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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1970
Page
1
Rep. John Melcher of Montana told a Senate agriculture subcommittee that the United States may be importing tainted meat. A Department of Agriculture spokesman warned tighter controls could cut U S exports if bills pass.
Dr. Jeanette Ridlen Piccard, 75, a famed balloonist and Harmon Trophy recipient, is hospitalized at Maxwell Air Force Base Hospital with a broken hip after a fall while walking to her room at guest quarters. She lives in Minneapolis and was to speak to Civil Air Patrol members at Maxwell’s National Staff College.
Ten year-old Jeanne Louisiana Duke of New Iberia Louisiana met President Nixon after Sen. Allen Ellender invited him to a gumbo luncheon. Jeanne is the granddaughter of Rep. F Edward Hebert and impressed the President by coaxing his pen to wish her luck in school.
Dr. Robert R. Martin testifying for 275 colleges and universities criticized the Nixon administration's aid plan. He warned it could deter many from pursuing higher education and that over 100,000 students from families earning above $10,000 would be driven to borrow on the open market due to high interest rates.
Checks totaling 25000 were presented to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's favored charities by Novelty Watch Co Inc of Baltimore American Time Co of Detroit and Varsity House Inc of Columbus. The donations supported The National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia and Save the Children Foundation Inc's American Indian Self-help Program.
County legislators urged University Hospital and Aiken officials to craft criteria and a written procedure to certify indigent emergency patients from Aiken County. They pressed for an announced spending limit and a standing order to return indigent patients to Aiken Hospital when possible to curb costs.
Painter Andrew Wyeth opened the first comprehensive show of his work at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The 170 tempera dry brush and watercolor pieces cover his output since 1942. Wyeth is 52.
The government confirms former President Pedro E. Aramburu was kidnapped May 29 and found deceased. Rodolfo Baltierrez says a decomposed body recovered from a farmhouse basement is Aramburu. A state funeral with full honors is decreed. Identification matched after transfer from Timote, 300 miles west.
Cambodian army reoccupied Kimi Rom but new clashes reported 21 miles north at Long Vek munitions depot. About 300 Communist reinforcements moved in as fighting continued. South Vietnamese President Thieu met Cambodian Premier Lon Nol near Neak Luong to discuss joint strategy. Thai border police and Cambodian forces reported clashes with Viet Cong, one Thai policeman and a Viet Cong fighter killed.
Nasser flew home from Moscow after 19 days of talks with Soviet leaders on the Middle East situation. Moscow sources suggest a response to US peace proposals and possible discussions of Soviet military aid to Egypt. A US Air Force fact finding mission in Israel spurred speculation of formal gestures by Washington.
Abraham Schultz of Cambridge Mass is the new owner planning a full renovation of the Aiken Mile Track. He aims to fence the property, resurface both tracks with clay, rebuild the judges stand to US Trotting Association standards, and develop stables and docks. Schultz will lease space to top breeders and bring horses for conditioning with matinees planned to revive harness racing in the region.
William H. Harvey of the S C Highway Patrol is promoted to sergeant and will take command of the Aiken office effective Sunday. He succeeds Sgt L D Barden who becomes lieutenant in District 1 headquarters in Columbia. Charles Oxner earns corporal in 13 years with the Aiken patrol and serves in riot squad and defensive tactics instructor roles.
Prince Charles toured Washington by moonlight on his U S visit with Princess Anne and Julie Eisenhower. David Eisenhower remained behind on the Monuments steps while the others chose the elevator. Earlier at Camp David he scored three doubles in a skeet shooting exhibition. The royal party was greeted warmly by the Nixon family and about a thousand spectators.
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