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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1971
Page
1
In North Philadelphia a gray haired grandmother and her husband confronted three bandits, one armed with a sawed off shotgun. The trio fled as shots rang out. one robber died from a head wound and Mrs. Caroline Papp said she fired once and hit.
A 22 word handwritten Kennedy inaugural excerpt sold at the Waldorf Astoria auction for 11000 dollars. Maury Bromsen of Boston bought the document featuring the line ask not what your country can do for you.
Twenty American planes attacked a new surface to air missile site in the Laotian panhandle near the DMZ. The F4 Phantom force reportedly returned safely with no results disclosed. Officials noted the SAM site lay a mile west of the North Vietnamese border and that SAM equipment had been moved southward earlier today.
The Aiken Sertoma Club will hold its charter banquet at Midland Valley Country Club tomorrow night with Sertoma International director Tony Ricca as guest speaker. John Mason will present the charter to Frank Lock as charter president, with Odell Weeks and visiting club members in attendance.
The Salvation Army Advisory Board urged Aiken City Council to reconsider its Pendleton Street youth center approval. The board says a stipulation to rescind approval and close the center if police are needed undermines council action. Salvation Army suspended center plans. decision likely to be reconsidered at April 12 meeting.
Aiken Standard announces a women page series on teachers pay raise with opinions from teachers and parents. Staff reporter Judy Rich gathers facts and perspectives as the series begins Monday March 29.
This second in a two part editor’s note outlines why comprehensive planning and zoning are urged in Aiken County. It cites protection of property values public health and orderly growth as aims and notes the 1962 state enabling legislation a county inventory and future goals before zoning and hearings. Public support calls zoning a political football in local debates.
An old church shell in Aiken has been transformed into a modern child care center by volunteers. Officials say the project, started two years ago with a $40,000 estimated cost, reached completion in under three months with $9,000 in materials and no paid labor. The facility at Barnwell Avenue and Fairfield Street meets state and local standards and will be dedicated at 7:30 p.m. Monday with Rev. Samuel Miglarese as speaker. Public attendance is invited.
A rooftop repair at the center was completed by more than 100 volunteers led by A. M. Scherffius and Mrs. John Suich after funding fell short. Scherffius secured $300 in materials to patch the leak and later halted a plan to remove stained glass windows, delaying the full restoration.
Grand Jury investigators led by Joseph Dyer report a dramatic improvement at the Stockade yet cite urgent security needs. Earl Marion Menger and Mrs Edna H Seller joined the assessment noting progress while warning facilities remain vulnerable to breach.
More than 150 citizens braved rain to discuss a proposed site for a new county office complex at the courthouse. The meeting, called by County Supervisor Mackey Scott, focused on site zoning for a 2.5 million building and long range city planning amid downtown concerns.
State Sen. Michael Laughlin, 27, is recovering at home from German measles traced to a recent period of wide public contact. He toured events at Aiken Preparatory School and the Aiken Hunt Meet while joking about spreading the illness.
The first spring snow and sleet hit the Aiken area then melted as rain came. Freezing rain and sleet kept police busy but no serious accidents were reported. Patrol noted a quiet night. Forecast calls for 40s today and 60s tomorrow with high rain chances today.
Ernest R. Adams is appointed business manager and advertising director of the Aiken Standard by president Samuel A. Cothran. He will oversee circulation and bring extensive advertising experience from prior posts in Charleston and Savannah area papers. Adams, a Marine Corps veteran and Anderson native, has multiple civic memberships and is married to Barbara Parham with two children.
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