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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1971
Page
1
Subscribing owners and trainers enter via gate one on Audubon Drive and cross the race course to the infield parking area. Guarantors use gate two on Powderhouse Road to reach the area near the party tent. General admission enters gate three on Powderhouse Road and parks on the south west Clark Field area.
St Patrick fans missed the clue to Ireland with Iceland the crowd favorite. The $500 prize rises to $510 for the next Stumper. Several readers in Aiken Graniteville North Augusta Gloverville and surrounding areas were close but not quite the winning solution. Check page 2 for the correct answers and next chances.
Postal Inspector W. E. Edwards reports a surge in mailbox thefts in Charlotte over eight months, mainly targeting government checks in low income areas. He says many thieves are professionals, some are drug addicts, and 200 checks have been reported, with underreporting by elderly residents.
Actress Jane Fonda announced she wants to be alone as she leaves London returning to the United States after canceling a Rome trip. She said she does not need the press, traveling with former U S Army sergeant Michael Hunter, and plans to make more films to fund her antiwar campaign.
Douglas Tomlinson 82 founder and chairman of Allchurch Press Inc died at home of an apparent heart attack. He led the nation’s largest church publishing company with offices in seven cities printing and mailing 18 denominational newspapers serving about 250000 readers. He received the R S Reynolds award for excellence in religious news coverage and was named a 50th anniversary distinguished alumnus by Columbia University graduate school.
A Boston AP report notes 9 percent of 352 responding colleges still had openings for September and 90 percent offered financial aid. The survey attributes easier entry for seniors to the economy and draft outlook, with March 1 as the typical application deadline and earlier aid requests in recent years.
The Soviet Union released a four stamp set depicting Lunokhod 1 the first robot moon vehicle. The 10 kopeks shows Luna 17 landing the 12 kopeks features a control room and antenna with Lunokhod is controlled from the earth inscription. The 16 kopeks stamp shows Lunokhod photographs with Lenin bas relief inset. Artist Rima Strelnikova designed the stamps.
Governor Linwood Holton vetoed a measure aimed at barring potential troublemakers from state college campuses. Attorney General Andrew Miller said the bill would violate First Amendment rights by allowing officials to curb speech and assembly.
The proposed constitutional amendment to lower voting age to 18 advances to the House floor. Several states poised to begin ratification, needing 38 states. Congress moved with speed to enable 11 million Americans aged 18 to 21 to vote in all 1972 elections.
Chares S. Bird Jr., chair man of the Aiken Steeplechase Association, says changes to the Saturday meet include a $500 purse increase for the Hitchcock and Imperial Cup, the temporary suspension of the Aiken Gold Cup, and a new Aiken Turf Trials final race. New features include Audubon Drive entry to a designated parking area on the infield rail and on site stabling for incoming horses. General admission is $1.50 in advance, $2 at the gate, with net proceeds to the Aiken County Hospital.
The City of Aiken issued a building permit for a luxury style motion picture theater on Newberry Street near the Aiken Tennis Club. J Kenneth Barr Contractors named as builders with owners A Foster McKissick and Fred S Curtis of Winyah Theaters Inc. of Easley. Grading and basement work underway with completion hoped by June. The Mark I will feature rocking chair seats wrap around stereo sound and Ultra Vision aiming to join a select eight theaters nationwide.
South Vietnamese troops suffer heavy casualties in Laos with at least 110 killed and 205 wounded. Landing Zone Brown falls to the North Vietnamese advance as Saigon pulls back two battalions and a regimental post, while mortars and artillery pound remaining units near the border. Lt. Col. De Viet says forces remain in Laos, concentrating near the border as U.S. bombers target the area.
In Columbia the Senate considers a bill to raise teachers pay by about 300 dollars a year while absorbing their medical and hospital insurance costs. The plan would cost several million and hinges on state funding. A separate measure would grant a 5000 dollar homestead tax exemption for seniors over 65.
A spokesman for South Carolina teachers says a raise of at least 800 dollars is needed for a truly meaningful pay hike. Carl Gibbons, executive secretary of the SCEA, tells House and Senate Education Committees that 800 dollars may be acceptable, and cites salary comparisons across the Carolinas and Georgia. He notes the union seeks the average teacher salary, not only starting pay.
The South Carolina House edged past a bid to kill a lottery study plan by 50 to 49. Rep John Jenrette’s bill would create a committee to study potential lottery revenue amid teacher pay demands. Breazeale urged a general revenue study, arguing against singling out lotteries.
A regional magistrates training seminar began at 9 a.m. at the Aiken County Health Center. LEAP funded and coordinated by the Lower Savannah Regional Planning Commission, the event features USC Law School faculty and officials from Attorney General Daniel R. McLeod's office. Topics cover criminal justice in magistrates courts plus two new books, Harman on Warrants and Criminal Justice in the Magistrate's Court. The six county region includes Aiken Allendale Bamberg Barnwell Calhoun and Orangeburg.
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