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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1973
Page
1
Aiken County Commissioner Jo Ann Price and husband Ray welcomed a daughter named Nicole Renee Price yesterday. Barney Chavous, an Aiken native, was the 36th overall draft pick and will join the Denver Broncos.
President aide Henry A Kissinger will visit Hanoi February 10 to 13 to discuss postwar relations between the United States and North Vietnam. The trip follows the Vietnam peace agreement negotiations with Le Duc Tho and Hanoi officials keeping details private as they finalize plans.
President Nguyen Van Thieu will travel to the United States next month to meet President Nixon. Honolulu is the likely meeting site. Thieu seeks explicit U S support amid cease fire uncertainty and questions about South Vietnam’s political future and his own fate.
Saigon reports a drop in total cease-fire violations as heavy fighting continues in parts of South Vietnam. Canadian members of the International Commission express hope to deploy observers soon, but a key Viet Cong member’s absence delays arrival.
A strong earthquake rocked central Mexico from the Pacific coast to Mexico City killing at least 10 people and injuring about 100. The tremor hit as Colima state faced a second eruption of the Fire Volcano with Tecoman worst hit and most injuries in the surrounding valley.
Washington AP reports two top Nixon reelection officials G Gordon Liddy and James W McCord Jr found guilty of burglary and wire tapping at the Democratic Party headquarters. The eight jurors reached verdicts Tuesday night after a short deliberation.
U S bombers waging a shadow war in Laos have hit Communist positions on the Ho Chi Minh trail. No U S losses have been reported in the daily raids since the cease-fire took effect last Saturday. Pentagon declined to comment beyond noting U S aircraft, including B52s, continued operations over Laos.
A Senate subcommittee probes if the president is defying the Constitution or merely executing laws by spending less than Congress appropriates. Elmer Staats testifies that key issues include whether appropriations set spendable limits or are fixed maximums and whether executive authority encompasses impounding funds to meet the debt ceiling.
Houston AP reports the American crew for the first joint Soviet American space flight will be commanded by Thomas P. Stafford. It includes Donald K. Slayton as chief of the astronaut corps and Vance D. Brand, a civilian astronaut making his first spaceflight.
President Nixon, addressing Congress in the Economic Report, forecasts a strong year for the U S economy and urges ending wage and price controls. He pushes for restrained federal spending to avoid a boom turning into recession while the Council of Economic Advisers cites a 9 percent GNP rise and unemployment around 4 to 5 percent by late 1973.
Aiken plans a March calendar of events for the Triple Crown with 25 volunteers led by chairman Robert S. Perry. The Chamber of Commerce committee schedules parades balls dances lancing tournaments harness races polo trials steeplechase and charity shows from March 3 to March 24 along with mug sales to cover costs.
Southern Railway plans to restore the Aiken Warrenville track at an estimated cost of 500000. One train per day in each direction will begin this spring with traffic mainly to Augusta and Columbia for local industries. Passenger service is not planned.
Increasing cloudiness is expected with a 3 percent chance of showers tomorrow. Today’s high in the upper 50s, possibly reaching 60 tomorrow under partly cloudy skies. Tonight’s low around 40 as light southerly winds shift to southeast at 10 to 15 mph.
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners received 77 applications for the county administrator post, the last day of submission. Commissioner Wade Brodie said screening will begin immediately and a final candidate chosen by March 1 with arrival by April 1.
Senator John C. Stennis a key Southern bloc figure and ally of a strong military was in very serious condition after being shot twice during a robbery in front of his Washington home. A Walter Reed spokesman said at 6 a.m. that his recovery chances were guarded. He is 71 and longtime chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
President Nixon argues that faster 1973 growth could threaten inflation reduction and praises 1972 output gains despite lower military spending. He notes a 3 percent cost of living rise versus 6 percent in 1969, sets goals to expand output, cut unemployment and inflation, and questions Phase 2 wage price controls as best for 1973.
J C Busbee warned Aiken motorists to yield to fire and police units. He cited a yesterday incident at York and Hampton where a driver went around a red light delaying response. He described future traffic signal control devices and federal funding options as potential safety measures.
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