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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1979
Page
9
HELEN MARY FENNINGER reports painted buntings near the Aiken Standard building and shares a playful stare with a black-billed cuckoo perched in a field. The column notes cuckoo traits, a possible ruby-throated hummingbird in a porch, and a grateful observer hoping the exhausted bird survives.
Christopher Keene, young conductor of Spoleto Festival USA, jokes he might have become a plumber instead of a musician. He tours the country auditioning about 1,000 musicians in 10 cities for two Spoleto festivals, selecting only a few flutists among many finalists. After the Charleston festival ends June 10, the troupe heads to Greenville for Spoleto in the Piedmont featuring Gershwin.
The Associated Press reports seven people died in weekend traffic crashes across South Carolina. Emanuel Broady aged 29 from Cheraw died when his car overturned on U S 52 in Chesterfield County. Pinckney Kirby 22 of Walterboro was killed when the car hit a utility pole on S C 59 near Walterboro. Jeffrey Lee Monahan 22 of Goose Creek died as a truck overturned on U S 781 near Summerville.
The text notes that calcium deficiency disorders affect many crops including watermelon blossom-end rot and pepper and tomato disorders. It cites studies by Volk and Gammon on calcium sidedressings and by Maynard, Gersten, and Vernell on calcium distribution related to tipburn and calcium nutrition in cabbage, dated 1964.
Hollywood AP reports actor Jack Haley 79 collapsed at home and is in guarded condition at UCLA Medical Center coronary care unit. Family says long circulatory problems. Haley known for 1939 Wizard of Oz Tin Man and a 50 film career.
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