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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1972
Page
1
The thirtieth annual thoroughbred races at Aiken Training Track plus harness events, trotters and pacers, and steeplechase meets. Beneficiaries include the Aiken Cancer Society at Training Center and Aiken County Hospital Benefit events. Jefferson Aiken Steeplechase highlights turf and hurdle racing.
Houston AP report notes astronaut Thomas P Stafford becomes one of the Air Force's youngest general officers after a call from Vice President Spiro Agnew promoting him from colonel to brigadier general. Senate confirmation still required. Stafford, 41, cites a long career and plans to wear the stars later. Born in Weatherford Oklahoma.
Julie and David Eisenhower announce a March 22 reception at Deerwood Country Club in Jacksonville to raise funds for Nixon's re election campaign. George Champion Jr. chairs the event limited to 175 couples. The Eisenhowers, residents five months, have been shielded by Secret Service.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson discusses a possible constitutional change to extend the presidential term to six years during a television interview. He envisions a longer term shielding the office from routine political pressures.
A Los Angeles drive-in store chain hires ex convicts as consultants to prevent robberies. Don Burnside, 7 Eleven zone store manager, says the program extends a 15 month San Diego County pilot that reduced robberies.
Washington AP The Price Commission chairman C Jack son Grayson says he has personally hidden on store shelves without shopkeepers knowing to study consumer problems in the marketplace. He stated the aim is to observe real shopping conditions and identify issues faced by typical buyers.
Secretary of State William Rogers told about 500 editors and broadcasters from 40 states that the United States has advised Hanoi it is completely flexible on how elections in South Vietnam should be conducted. He stressed the U S will not strike a deal in advance to abandon the Saigon government.
Additional volunteers are needed for a Saturday cleanup starting at 8 a.m. at the Municipal Building. Sponsored by the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce, the effort has cleared storm debris and aims to finish within two months with city workers hauling 4,174 truckloads of limbs to date. Youth volunteers are led by Ronnie Abney. the final drive is Feb 5, with work hours 8 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. Lunches will be provided.
Election officials outline safeguards for the Aiken County School Board race using punch card voting. A hand count at each poll, sealed ballot boxes, and two public tests of the tabulation program are planned. The first test happens at 5 30 p m today at the Aiken Electric Cooperative with limited seating, and poll managers will sign off on ballot totals after closing.
Lt Gov Morris praised Aiken as a leader in adult development while dedicating the 105 Lancaster Street Center. The center blends five agencies to aid severely handicapped adults not requiring institutional care, with plans to serve nearly 100 clients and grant funding from Gregg Graniteville Foundation and United Fund.
In Columbia AP reports the Judiciary Committee advances a plan to end brown bagging and seeks a constitutional referendum to permit mini bottle sales in licensed hotels restaurants motels and private clubs a companion bill would ban brown bagging after July 1973 if the amendment passes two thirds in both houses and voter approval are required the change would allow tiny one to two ounce bottles for on premise consumption while remaining restricted to listed establishments and not local option
About 160 ministers at a statewide pastoral convention on alcoholism endorsed a bill to legalize mixed drinks in South Carolina and urged greater church involvement in alcohol abuse. Director William J. McCord argued SC is the only state requiring six drinks to obtain a bottle and supported liquor by the drink instead of by the bottle. Delegates agreed churches must intensify efforts to solve alcoholism while wets and drys can share views at the conference ending Saturday.
Countywide election sets two board seats on the Aiken County Board of Education. Albert J Maddox Jr. seeks another term against Henry P Moseley Jr. Both DuPont employees push curriculum expansion, funding for old schools, accreditation, and pay supplements. Area 3 seat features W E Twilley and Gerald Dennis. Langley Bath Clearwater case involves dismissal of volunteer football coaches.
Officials from statewide and local levels will attend a 3 p.m. groundbreaking for the Aiken County Technical Education Center on U S 1 five miles west of Y W Scarborough. U S Sen Strom Thurmond U S Rep Dorn State Sen Gilbert McMillan TEC leaders and church and school dignitaries will speak. Phase 1 is due to complete in January 1973.
Aiken Standard reporters Emily Hindman and Emily Bull won eight awards in South Carolina Press Association contests, accounting for 14 percent of state daily prize winnings. Hindman earned a first for interpre tive news reporting on Aiken railroad issues. Bull won a first for historical stories on Hopelands and Aiken Ghost Tales. The Aiken Standard placed third in total awards behind Greenville Piedmont and Charleston Evening Post.
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