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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1975
Page
3
President Ford defends limiting growth in Social Security and food stamp costs while pressing Democrats on health insurance and energy measures. He indicates review of the Vietnam-era amnesty program and signals continued pursuit of a detente with the Soviet Union despite trade tensions.
Officials say the plan will remove about five million people from the tax rolls and provide an $80 annual government payment to offset energy cost increases for adults who paid no tax in income brackets.
Airman Larry W Walker son of Mary Walker of Warrenville has been assigned to Keesler AFB Mississippi after completing Air Force basic training. He is a 1973 graduate of Langley Bath Clearwater High School and attended Aiken Technical Institute. His wife Shirley is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Rupert Lambert of Augusta.
Judge Harwell proceedings reveal Oliver given five years for grand larceny and one year for DUI. Jones pleads guilty to housebreaking after fingerprint match and receives five years. Shoultz gets four years for school cafeteria crimes. Johnson admits marijuana in car and gets 90 days or $100 fine. Rickenbaker placed on probation then jail, Shores under Youthful Offender act with up to five years concurrent.
Gov James Edwards will meet with state agency heads to push expenditure cuts including a moratorium on new hires amid an economic slump. The State Budget and Control Board seeks 4 million extra for two new office buildings and a 4 million cap increase to cover higher costs. Fiscal 1975 76 revenue projected at 997.4 million with a 58 million shortfall to balance, signaling a return to lean budgeting.
Theodore S. McManus of 218 Midland Dr Graniteville a senior at Leavelle McCampbell High School has been selected to participate in the 1975 Washington Seminar in Washington D C. The program by the Washington Workshops Foundation runs over a year with ten one week seminars in cooperation with Mount Vernon College where students are housed.
South Carolina lawmakers consider limiting foreign owned land to 50 000 acres per alien corporation with a 60 000 acre alternative proposal. Rep John Rogers and Rep Gary Byrd cite current 500 000 acre cap, noting Bowaters’ potential Kin involvement and arguing the bill targets general ownership rather than Kuwait’s Kiawah Island purchase. The session also honors Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
Aiken City Police report the home of Harry Corley on Union Street was entered through a rear door with $48 in food stamps stolen. Aiken County Sheriff says the F B Anderson residence on Highway 421 Gloverville was broken into on Tuesday with an automatic shotgun and a watch stolen, total value $210.
The Clemson University Extension Service will sponsor a discussion on household pests tonight at 7 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church Building on the corner of Kershaw and Richland Avenue in Aiken. Dr. J. B. Kissam, an entomologist from Clemson University, will speak on household insect control.
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