18 Jun 1974
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1974
Page
1
The Aiken Standard and Farmers and Merchants Bank co sponsor a Sizzler contest offering $200 to winners who guess the exact day hour and minute the temperature first reaches 100 degrees in downtown Aiken. First prize is $100 minimum, with bonuses for subscribers and bank customers.
Entry is open to all except bank staff and families with no fee. Prizes total $195 for top three based on predicted 100 degree day in Aiken. Entries on postcards to Farmers and Merchants Bank before 100 degrees. tie goes to earliest received. Judging by bank officials. contest ends Labor Day with prizes based on US Weather Service records at Busch Field Augusta.
Opponents of a major tax cut and tax reform plan threaten a filibuster that could block the issue from reaching the Senate floor. Sponsors push to attach the tax proposal to a debt increase bill as debate opens with Sen. James R. Allen retaining the floor.
The U S Consumer Product Safety Commission voted 5 0 to grant a public hearing on fireworks objections by Chinese and U S firms, reversing a midnight ban six hours before its deadline and allowing patriotic displays.
In Park Ridge a quiet family of five was found slain in their brick ranch home. Raymond Fuchs, 49, purchasing agent. Ruth, 48. Linda, 14. Scott, 16, were found dead in the basement. A badly burned body later matched to Jeffrey, 18, was found in the kitchen after a fire.
A federal appeals court denied William L. Calley Jr.’s request to remain free while his lawyers appeal the order returning him to military custody. Attorney J Houston Gordon filed the motion with the 5th U S Circuit Court of Appeals early Monday morning along with a brief urging reconsideration of bail revocation.
The forecast calls for sunny and warm conditions with highs in the mid 80s and lows around 60. Rain chances stay near zero today through Wednesday, with a chance of showers or thunderstorms Thursday.
About 100 people attended a Stump Rally at Virginia Acres Park featuring a band, free barbecue and statewide and local candidates. Morrisette, Westmoreland, Edwards and others spoke on party building, law and order and government integrity while Strom Thurmond and Gwen Bush attended briefly.
Extradition timelines in the murder case of three soldiers hinge on papers from South Carolina officials. James Morrison, 31, and David Morrison, 24, of California, seek a Friday hearing as Oregon reviews extradition approvals and notifies via mail.
Republican lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Carroll A Campbell Jr. proposes a spending halt as SC faces a 914 million appropriations bill with surplus funds. A bold road map debate and a barber shop concert fundraiser add local campaign color. Harold Rudnick and Franklin Ashley attend the GOP rally in Virginia Acres Park with campaign staff from Dole Morris Jr. and Aiken.
The Aiken County Ambulance Service Commission has made a new offer to buy Paramedical Services Inc. for about 80 thousand dollars, after Paramedical rejected earlier bids of 60 thousand and 80 964. The panel seeks to take on fixed assets and accounts receivable while Paramedical would handle taxes and liabilities, with further negotiations ongoing.
The nuclear industry grows in Aiken and Barnwell, with Chem Nuclear Systems in Barnwell County illustrating a three year old industry burying contaminated waste from the sector and the Southeast. A photospread on Page 12 of the Aiken Standard accompanies the report.
The Aiken County Board of Education meeting will consider selecting district owned property in Administrative Area No. 3 for an alternative school. Dr. John Bradley will present the plan for a four teacher, one principal program serving about 60 students with alternative learning methods. New business includes approving additional personnel. The session starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Educational Center.
Dr. W P Bebbington of Aiken told Rotarians there is a golden opportunity to curb erosion in Hitchcock Woods. He proposed conjugated drainage conduits on the abandoned Southern Railroad line, porous asphalt with tree growth, or a retention basin to protect the scenic site and reduce siltation as suburban development encroaches.
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