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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1972
Page
1
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts continued warm weather for the Aiken area today and tomorrow. It will be partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with a 10 percent rain chance tonight and near zero on Wednesday. Lows tonight in the mid 40s and highs Wednesday in the low 70s.
BEIRUT AP reports King Hussein of Jordan has reached a full peace agreement with Israel. Baghdad Radio says the plan envisions the West Bank and Gaza forming an autonomous Palestinian state federated with Jordan under Hussein’s Hashimite throne in a united Arab kingdom.
More than two million Floridians vote in a crowded Democratic presidential primary. Alabama Governor George Wallace, riding antiestablishment sentiment, is expected to win while performances by other candidates will signal their strength for the November contest.
New York sources say Clifford Irving is drafting a follow up about his fraudulent Hughes autobiography. Irving, his wife, and a helper await sentencing for charges tied to the hoax.
David James Bingham a 31 year old British naval torpedo expert was sentenced in Winchester England on Monday to 21 years in prison for spying for the Russians AP Wirephoto.
The South Vietnamese army sent 2000 more troops into eastern Cambodia to join a five day old offensive that has met little resistance. Saigon also reported 132 North Vietnamese killed and 12 South Vietnamese dead as the heaviest casualties in recent weeks.
A Saturday program at the Jefferson Mile Track on Banks Mill Road features harness racing at 2 p.m. The event showcases graceful and colorful competition by trotters and pacers.
Officials from Cragwood Stables and the Aiken Training Track praised seven races at the Aiken Trials with a larger crowd than prior years. They noted smooth operations, strong crowd conduct, and plans to discuss improvements including more parking and additional Port a Lets for next year.
County stockade guards allege overwork as three new watchmen hired four months ago do not share the load. They claim 80 hour weeks for fulltime staff vs 40 hours for parttimers with equal pay. County Supervisor Mackey Scott says he was not consulted and warns of job loss if lax supervision repeats.
U S Senator Strom Thurmond and his wife Nancy Moore Thurmond are expecting their second child around October 21, just weeks before the November general election. Their first child, Nancy Moore Thurmond, was born March 30, 1971. Thurmond, age 69, and Nancy were married December 22, 1968.
County tax assessor W C Coleman urged the Ai ken County Legislative Delegation to investigate and review organizations with tax exempt status, suggesting some were unworthy of exemption. The move signals scrutiny of local nonprofits and institutions awaiting official review.
Representatives urged reforms at the county animal shelter calling conditions inhumane and disgraceful. They urged fulltime trained attendants, a telephone, published adoption lists, and an incinerator to dispose of dead animals amid complaints of cat dog mixing and slow removal of carcasses.
Four North Augusta men were arrested in a raid at 612 Carolina Springs Road yielding 22 bags of marijuana valued at 20 dollars each and paraphernalia for hard drugs. The operation occurred between 12 30 a m and 1 a m after a 3 to 4 week investigation with deputies Virgil Wilkins W J Ray E H Boyd David Franklin H B Walter and Sgt BE Nichols assisting.
Six members of the Aiken Ambulance Service Commission vote to adopt a Para Med approach, with a seventh supporting in absentia. The panel aims to choose between a professionally operated service costing 220000 first year or a county owned yet professionally managed option at 270000, while Edgefield County also joins the Para Med system. A July 1 start is eyed, with four stations in North Augusta, Horse Creek Valley, Aiken, and Wagener and about 90 days to set up plus 6 to 8 months to debug. The next meeting is March 23 at 7:30 pm at Farmers and Merchants Bank.
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