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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1973
Page
1
North Augusta police volunteers dressed as women to lure the suspect who attacked a local woman and threatened three others. Sgt. W. T. Adams and Pts. D. R. Hixon led the decoy effort, operating since December with concealment in a purse and a .38, aiming to deter fear and capture the offender.
North Augusta police officers dressed in female clothing to trap a rape suspect. Sgt. W J Adams and Ptl. D R Hixon described the case, noting makeup and costumes took hours and that decoy operations drew attention from Fort Gordon soldiers.
Andy Ratchford of Aiken Elementary School won first place among fifth graders in the state in the D A R Essay Contest. The piece hints at local life and everyday events around Aiken, including lunchtime ping pong games at Aiken Sporting Goods and casual mentions of federal cases and highway department figures.
In February the Consumer Price Index rose eight tenths of a percent, the largest since February 1951. Food prices climbed 2.2 percent overall, with grocery store purchases up 2.4 percent, and meats poultry and fish at grocery stores up 5 percent in one month.
The Supreme Court rules 5 to 4 to uphold local property taxes for funding public schools. The decision reverses a federal court ruling that Texas school finance violates equal protection by tying school quality to local wealth rather than state resources.
President Nixon asks Congress to revive the federal death penalty for crimes including murder with kidnapping or hijacking and killings by repeat offenders. The plan would make the sentence mandatory under aggravating factors but prohibit it if mitigating factors exist.
In Miami the U S government opens proceedings under the U S Cuban hijack pact against two 21 year old Cuban fishermen Orfirio Hernandez and Heriberto Caridad Perez alleged to have commandeered a boat to Mexico but ended in Florida The U S Attorney said only charge planned is entering the country without proper inspection as a misdemeanor and mainly for their legal protection.
Two Cannon Air Force Base officers were killed when two F111 fighter jets collided Tuesday night over Arizona three miles north of Holbrook. The incident occurred as the planes from Clovis, New Mexico, engaged in a training maneuver.
The Aiken County Jail received four of ten deficiency ratings in a State Department of Corrections inspection dated February 27. Sheriff Paul Grant outlined steps to fix issues in custodial control, discipline, clothing, bedding, food, sanitation, and safety amid reports of inadequate supervision and several specific failings.
County Administrator Ronald LaCouture outlined 14 trouble spots in the old administrative system after Mackey Scott's resignation. He blamed lack of central authority and an archaic structure for inefficiency and misallocation, and announced a fast next step plan with Arthur Courtney and Bob Burns to implement reforms.
A Salley man Jarvis Williams reported he confronted three burglars at 2:15 a.m. as they loaded liquor from his store into a 1968 white Chevrolet. Williams was shot with bird shot as the suspects fled. three cases of liquor missing. Police issued an APB for the car and three occupants.
The Red Cross Bloodmobile stops at the Masonic Lodge today from 4 to 8 30 pm. American Legion Post and North Augusta Jaycees join to sponsor the drive with Dr H G Mealing Sr and Dr R S Hicks volunteering as physicians and nurses. Lois McKie recruits assistants.
The extended outlook predicts cloudy conditions Friday and Saturday with rain delaying until Sunday for the Aiken Hunt Meet. Temperatures in the 60s would mark a first for this Triple Crown leg while last year saw near freezing rain and mud.
The Seventh Annual Aiken Hunt Meet, sponsored by the Aiken Steeplechase Association, closes the Triple Crown weekend with top steeplechasers at the Steeplechase Field on Powderhouse Road. Spectators expect an afternoon of racing, noting the races are not true steeplechases per Know About Horses by Harry Disston.
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