptian torpedo boats, and killed 15 soldiers. Three Israelis were killed and six wounded, with eight Egyptians captured as troops comb the island near the Gulf of Suez.
Aiken County shows the state's lowest insured unemployment rate with 1.4 percent for the period ending Jan 3, 343 workers covered. Initial unemployment claims for the week ending Jan 10 reached 83, up 19, while statewide unemployment rose to 4,478 due to textile and garment layoffs. Insured employment statewide rose to 16,007, covering 2.7 percent of all workers.
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