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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1973
Page
13
Real estate listings include Crosland Park and Vaucluse properties with prices from 2000 to 18500 dollars. Listings describe 3 bedroom brick homes, central air, porches, carports, and financing options including GI loans and low monthly payments. Also note the publisher’s fair housing notice and contact numbers for The Laird Agency and Johnson Construction.
Amid another scorcher, utilities plan more power loans and voltage cuts as the National Weather Service notes no shift in high pressure. Con Edison in NYC imposes an eight percent cut, while Michigan, Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland, and New England pools trim five percent to reroute power to demand centers.
Patrick Conroy, author of The Water is Wide, spoke to the Rotary Club of Aiken at the Commercial Hotel about his experiences teaching poor black children on Daufuskie Island. He described field trips to Columbia and Savannah to broaden their horizons and cited his aim to keep students off welfare through work and education.
Columbia AP The South Carolina Petroleum Council says the state led the country in gasoline consumption with an 11.7 percent rise in 1972. State consumption reached 1,477,818,000 gallons, the industry group reported.
The Rescue Squad convenes at 7 p.m. at headquarters. The Board of Education gathers at 7 30 p.m. in the Educational Center. Aiken County Commissioners meet at 8 p.m. in USCA building room 107. Crosland Park Garden Club meets at 2 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Clubhouse. Knights of Columbus meet at 8 p.m. at 1003 Spauld.
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