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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1972
Page
6
With warmer weather approaching, Aiken High School shop students apply winter learned construction skills to erect a building on the school grounds. The project is captured in a staff photo by Rick Hawkins.
Spartanburg AP Allen Carroll Pruitt 35 received life in prison for shooting two men to death. A state circuit court jury took eight hours to convict and recommend mercy, making life imprisonment mandatory. He faced potential death by electric chair without mercy. Victims were Douglas Chesney 25 of Rt. 7 and William Henry Pappy Gault 42 of Rt. 2 Inman.
Your birthday today signals transformation and practical growth this year. Aries urges practical use of tall tales or calling bluffs, Taurus favors caution with finances, Gemini promotes order, Cancer urges finishing chores, Leo focuses on children, Virgo to balance accounts, Libra to follow intuition in local issues, Scorpio on applying skills, Sagittarius warns against unrealistic promises, Capricorn stresses follow up and group progress, Aquarius advises patience, Pisces notes a busy future with clear feelings to relatives.
The piece playfully praises birdwatchers from cardinals and purple martins to finches and warblers. It rejects stereotypes of little old ladies in tennis shoes, recounting mishaps, risks, and dedication of keen observers while urging respect for those who study birds.
John Busch, longtime Aiken Standard reporter and photographer, will be honored at the Aiken Trials this Saturday with a silver bowl presented by Msgr. George Lewis Smith on behalf of the Training Track board. Busch, 64, covered horse events in Aiken since 1925 and earned a national award for the 1969 Aiken Hunt Meeting photograph. He retired from the Aiken Standard and Review on January 1, 1972.
Orangeburg County authorities report two men, James Thomas Bryant and Dale Granger, arrested in connection with last week’s attempted break-in at a Branchville grocery. Bryant, 24, was taken into custody in Augusta, Georgia, on charges of housebreaking.
Four people attended the county convention in Aiken County, leaving officers unselected. Temporary vice chairman Fred McLean cited lack of organization, noting strong two party presence with Republicans and Democrats dominating. The South Carolina Independent Party leans toward George Wallace for president.
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