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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1970
Page
5
Birthday based guidance notes a day of many changes for Pisces through Taurus and beyond. It cautions against frequent shifts in focus and urges goal setting and orderly thinking to harness insights for business and personal planning.
The Municipal Association of South Carolina endorsed two statewide bills at its executive committee meeting. One bill requires proof of payment of county and city personal property taxes on certain motor vehicles before license plates are issued and allows joint county city billing and collection. The second would raise the gasoline tax from seven to eight cents per gallon. Mayor H Odell Weeks of Aiken said the measures aid municipalities, noting revenue losses from tax avoidance and stressing the need to fund urban transportation and rights of way within towns.
Actress Jane Fonda, 32, announces a cross country tour to support antiwar GIs and Indians after a three hour detention at Ft. Lewis and an earlier raid on Ft. Lawton. She vows to visit military bases and civilian hangouts despite a stayaway order and a possible $500 fine.
A meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Heritage Room of the Farmers and Merchants Bank on Laurens Street will discuss plans to establish an Aiken Humane Society. The group aims to aid the SPCA and address rising numbers of lost and abandoned animals with a broad education program on domestic animal care and wildlife.
The Aiken County Board of Education holds a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Education Center. Agenda includes electing a chairman and vice chairman for the coming year, school policies, and teacher contract forms. Two newly elected members begin duties for the 1970 71 year.
Mississippi Governor John Bell Williams and South Carolina Governor Robert McNair urged the federal government to take full responsibility for enforcing school desegregation orders on the ABC program Issues and Answers. McNair noted he enforced state law during a violent protest at Lamar to protect black students.
New York AP notes Lincoln National Bank, with deposits around 42.6 million, became the first small bank to lower its prime rate triggering broad attention. Norman Denny says calls and a rising stock market followed, with new deposits and business spread nationwide. He claims Philadelphia gains and a plan to grow beyond current pace.
Aiken County Sheriff Paul Grant will discuss drug abuse and its impact on Aiken County at the Senior Men's Club meeting at 1 p.m. Thursday in Hotel Commercial. Club president John Staubes announced the event yesterday.
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