15 Jun 1970
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1970
Page
1
In Columbia the author recalls the annual summer ritual of shedding shoes and socks after final report cards. The act marks the carefree start of vacation, with memories of school routines fading as freedom from teachers homework and early schedules arrives.
Two historic clashes are staged in the week of July 5 12 to mark the South Carolina tricentennial. The Battle of Aiken recalls 1865 cavalry clashes near the freight depot and Richland Avenue while the Battle of Ft Galphin near Silver Bluff recalls 1781 captures by Lee Pickens and Clark.
Allied forces attempt to retake Kompong Speu as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong hold the provincial capital. Saigon officials claim the city was retaken, while reporters note Cambodian and South Vietnamese forces pressed a deep penetration toward the town along Route 4, the main supply artery to Phnom Penh and Kompong Som.
Soviet cosmonauts Andrian Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastyanov orbit Earth for over 13 days 18 hours 35 minutes in Soyuz 9. They beat the 1965 Gemini 7 standard by Frank Borman and James Lovell. The flight tests extended human endurance in space for future missions and space lab use.
The Standard Stumper offers a $110 prize for the correct answers. Entries must be in by 6 p.m. tomorrow. Contest audiences await a winner as participants test their wits for the cash.
Newsweek reports Alexander Dubcek has been expelled as Czechoslovakia’s ambassador to Turkey and ousted from the Communist Party. The Presidium moved after liberalization reforms of 1968. Gustav Husak defended him but was outvoted by hardliners. The fate of Husak could depend on Moscow.
Chancellor Brandt faced gains by the conservative CDU/CSU in three state assembly elections. Foreign Minister Brandt said national policy remains unchanged. Former Chancellor Kiesinger accused Brandt of risking German interests for Soviet bloc appeasement. FDP suffered heavy losses, ousted from two states and barely held in the third.
Adrienne Browne, 19, Miss Iowa 1970 from Davenport, says she would be the first Black contestant for Miss America. The Luther College junior from Jamaica, New York, aims to prove racial barriers can be overcome as she competes beyond the Iowa pageant.
Palestinian guerrilla leaders said two Arab men were executed for raping American women during last week’s fighting in Amman as Jordan’s crisis cooled. Israeli jets attacked Egyptian positions along the Suez Canal and forces raided Jordan during the weekend. Yasir Arafat confirmed one case and an Al Fatah spokesman said a second man was executed for raping another American woman.
Queen Elizabeth II designated Laurence Olivier as the first lord from the British theater in the annual birthday honors list. The 63 year old baron said he nearly declined, noting the title would separate him from others, but he accepted to aid theater and the arts in the House of Lords.
Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey announces his bid for the U.S. Senate in Minneapolis while stating he has no intention of seeking the presidency in 1972. He criticizes the Nixon administration over inflation and the Indochina war while offering to help end the war. Humphrey, 59, made the announcement Saturday and discussed it with reporters Sunday at his Lake Waverly home.
Flag Day events included a 104 by 235 foot flag spanning seven stories in Detroit, a Waubeka parade with 5000 attendees, and speeches by Peter J. Brennan of the hardhats. Boy Scouts released a letter about POWs in North Vietnam while Susan Agnew led the Pledge at Fort McHenry.
John Proctor of the Savannah River Laboratory outlined feasibility steps for long term storage of nuclear waste at the Savannah River Plant. The plan proposes excavating a storage vault in basement rock beneath the site with tunnels 1 500 feet deep and a final vault of about 100 million gallons capacity to hold Strontium 90 and Cesium 137 for up to 1 000 years while decay reduces risk.
Sister Marie Daniel Hummel, long time St. Angela Academy principal and director, elected Superior General of the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy. She will reside in Charleston, home of the order’s headquarters, as new principal appointment at St. Angela is awaited. The Sisters staff multiple Charleston area hospitals and schools, with a history dating to 1829.
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