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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1973
Page
1
Mrs Idella Bodie from Aiken High Schofield Campus is chosen as an outstanding educator nominee and will pursue the Outstanding Secondary Educator of the Year Award Trophy. Rumors claim local pros are crafting a quirky course with humorous working titles.
President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev agreed on a broad declaration to avoid nuclear war and planned a signing in the East Room. White House officials said a midday ceremony would occur while sources noted the document was a declaration of intent to curb nuclear devastation ahead of a 1974 Moscow summit.
The dollar fell to a record low in Frankfurt today and weakened in other European centers. Dealers cited selling pressure from New York and hedging for weekend uncertainties, with Watergate fallout and US inflation as major factors in the weakness.
The International Court of Justice urged France to halt nuclear tests in the South Pacific until a final decision on legality is made. Australia and New Zealand had sought an injunction, arguing ongoing tests pose unacceptable health and environmental risks to residents nearby.
Federal dollars totaling almost 1.9 million were used to strengthen security and support at President Nixon's homes in San Clemente California and Key Biscayne Florida. Agencies cite direct presidential security needs and office support with 1.1805 million for Key Biscayne and 730367 for San Clemente. An Army Corps of Engineers helicopter pad estimate of 400000 is separate. The Florida compound rental for two residences was 18000 annually.
Texas poultry growers dump baby chicks and eggs due to the Nixon price freeze. One producer estimates 200,000 chickens to be destroyed by week’s end. Losses cited include 72 thousand dollars as feed costs rise while broilers fetch 40 to 41 cents a pound.
The House approved a plan to form an independent government corporation that would provide limited legal services for the poor. A dozen amendments narrowed the program, barring representation in school desegregation and abortion cases and curbing lawyers political activities and access to research centers.
Two fighter pilots Wilber and Miller have been formally accused of misconduct from their years as POWs in North Vietnam. The charges were brought by Rear Adm. James Stockdale, a former POW and now a senior officer. Wilber is 43 from Columbia Cross Roads Pennsylvania and Miller is 41 from Tustin California.
Aiken County Commissioners plan a Tuesday public hearing at 8 p.m. in room 107 at the USC Aiken campus to vote on two ordinances. One requires waste collectors to have vehicles checked and certified. residents may use the landfill bin without charge. The other sets disposal fees by entity and truck capacity, with timelines aiming for July 15 start and August deployment of side load compactors and bins countywide.
The Aiken vicinity forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with showers or thundershowers possible today and tomorrow. Highs will reach the upper 80s, with a low tonight in the upper 60s. Rain chances are 40 percent today, 20 percent tonight and tomorrow. Winds 5 to 10 mph, locally gusty with scattered storms today. Extended outlook seeks partly cloudy skies Sunday to Tuesday with possible afternoon and evening storms.
Aiken artist Mrs. Aylett Wood seeks engineering help after repeated floods. Her home at 732 Schroder N.E. sits on an easement serving as a natural drainage ditch, making a moat with a bridge a proposed solution to water entry up to 12 inches during recent heavy rains.
WALDENSE, N C William D Schubert of Aiken has been elected executive vice president and chief operating officer of Alba Waldensian Inc of Valdese N C Louis Garron company president announced Schubert also announced his resignation as vice president of Riegel Textile Corp and president of its Consumer Products Division in Johnston D C Alba Waldensian Inc a 73 TEXTILE page
Daryle Schlea, a Presidential Scholar from Aiken, returned from Washington D C after meeting President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev. She received the Presidential medallion and described the trip as a life perspective, noting Washington’s flags and security lines. She values meeting peers from 121 scholars and the city’s beauty.
Belvedere hosts the First Annual South Carolina State Championship Bluegrass Festival July 5 6 and 7 at a 65 acre meadow off Interstate 20 and Highway 25. About 300 bands from across the nation are expected to perform over 34 hours attracting around 15000 attendees with nine dollar admission and camping. The event features banjos guitars fiddles bass mandolin and tambourines with amateur performers aged four to seventy five competing for cash prizes.
Apollo astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz landed aboard the USS Ticonderoga after 28 days in orbit. They reported all in good shape with some weightlessness effects as they recovered in the Pacific. The mission tests endurance for future long duration flights.
County Extension Agent Jim Evans says heavy rain leaves Aiken County fields waterlogged with plowing stalled except in Wagener Salley Monetta and Jackson Beech Island areas. Corn remains in good shape while cotton and soybeans suffer. yield predictions await drier weather.
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