15 Jul 1977
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1977
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR note references public library and month details. Limited readable names include a library and a 29801 ZIP. Likely a notice about a loan period or event. specifics remain unclear due to damaged text.
In Aiken County 2850 UM&M employees kept working despite Chapter 11 filing as banks halted cashing of pay and company checks. New York AM&M offices arranged funds delivery to reassure lenders and workers. By afternoon workers queued at local banks in extreme heat, hoping to cash overdue pay. Cain a 33 year veteran loom fixer voiced anxiety over delayed wages.
A rural road collision four miles north of STRINGTOWN Oklahoma killed six family members and two others. A car skidded into oncoming traffic during rain and was struck broadside by a motor home. Six occupants of the motor home were injured. Names listed include Linda Roberson and Boyce Joe Roberson of Wilburton and Ester Mae McCabe of STRINGTOWN, plus Robert Burton Robey and Michelle Janis Robey of Fredericksburg Virginia.
Prime Minister Menahem Begin left Tel Aviv for the United States carrying a secret Israeli peace plan. He said Carter will hear concrete proposals and will meet in Washington after a weekend in New York.
David Douglas Hill, once charged in the trash bag murders, was released after a Riverside County grand jury declined to indict him. The panel indicted Hill’s former roommate Patrick Wayne Kearney on three murder counts, with Kearney set for a July 28 arraignment in Riverside Superior Court.
A one week term of General Sessions Court will begin Monday at 9 30 a m with Judge E Harry Agnew presiding About 130 cases remain on the docket from the most recent term The docket includes many traffic violations.
The article notes July averaging 281,000 births vs 245,000 in April, marking July as the peak birth month. It muses on causes from cheap safety pins to historical trivia about Walter Hunt and his inventions, joking about Hunt's ketchup versus paper pins.
In dusk weather along Whiskey Road in front of the H. O dell Weeks Activities Building residents reported outages from Gem Lakes to South Boundary. SCE&G official Jim Ray called the blackout one of the most extensive in years and estimated $5 000 to $6 000 in equipment damage. Authorities noted dark skies and lightning, with recovery completing around midnight.
The Aiken area faces another hot weekend with temperatures in the high 90s Saturday and Sunday. Rain chances stay around 10 percent through tomorrow, and overnight lows will be mid 70s. Forecasts show no relief in the heat through Tuesday.
Aiken Community Hospital plans a rate hike from 63 to 67 dollars daily if the Aiken County Council does not pay the remaining 78 thousand dollars for indigent care. Hospital administrator Larry F. McFall blames the council, noting prior promises failed since January and that University Hospital administrator Edward Gillespie tried to mediate.
Washington AP President Carter wins broad committee support for most energy plan elements but the House Commerce Committee rejects a full deregulation of natural gas proposing instead a windfall profits tax on producers. The vote 23-20 reflects clashes over supplies jobs and consumer protection.
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