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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1971
Page
1
Hollywood AP reports Harold Lloyd a leading silent film and early talkie comedian died Monday from cancer at age 77. Lloyd's films grossed over 35 million dollars and featured a bespectacled faller who endured risky scrapes in numerous classic comedies.
Albany New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller says he would consider seeking the Republican presidential nomination if President Nixon did not run in 1972. In an interview he said a Nixon withdrawal would be “another ball game” and did not rule out the possibility.
In Charleston AP report the ecumenical movement Set The Date Now formally launches in New York to halt US Vietnam involvement by December 31. Rev. George Chauncey of the Presbyterian Board of Social Concerns says 24 denominations and groups back the campaign.
Turkish police said they are closing in on leftist kidnappers of four U S airmen freed Monday after five days in captivity. No ransom was paid despite a threat to shoot if $400,000 was delivered. Interior Minister Montesoglu said a drag net was on the kidnappers’ trail as hundreds of officers searched Embassy Row area.
Cyrus R. Vance former US negotiator at Paris peace talks urged Southern communities to invest in black higher education at a United Negro College Fund meeting. He said the new Awakening in the South must be matched by responsibility in higher education and recognition of black schools as assets.
In Birmingham a television set exploded sending glass fragments everywhere. The Barranger family was inside but unharmed. Experts attributed the blast to an overheated or damaged picture tube with no one injured.
A young man was shot and critically wounded in Belfast near the Ballymurphy district amid an IRA feud. A Monday night shooting left another man dead and two wounded as detectives hunt gunmen linked to the conflict. A British army spokesman said they were not involved.
W. C. Freeman announces the 29th Aiken Trials racing card on Saturday with nine events. Five trials for younger horses cover a quarter mile while four for older horses run a half mile. Fifty Thoroughbreds compete. no prize money, trophies only. The event blends sport with carnival ambience as crowds mingle with jockeys, trainers, and supporters. Proceeds fund track improvements and the Aiken Jaycees.
Saigon forces in Laos have delayed Hanoi by about five months, the U S Command says, with the campaign buying roughly 53 days more in Laos and potentially nine extra months for training under Vietnamization. The effort keeps Viet Minh supply lines under pressure along Highway 9 toward Sepone and Muong Nong.
Lawmakers opened a session on a $550 million spending bill with a plan to delay debate on initial appropriations. Teachers demand a $1,500 raise, threatening walkouts and potential contract delays while state officials say $300 is the maximum without tax increases.
Entries for the Standard Stumper are pouring in with a noon deadline tomorrow. The $490 Stumper is the biggest yet and may produce a winner announced Thursday. Watch for your name in the paper. Good luck and don’t forget the deadline.
Sen. Gilbert E. McMillan charged that proponents’ good points about a new Aiken County Courthouse site are obscured by emotion and negative publicity. He cited alternatives including buying a different four-acre city site at an estimated $300,000 to $500,000, and dismissed claims of flooding as misrepresented.
Aiken High School seniors William Terrell Dugas and William Frederick Rinehart were named Carolina Scholars at the University of South Carolina, each receiving a $5,000 four year scholarship. The program honors scholarship, character and leadership and is funded by USC Educational Foundation contributions.
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