10 Jul 1974
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1974
Page
1
A summary of candidates for the Democratic and Republican primaries. Republicans in Aiken County vote in governor and lieutenant governor races, plus listed statewide officers. Democrats feature L Maurice Bessinger and others for governor and Earle Morris Jr and Ravenel in state races.
Aiken County voters face one primary only per year and must sign an oath. Republican and Democratic runoff options are explained, along with straight or split tickets and write ins. Absentee ballots are limited to military, students, transport workers, and the disabled. registration closes before primaries. Citizens 18 and registered may vote unless felon disqualification applies.
Frantic call from Mrs. Keegan after her 6 year old Adrienne vanishes. Two repairmen report finding the girl but details remain unclear. Voter turnout in Aiken County nears table top with 70 percent of registered voters participating in 1972. Mitchell Shopping Center records 109 degree temperature yesterday. Sizzler Contest thermometer at Park Avenue and Laurens Street awaiting repairs.
City officials publish a cost study comparing county and city living for adjacent residents. Using random samples from Kalmia Hill Gem Lakes and Silver Bluff areas the analysis estimates yearly water fire service garbage taxes and insurance costs. Further studies for 14 more areas are planned with outside review.
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners approved a $290 598 95 revenue sharing budget for capital outlays after a lengthy dispute over the budget items and committee oversight. They deferred action on several expenditures, including the Roads and Bridges and Refuse collection budgets, and tabled the $1 730 000 county administrator budget while a separate ordinance for the remainder was read.
Fulton County grand jury indicted 23 year old Marcus Wayne Chenault on two murder charges for the June 30 shooting deaths of Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. and Ebenezer Baptist Church deacon Edward Boykin. He faces an aggravated assault count plus weapons charges.
Kenneth Rush says White House meetings with business and labor leaders to curb inflation did not amount to jawboning. He noted there was no directive to any specific industry to hold prices, despite two hour session with Nixon, Simon and advisers.
Portugal's 2 month old revolutionary government faces a deepening crisis after the civilian cabinet collapsed. Young officers who brought President Antonio de Spinola to power rebuffed him, signaling growing strain within the ruling coalition.
At a Board of Commissioners meeting, Aiken County voted to create a Director of Public Works to oversee Engineering Roads and Bridges Refuse Collection and Disposal County Buildings and Grounds and the county litter officer. The plan drops the Improvement Services Group name but keeps the same departments under the new director.
The Aiken Standard and Farmers and Merchants Bank tease readers by predicting midsummer heat as the thermometer nears 100 degrees. The clock stops at the sizzling point and the person guessing the exact time wins $100 or more.
The MOP squad or Members On Parade from the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce begins a membership drive at 10 30 am with volunteers meeting at the Chamber office. They will canvas merchants across the metropolitan area to sign up new members and collect past due dues under Herbert J Gladden Jr. guidance. The effort will last several days.
Oil companies report large profits amid shortages as gas stations cut hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to near closing and raise prices by up to 20 cents per gallon. Dealers note fewer promotional costs and a three cent per gallon profit boost from the Nixon administration, with many stations now closing Sundays and staying open only until 7 p.m. L. B. Lamb of Lambs Gulf cites changes in operating hours and lingering allotments.
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