23 Jun 1975
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1975
Page
1
The IRS’ Campaign Contribution Compliance Project expands to examine hundreds of corporate officers and their firms for illegal reimbursements via phony expense accounts bonuses travel vouchers or other payments. The probe now also covers foreign bribes and payoffs by U S based companies.
Five more men die in Northern Ireland conflict raising the toll to 1 245. Two Protestants are shot from a passing car in a Belfast street while a 15 year old boy is wounded. The violence marks another weekend in the civil unrest spanning nearly six years.
MERCURY Nev AP the second nuclear device test in less than a week is scheduled to detonate beneath the Nevada Test Site Tuesday A spokesman for the Energy Research and Development Administration Sunday said the test would yield 200 kilotons to one megaton at least 10 times Hiroshima’s blast force in World War II.
Frank N. Ikard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, says Congress is weakening national oil security by not developing offshore reserves. He warns domestic inventories are falling and U.S. dependence on Arab oil rises daily.
Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Phillips arrive for a week long visit and the 1975 U S Open Championship Horse Trials at Ledyard Farm in Hamilton near Boston. The event runs three days with practice sessions starting today.
In Oberlin Ohio two women priests Alison Cheek and Carter Heyward led a Sunday communion at Christ Episcopal Church two days after Rev. L Peter Beebe was found guilty by a church court of violating priestly vows by allowing them to conduct a service on December 8 Beebe’s action prompted the Episcopal Church to discipline him while Cheek and Heyward proceed with their ministry in defiance of the ruling The incident highlights tensions over women ordination within the church.
The Augusta Classical Guitar Ensemble performs a free outdoor concert at 7 p.m. in Hopeland Gardens. If rain interrupts, attendees may shelter at the H.O. Weeks Recreation Center.
Suzanne Derrick wife of Third District Congressman Butler Derrick has opened a Raleigh real estate license and may make the first sale in the capital area. Congressman Ike Andrews disclosed a survey note from a Raleigh man noting domestic dynamics and household decisions.
Unemployment in Aiken County stands at 5 percent the lowest in the state. Rep. Butler Derrick notes the 5 percent rate along with Edgefield and others in the Third District as signs of economic recovery, citing tax revisions and housing act effects and rebate-driven consumer spending.
City Council will hold tonight at 8 p.m. a second reading and public hearings on the 1975 76 tax millage water sewer rate schedule and the budget of 3 250 500. Also up for second reading are the revenue sharing budget sixth entitlement period updates and city compensation and pay plan revisions. A ruling on zoning Chesterfield Street and highway 1 clearance near Municipal Airport will be discussed along with bids for a park mower and police uniforms.
In Knokke Zoute Belgium a taxi driver found Hubert 6 and Ingrid 3 unharmed 26 hours after they were kidnapped from the Bonnet villa The boy led officers to an apartment in Middelkerke near Ostend where four Italians matched the description had rented a unit No ransom was demanded and there was no contact after the abduction.
A Friday informal meeting among four Aiken County commissioners and Acting County Administrator L C Green aimed to decide where to shuffle county offices in upcoming moves. Commissioner Lucas Ray initiated the call and all present except two members attended. no decision was reached.
The weather bureau forecasts blue skies for most of the week with near zero rain chances today and tomorrow. Temperatures will rise to the upper 80s, with a 65 degree low overnight, and evening thundershowers are possible Thursday and Friday.
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