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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1975

Page

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Gandhi Bans Major Left and Right Extremist Parties

Indira Gandhi tightens emergency rule by outlawing key extremist groups across the political spectrum. The move targets the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh affiliate factions, Jamaat Islam, Anand Marg, and several Communist and revolutionary offshoots, none of which held parliamentary seats or engaged in the political system.

New Delhi India Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Ayam Sewak RSS Jamaat Islam Anand Marg Bdy Hindu Jana Sangh Party Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist Maoist Communist Center Radical Communist Party Marxist

Jerusalem bombing and car gun attack kill eight

A blast and a terrorist shooting struck central Jerusalem during morning shopping hours. Eight people were killed and about fifty wounded as a refrigerator bomb exploded beside a toy shop and a paint store, demolishing both shops and shattering nearby windows.

Erusalem Jerusa Hadassah Hospital

Aluminum price hike postponed for 30 days in US

Reynolds Metals Alcoa and Kaiser Aluminum agreed to defer planned price increases for 30 days to allow the government inflation monitoring agency to hold hearings on the proposed hikes. The firms had announced raises that would take effect on Monday.

Washington

Ford Decision Scorned Over Solzhenitsyn Meeting

President Ford chose not to meet exiled author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a move criticized by the American Conservative Union as aligning with slavemasters. Solzhenitsyn, visiting with cellist Mstislav Rostropovich at the Lincoln Memorial, urged no further reaction.

Washington Ford Alexander Solzenitsyn Henry A. Kissinger Solzhenitsyn Stanton Evans

Ruppert Found Guilty in Family Massacre Verdict

James A Ruppert is convicted of murdering 11 relatives including his mother and eight nieces and nephews at his mother's home in Hamilton Ohio The three judge panel in Butler County Common Pleas Court delivered a 2 to 1 verdict after about four hours of deliberation. The defense conceded the killings but argued insanity.

Hamilton Ohio James A. Ruppert Butler County Common Pleas Court Ruppert

Flash Floods Leave Two Missing on Las Vegas Strip

Flash floods swept Las Vegas causing extensive damage to cars and homes with sections of the Strip submerged under water. Two men were reported missing and feared drowned as thunderstorms were forecast to continue through the Fourth of July weekend by the National Weather Service.

Las Vegas, Nev Las Vegas Strip National Weather Service

Aiken Shrine Club Plans Fireworks Night Amid Shipping Delays

The Aiken Shrine Club anticipates a fireworks display tonight at Citizens Field after likely surplus shipments move via Augusta and Atlanta. Shriners will recover fireworks from Spartanburg as a backup, with a 9 p.m. start and sky rockets plus an American flag. Includes local officials on Channel 12 Sunday at 6 30 p.m. to discuss Home Rule Act.

Aiken Shrine Club Aiken Augusta Atlanta Shriners Spartanburg Aiken Shriners Citizens Field Gilbert E. McMillan Cecil Collins Channel 12

Home Made Rocket Ends in House Fire and Pet Deaths

Two third grade boys attempted a gasoline and oil rocket in a garage in Aiken. The blast damaged the house and killed a cat and a dog from smoke inhalation while the boys escaped with minor burns. Firefighters worked over two hours. an Aiken City Fire Department investigation continues.

Sandy Sanders Marshall Sanders Tommy Smithwick Grover Smithwick Sanders Howard

Ford blasts deregulation and gas shortages in Ohio speeches

In Cleveland and Cincinnati Ford pressed for deregulation of interstate natural gas shipments, denouncing the FPC and urging action to curb price controls. He warned Ohio and the Midwest will face severe shortages this winter, though a White House aide later said nationwide shortages would be higher than last winter.

Cincinnati Cleveland Ohio Ford White House Ron Nelsen FPC Federal Power Commission Congress

Weather Outlook: Showers Then Heat With Highs Near 95

The forecast shows a 30 percent chance of rain today and tomorrow. Despite showers, hot weather is likely with today reaching 95 degrees. Tonight lows near 70. Saturday's high will be slightly lower. Isolated thunderstorms possible through Tuesday with highs in the 80s.

Tomor

Rodgers Named New Postmaster at Aiken Area

Farrow E. Rodgers was appointed postmaster effective Saturday, following a career starting as a substitute carrier in 1951. He previously served as acting postmaster in New Ellenton since 1963 and postmaster there since 1965, with his family in New Ellenton. L. F. Servant Jr. will act as officer in charge until a permanent postmaster is chosen.

Farrow E. Rodgers Aiken N.B. Brown Rodgers New Ellenton Postal Service Brown L.F. Servant Jr Servant

Textile workers back at work in South Carolina

About 5,500 textile workers returned to payrolls in May, part of a rebound after a drop in March. The SCTMA reported May average hourly earnings rose to 3.34 dollars, up 22 cents from May 1974, with employment climbing to 136,000 in May after 131,000 in April.

S.C Columbia South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association Employment Security Commission SCTMA Commission

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