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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1973
Page
1
People react as long dresses parade downtown for Old-Fashioned Days. One woman questions the celebration and jokes about early morning sightings. Miss S C pageant promotion spreads through local banks with sash signage. Grass along key intersections is cut, prompting praise for the highway department amid visibility concerns.
President Salvador Allende announced a civilian cabinet to exclude armed forces leaders after negotiations at the presidential palace scarred by last Friday’s abortive army insurrection. Military leaders sought key government postings, including under secretary roles and provincial governorships, to gain influence.
The Associated Press reports 12 people died in traffic accidents nationwide during the Fourth of July holiday period from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight tonight. Showers and thunderstorms slowed travel in the Plains, Midwest, and East with fog affecting parts of California.
William E. Simon deputy secretary of the Treasury and chairman of the Presidents Oil Policy Committee says mandatory fuel allocation is among several proposals under consideration. Other options include continuing voluntary guidelines or a mix of voluntary and mandatory controls to ensure equitable allocation of crude oil and petroleum products.
The U S dollar dropped to record lows on European money markets as July 4 bargain day attracted few buyers. In Frankfurt the dollar opened at 2.3580 marks and fell to 2.3475 within 40 minutes, after closing Tuesday at 2.3850. Paris traders reported virtually no activity.
Hurricane Alice skimmed Bermuda causing minor damage and two inches of rain ending a drought. No casualties were reported while about 10,000 American tourists were confined to hotels and ships as trees and power lines fell. The eye lay 40 miles northwest at 7 a.m. EDT as squalls continued.
President Nixon is described as appalled by what he calls malicious unfounded and scurrilous suggestions that his oceanside estate purchase in San Clemente involved improprieties. Press Secretary Ziegler says anti-Nixon speculation may be at work and declines to condemn unnamed sources.
Aiken police arrested 28 year old Charles David Smith of Atlanta and charged him with rape. He allegedly forced a woman into his car and took her to a motel where the assault occurred. Investigators also report $300 was stolen from Dorothy Allen of 450 Perrin Street from her purse while she slept.
North Augusta council set a date for a final meeting with the South Carolina Pollution Control Authority in Columbia. Mayor Walters said a 1:30 p.m. Tuesday session aims to draft concrete sewage treatment plans as a five agency radio link up for area crime units advances and city staff discuss ordinances and building inspections.
The Aiken vicinity forecast calls for variable clouds and hot temperatures today and tomorrow with a 3 percent chance of rain. Highs in the 90s, lows around 70, and winds 5 to 16 mph. Friday to Sunday expect hot days, warm nights, and scattered showers and thundershowers.
Federal guidelines set mandatory eligibility scales for free and reduced lunch across the national program. The tables list income limits by family size, with extra allowances per additional member. rules apply to schools in the lunch and breakfast programs and those receiving donated foods.
City councilman Lloyd T. Olsen calls for state annexation reforms as outskirts residents use city water recreation facilities and low fire insurance rates. He cites road conditions funding public works and expanding parks while noting past election turnout in black communities and ongoing recreation and housing projects in Eus tis Park Kalmia Hill Smith Hazel area and new residential areas.
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