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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1972
Page
1
Sen James O Eastland a conservative Mississippi Democrat was elected president pro tempore of the Senate by voice vote. He succeeds Allen J Ellender of Louisiana who died of a heart attack last night after a party caucus designated Eastland as their senior member.
The Chinese Embassy confirmed that Lin Piao died last year in a plane crash while fleeing to the Soviet Union after an unsuccessful plot against Mao. The explanation appeared in El Moudjahid, the Algerian government newspaper.
Rudolph Kaiser a 53 year old civilian and senior adviser in Go Cong Province was killed when U S accompanied South Vietnamese militia in the Mekong Delta faced a Viet Cong ambush near 25 miles southwest of Saigon. The militia was probing reports of a Viet Cong battalion operating in the area.
The Senate defeated an amendment to cut the maximum annual crop limiting subsidy from 55000 to 20000 dollars and to halt price supports for tobacco. The 45 to 22 vote rejected the Birch Bayh proposal, which opponents said would break faith with farmers.
Britain boosts Northern Ireland force to 21,000 with 4000 additional troops, including three infantry battalions from Germany, as authorities intensify actions against gunmen from the Irish Republican Army.
US defense sources say Venezuela ordered 60 million dollars worth of ground weapons from France in the largest Latin American postwar arms purchase. The deal highlights France as a major supplier while U S aid and arms sales to the region face congressional limits.
Price Commission says up to one fifth of U S firms near allowable profit margins but will not relax rules. Likely move is voluntary price rollbacks to stay under the profit-margin test. potential new regulations could allow base-period gains with no future price increases, or negative term limits. Discussed in August after summer recess.
State health inspectors found minor deficiencies at three Aiken County landfills marking a second consecutive failed inspection. Certification now hinges on correcting underground water contamination findings and ensuring proper rainwater drainage from two pits.
Stetson said reports mischaracterized AEC bedrock storage proposals for SRP. The plan would store only SRP waste, not commercial nuclear waste, with a 2.3 million study approved for bedrock tests and a separate 15 million excavation study rejected but to be reapplied.
The Aiken County Board of Registration remains open until 6 30 p m today at the old sheriff s office behind the County Court House. Saturday hours are 9 a m to noon with traveling registrars at Clearwater Drug Store from 2 to 7 p m. After noon Saturday the 30 day rule blocks primary voting but registration for the November general election remains possible.
The Aiken County sheriff reports a burglary at Rainbow Falls store in Graniteville last night. Stolen items include firearms an electric guitar amplifier beer cases power saws cigars cigarettes and $80 in change from various machines.
The Aiken area will see continued rain and hot humid conditions with an 80 percent chance of showers today and tomorrow. Highs will reach the upper 90s, lows near 70s, and winds shift from 10 to 18 mph to around 10 mph tonight before increasing again.
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