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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1975
Page
2
Funeral services for Earl V Cook of Beech Island will be at 2 pm Friday at Posey’s Funeral Home Chapel North Augusta with Rev Albert Atkinson officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the residence or the funeral home.
Claude S Burkett 57 of Route 4 Leesville died at a Lexington nursing home. Funeral 4 p.m. today Barr Funeral Home with Rev Carroll Camp officiating. Burial Mount Ebal Baptist Church Cemetery. Surviving wife two daughters two sons three sisters and one brother. Pallbearers listed. Memorials to Claude S Burkett Memorial Fund or Aiken Rehabilitation Clinic.
Army Private First Class Lewis S. Gregory is promoted upon returning to Fort Campbell and participated in a joint U S Readiness Command exercise at White Sands Missile Range. He serves as a communications specialist with the 321st Field Artillery. Airman Richard A. Green Jr. is selected for technical training at Chanute AFB as a fabric and rubber specialist and is a Strom Thurmond High School graduate. Sergeant Theodore L. Walker Jr. earns the rank of staff sergeant in the US Air Force as an aircraft maintenance specialist posted in Europe. he is a Warrenville native and 1970 Aiken High School graduate. his wife is Judy Ferguson of Aiken.
The Aiken Standard, established 1867 and published afternoons except weekends, lists address 124 Rutland Drive Aiken SC 29801 and PO Box 456. It notes AP dispatches for local news and AP material, with rights reserved for republication of other matters and correction terms for advertisements.
A list of local activities and meetings across the region including Senior Citizen program at North Augusta Recreation Center from 1 to 4 pm and various clubs meeting at churches, libraries, and lodges through evening hours. Highlights include Pilot Club at St Pauls Lutheran, Chess Club at Virginia Acres, Lion's Club at Beech Island First State Bank, and Aiken Augusta Audubon Society at Augusta Richmond County Library.
The $30,000 county pledge toward a $45,000 land purchase for a Schubert and Salzer plant in North Augusta faces a funding dispute with the chamber covering the extra amount. Officials say the plant will move ahead with state aid and county backing, while emphasizing tax base gains and new jobs for Aiken County residents.
The State and The Columbia Record in Columbia S C announce they will discontinue publishing legal ads under a 1899 statute limiting charges. The editors cite rising newsprint costs and processing expenses, noting notices may be posted in public places instead.
A Purolator Security armored van carrying currency from the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank collided with a pickup near Beckville Texas. The crash spilled bags of money totaling up to $3 million, with bills and coins scattered along Texas 149 as an off duty officer and bystanders looked on.
Dayton Tenn awaits a commemorative table memento as the 50th anniversary of the Scopes trial marks the start on May 5, 1925. The case testing Tennessee’s evolution law drew Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, ending in Scopes’s $100 fine.
Kissinger, on a tour that includes Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela, says a Soviet troop reduction pact may be near while oil price pressures loom. He plans to press Gromyko on verification and discuss Israel Egypt Sinai withdrawal as Rabin visits Bonn.
Board Chairman Cullinan signaled talks on a plan will begin after the Aiken County Hospital decision. Graybeal opposed a 23‑employee rise and a five percent county pay increase up to 5328 for the new Clerk of Court Edna Roe, while Registrar Cleo Scott and other staff see raises. He urged efficiency studies and warned against debt. Ray supported the raises as needed, and he and Kirby offered quiet remarks as the group acknowledged higher taxes may be needed.
Aiken City Police arrested Ernest Ashley Cole 18 of 392 Mimosa Circle on a charge of simple possession of marijuana. Officers Bob Hart and J R Burke recovered seeds and marijuana on the suspect. Cole was taken into custody Tuesday night. Police also investigate the theft of a citizen’s band radio worth 199 95 from a car owned by F H Cormany Jr 1036 Croft Ave, reported around 4 30 p m Tuesday on York Street.
The Ford administration asks Congress to permit sending some US arms to Turkey citing national security. Under Secretary of State Joseph Sisco is expected to present the argument to the House International Relations Committee amid a proposed compromise to resume arms shipments to the longtime ally.
Cornell researchers report hens lay more eggs when light is reduced from 16 to 10 hours daily and a two hour light interruption triggers production. The finding, published in Wisconsin Agriculturist, suggests poultry houses need less electricity and could cut costs for poultrymen.
Water safety classes start Monday at Eustis Park Pool in Aiken and Our Lady of the Valley Pool in Gloverville. Led by R V Aull Jr and Red Cross instructors, courses cover beginner to advanced levels with certificates issued on completion.
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