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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1971
Page
1
Readers are invited to enter the Stumper contest for a $510 prize. Deadline is noon tomorrow. If needed, get extra entry forms from the Aiken Standard offices at 124 Rutland Drive.
Gov. Bob Scott of North Carolina and Sen. Hubert Humphrey chair the Democratic Policy Council with Sen. Edmund Muskie as vice chair. Twenty new members were chosen to join the panel to begin planning for the 1972 campaign amid party posture and issue defense.
Investigators located 5 year old Malcolm Lynn in Clarke Creek near the wreck site after four others perished in the crash. The deceased were Hilda Jackson 32 Beatrice Wright 33 Ronnie Wright 8 Angela Lynn 3 all residents of Philomath in Oglethorpe County.
Elvis Presley underwent an after hours check at Memphis Eye and Ear Hospital for an inflamed right eye. The entertainer left Graceland for treatment, returned to Memphis Friday after spending most of last week hospitalized in Nashville.
Muhammad Ali rebutted a British doctor's claim that he was doped in his 15 round title bout with Joe Frazier. He said he drank spring water and his cooks prepared his food. New York State Athletic Commission chair Edwin B. Dooley dismissed doping claims after prefight medical exams.
Labor sources report the Teamsters and AFL-CIO nearing a three year agreement to end a bitter jurisdiction dispute over migrant organizer Cesar Chavez and thousands of lettuce workers. The nationwide boycott waged by Chavez s United Farm Workers Organizing Committee targets major California growers in Salinas and Imperial valleys where growers hold Teamsters contracts.
A forest fire near Stumpy Point Dare County no longer threatens 400 residents after a backfire line was lit Monday night to burn out fuel and redirect the blaze. The fire began on federal training land used by the Air Force and crossed marshland onto West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. property.
The first year sponsorship by the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce yields about 14000 attendees and nearly 6000 dollars in charity revenue. Cancer Society expects 1800 to 2000 from Harness Races while Jaycees Project raises 1700 for Pinelands School. Proceeds support Aiken County Hospital and local nonprofits as plans begin for next year.
The chamber will meet next week to discuss the Triple Crown and begin plans for next year's events. Abraham Schultz of Aiken Trotting Track may again offer the harness attraction. Senator Michael Laughlin calls it a great advertisement and economy booster for Aiken County. Triple Crown Chairman Skip Perry hopes it becomes one of South Carolina's greatest and an annual affair.
North Vietnamese attacks intensify in the Laos border region as Saigon forces retreat 7,000 more troops across the border, leaving about 5,000 in Laos. U.S. reports seven American dead and 40 wounded, and two U.S. jet bombers shot down.
The City Council approved a Salvation Army youth center downtown on Pendleton Street near Edgefield Avenue by a five to one vote. It would use Thurmond property with free rent, while nearby residents fear disturbance and safety issues after hours. Councilman Hastings Wyman moved approval with police oversight if disturbances occur. Charles M. Jones voted against.
Two Richland County legislators in Columbia, Dem Rep Travis Medlock and Rep James Felder, seek to add 350000 to juvenile services budgets. The funds would raise youth counselor salaries, hire more counselors, add 10 security personnel, and create an education coordinator for elementary and secondary levels.
President Nixon promised an April projection of further US troop withdrawals that would indicate commitment beyond three months and suggest a potential six month horizon. Pentagon officials noted the plan could reduce total US forces to about 209,000 by fall or below 200,000 if the pace continues.
Three scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory simulated Martian soil and atmosphere and exposed it to ultraviolet light. They found that sunlight could produce organic compounds such as acetaldehyde formaldehyde and glycolic acid just beneath the surface, implying life forming chemistry could occur on Mars.
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