30 Mar 1970
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1970
Page
1
A train carrying weekend travelers plunged 30 feet from a trestle 25 miles east of Karachi. Rescue crews reported about 20 dead and 100 injured, while trailway officials put fatalities at five with 58 injured. Cars derailed and several overturned in the wreck.
Washington AP reports wage issues dominate bargaining between government and 650000 postal workers. Winton Blount agrees postal reorganization can wait as unions push for 20 percent, while admin signals six to eleven percent offers. Some cite retroactive raises and cost adjustments. a Thursday deadline risks wildcat actions.
Colorado Springs will host seminars on a Sperry Rand computer system named Computer Assisted Instruction. Developed by Robert G. Milburn of St. Paul Minnesota the device can question grade answers and respond by name to students marking a potential first feasible computer teaching method.
Deputy Sheriff Jim Brown investigated a theft at Russell Ridleberger's farm seeking 35 000 hot bees and 40 pounds of honey. The incident occurred in McConnellville Ohio as Brown pondered what could be done with so many bees.
In Florida, more than 100,000 youths left Daytona Beach and headed home after Easter break while Fort Lauderdale Beach also saw a peak in student crowds over the weekend. Police counted crowds on the shore as spring term resumes.
Chicago police say Nathaniel Williams Jr. faced an attempted burglary after a wallet bearing his name was found in the office of attorney Nicholas Monos. Williams entered via the fire escape and fled without his wallet, with nothing reported missing.
Pope Paul VI used Easter to urge an end to local wars, citing Vietnam and the Middle East. He warned modern man is shipwrecked by humanism and doubt, but religion offers a secure foundation to alleviate mankind, urging leaders to not let progress become a weapon of destruction.
Comedian Bob Hope will appear in Aiken in April to support the local anti drug program. Sheriff Paul Grant and Col. Lawrence Warner explain Hope’s visit aims to educate youth and boost the county pilot program. A meeting of the Aiken Chapter Retired Officers Association is set for April 7 at 6 45 p m at the Aiken County Shrine Club with books requested to stock the USO library.
Senator Strom Thurmond and Representative L Mendel Rivers plan to take part in a March for Victory demonstration in Washington D C on Saturday. Organizers expect about 100000 protesters with Gov. Lester Maddox and former Gov. George Wallace also attending. A three hour rally is planned at the Washington Monument after a Pennsylvania Avenue procession led by veterans groups.
A brief tale recalls the origin of frog jumping in Angel's Camp Calaveras County Calif during the mid-1800s. It credits Rev Leonidas W Smiley with founding the sport and references Mark Twain's The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
Aiken saw 1.53 inches of rain since Sunday noon with minor accidents blamed on wet streets. Rollingwood Road areas pooled water at Valley Road and Park Road forming a two foot depth, while downtown reported no rising water. Police noted several minor crashes on wet roads, including a three-car collision at Kalmia Hill on U S Highway 1.
Sen. Michael Laughlin says the county legislative delegation and County Government Study Committee will release the final Aiken County Home Rule bill at a news conference at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the county courthouse. Both groups, along with county officials, will attend as differences between committee recommendations and a draft bill are resolved.
Easter weekend in Aiken saw crowded church attendance with special services across denominations. St Thaddeus Episcopal Church held Monday through Thursday Communion and Good Friday rites, Maundy Thursday, Easter morning services, and Sunrise services statewide, featuring multiple area churches and youth group participation.
Aiken Presbyterian Church led community services at Grace Estate with Rev. B E Pettit delivering the sermon and the First Presbyterian Youth Choir providing music. Non-denominational services were held at Aiken Memorial Park led by Rev. John Arthur with a 50 voice choir. Valley churches joined Sunrise services at Sunset Memory Gardens conducted by Rev. Hilton Johnson. WVAP aired a delayed service. Aiken First Baptist Choir performed an Easter Cantata “Golgotha” by Robert Graham, with Jeana Graham text. WAKN FM broadcast Faure's Requiem as performed by St Johns United Methodist last year, and Brahms German Requiem is planned for next month’s Spring Arts Festival.
Syria claimed raids across the Golan Heights damaged Israeli positions and two Syrians were wounded, while Israel said only a few mortars hit two positions with no damage. An Israeli lieutenant was killed and two soldiers wounded in the Suez sector. Arab saboteurs hit an orange packing plant in Gaza, causing a fire. Ben Gurion urged death sentences for Arab guerrillas, opposed by Dayan. Egypt’s Soviet air defense debate and a peace reactor plan were noted. Easter pilgrims in Jerusalem numbered about 1,000 at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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