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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1972
Page
1
March 18 event at the Aiken Training Track features the thirtieth annual thoroughbred program, harness races for trotters and pacers, and steeplechase events. Benefits include the Aiken Cancer Society at Jefferson-Aiken Training Center and the Aiken County Hospital fund raiser.
Antiwar priest Daniel Berrigan was granted parole after serving 17 months of a three year sentence for destruction of draft records at Catonsville Maryland in 1968. The parole board cited new health information as part of its second review.
The South Vietnamese command reported 107 enemy dead in renewed fighting nationwide. An error over a prior report said four tanks were destroyed, later clarified as trucks, while a highlands field report confirmed one tank and three trucks knocked out near the border Wednesday.
Robert S. Ingersoll, 58, chairman of Borg-Warner, was named by President Nixon to be ambassador to Japan. He is a Winnetka resident, native of Galesburg, Illinois, and a Yale graduate.
The United States said it would not withdraw troops from South Vietnam until a final agreement is signed based on Nixon's latest peace proposal. Viet Cong condemned the plan, and North Vietnam criticized Kissinger for secret Paris talks. The Communists declined to use the word rejection and promised further comment.
Senator Edward Kennedy urged renewed action for peace and justice in Ulster addressing New York Committee for Justice in Ulster in Washington. He supports a Senate Resolution calling for a peace conference and the replacement of British Army troops with a locally recruited security force.
Voters will use punch card ballots in Aiken County's first countywide election with Votomatic equipment. Officials emphasize ease and security while guiding press through polling and later tabulation at the Aiken Electric Cooperative.
The Pops Concert features Betty Milham of Aiken and Michael Toole of Augusta. It will be held tonight at 8 p.m. in the Aiken Junior High School auditorium to benefit the Adult Development Center.
President Nixon declared the unemployment crisis the great economic enemy and vowed to defeat inflation. He said the economic outlook is bright, with Phase 2 controls to stay until price stability is assured and unemployment to be reduced in 1972. Real output rose 6 percent in late 1971 and GNP is expected to reach 1.145 trillion in 1972.
A gutted bill to establish a state minimum wage was sent back to the Labor Committee after a two day clash in Columbia. Critics called the measure a cruel hoax and fraud, noting it would mirror federal law and affect no workers. The proposal, by Reps Arnold Goodstein and James Joseph, passed 54-50 to recommit amid heated votes and tactics.
Two identical bills were sent to the Judiciary Committee in the South Carolina House. The measures propose statewide magistrate elections via a November referendum. Sponsors include Julian Dunbar Zack Fulmer W Marshall Comer John W Jenrette Jr Charles E Hodges and Phillip D Sasser.
North Augusta Police Chief Walter Newman reports 16 students arrested this week tied to disturbances at North Augusta High and Junior High Schools. One incident hospitalized Wayne Carpenter. bombs threats investigated with no device found on buses.
In Columbia the South Carolina Senate adjourned for a long weekend amid discontent over a shortened three day week and a calendar of about 20 statewide bills. Sen. John Drummond objected to cancel a Thursday session saying there is work to do. Sen. Gilbert McMillan blamed hasty rushed adjournment for poor legislation. Sen. Remert Dennis defended the session pace noting more has been accomplished in three weeks. Only 18 of 46 senators attended the Thursday meeting lasting 20 minutes.
Aiken County Sheriff Paul D. Grant was named South Carolina Sheriff of the Year at the SC Sheriffs Association meeting at SLED in Columbia. The award cites his investigation of the June Belvedere motorcycle club killings, which led to six murder convictions and multiple life sentences. Grant will receive an engraved plaque and a .357 magnum. He is finishing his eighth year as sheriff after earlier service as chief detective in Aiken and other state police work.
Cindy Windham of Furman University Greenville nearly won this week’s Stumper puzzle missing by one wrong word. The correct term was Pool and readers mostly answered Cool. The next puzzle will appear tomorrow with a $290 prize.
George H. Grant of Aiken was elected to the University of South Carolina board of trustees for a four year term. He will represent the state's 2nd Judicial Circuit. The appointment was made Wednesday by a joint session of the General Assembly in Columbia.
In Poughkeepsie New York a stocky gunman who hijacked a Mohawk airliner and held three crew members as hostages for 200000 was shot and killed by an FBI sharpshooter after the plane landed. He threatened to make a stewardess parachute from the plane and was about to enter a police car at the Dut Chess County Airport. No others were injured and the money was recovered. Stewardess Eileen McAllister said the hijacker held a gun to her head for seven hours. The hijacker’s identity was not immediately known.
Five year old Timmy Miller of 3008 Mississippi Ave in Aiken was hospitalized at University Hospital Augusta after his bicycle struck the side of a car driven by Gene Sims Owens of 501 Coker St Williston on Hampton Avenue Northwest at 1326. He suffered a broken leg and possible head injuries. Police noted the boy emerged from between parked cars and rode into Owens vehicle.
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