13 Mar 1974
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1974
Page
1
West German government says it will sign Thursday a protocol on quasi diplomatic representation with East Germany. Inner German Affairs Minister Egon Franke told parliament the cabinet approved the text, marking the first exchange of permanent representatives between the two rival states.
AFL CIO President George Meany pressed Congress to override President Nixon and pass emergency energy legislation. He called for unemployment protections and an oil-price rollback amid what he described as a stranglehold by oil companies on the American economy.
New York investors wait for Arab oil ministers meeting news on the embargo. The opening Dow Jones average slipped slightly as gainers edged ahead of decliners on the NYSE.
Police say 22 bus passengers were stripped by holdup men in front of a Rio de Janeiro precinct. The incident, misread as streaking, grew from an American campus fad into an international oddity with widespread naked dashes.
A U S military team flies to Hanoi to recover 11 American POW remains died in captivity. The bodies will be flown to U Tapao Air Base Thailand for identification and return to the United States. Previously 12 other POW remains were sent to Thailand, and Hanoi reported a B 52 crewman killed in a shoot down. No date for final release is given.
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz told the National Grain and Feed Association annual meeting that alleged high food prices require every link in the delivery pipeline to boost efficiency. He noted farmers have been freed from government controls this year for major crop production.
Inside Today reports Ben C. Rusche elected chairman and Lynn Hilly named vice chairman of the Aiken County School Board. The Aiken Rotary Ladies Night featured William C. Lott of Graniteville Co. discussing profit and free enterprise. The Farmers Home Administration offers 13 Graniteville homes foreclosed mortgages for sale. Graniteville hospital clinic gains a practicing physician. Mid Carolina High School appoints Len Armstrong to succeed Duke Kight as head coach. Westmoreland enters gubernatorial race after voting stance controversy.
The Aiken Tennis Association will hold an open meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the Aiken Prep School Auditorium with a film and discussion of this year programs and activities. Belvedere Jaycees sponsor a bloodmobile visit today 4 8 p m at Belvedere Elementary. Greater N A Chamber of Commerce tree giveaway last Friday drew 600 trees in under two hours.
Weekend weather boosts trainers and horses for the 32nd Aiken Trials. Mac kenzie Miller, Trials chairman, notes warm days aid training though a respiratory virus affects horses. Cragwood Stables fields promising colts Windhaven Resident and My Susan. Tickets available via Jaycees, banks, or pharmacies.
Murphy, a member of the Aiken County Board of Commissioners, has filed for reelection as the only candidate so far for the March 19 filing deadline. Republicans cite filing for seat 3. Democrats report no filings yet and note confusion over the process.
Classified advertisements deadline moved to 1 p.m. this Friday and the next two Fridays to cover the Aiken Triple Crown events. All ads for Monday's Aiken Standard must be placed before 1 p.m. Friday.
The South Carolina House votes 124 single member districts to meet US Supreme Court and Justice Department reapportionment mandates. After three days of debate and 41 amendments, the measure moves to the Senate for swift approval before returning to the Justice Department for final review.
County commissioners moved to hire two more landfill operators and a night watchman and approved buying 50 refuse bins for 12000. They postponed final readings on the hiring ordinances and plan to alternate shifts on Wednesday and Saturday to cut overtime while arguing about prepaying bins before the ordinance passes.
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