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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1970
Page
1
Stumper outwits 385 contestants in his first appearance winning better than half the prize. One player missed a pocket full of ten dollar slips by leaving one blank. Tomorrow another puzzle and a ten dollar addition to the pot.
A bill creating a National Railroad Passenger Corp with a 15 member board, backed by $175 million to start, would take over and operate money losing intercity trains with first trains slated to run March 1 1971, subject to House approval.
Treasury Secretary David M. Kennedy warned the deficit could hit 1 to 2 billion dollars by the end of the current fiscal year due to weaker than expected corporate tax payments. He noted expenditures remain near target and a revised estimate is being prepared.
A six year old male gorilla at the National Zoo in Washington has the first documented case of rheumatoid arthritis treated under scientific observation. The ape recovered enough to gain 40 pounds and enjoy a courtship with a female gorilla as researchers from the zoo and George Washington University study treatments. Director Theodore H. Reed cautioned it may be only a partial breakthrough, not a complete cure, as the work continues.
Sen Hiram L Fong the first Asian American elected to the U S Senate and Mayor Carl B Stokes of Cleveland received Horatio Alger Awards in New York The honors recognize Americans who rose from humble beginnings The luncheon ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria was led by Dr Norman Vincent Peale chairman of the American Schools and Colleges Association.
A small crowd of eight mourners from the Valentino Society laid red roses at Rudolph Valentino's grave in Hollywood Memorial Park on his 75th birth anniversary. The society, formed about 44 years after his death, gathers silent film buffs to view old movies.
Apollo 13 astronauts James Lovell John Swigert and Fred Haise presented North American Rockwell Space Division employees with a mounted couch support plaque from the command module. They revisited the scorched module Wednesday and William Bergen, president of North American Rockwell Space Division, gave them the exterior serial number as a keepsake.
In Los Angeles a court orders equal division of community property between actor Robert Cummings aged 59 and his ex wife Mary aged 52, with total assets exceeding $600,000.
Aiken Community Playhouse presents Moss Hart light comedy Light Up The Sky directed by Bruce Hancock tonight at 8 in Municipal Auditorium as part of the Spring Arts Festival. The 14 member cast includes Ellen Wilds Allen Westerdahl Jackie Cato Harry Schutte Ben Bowman Phillip Porter Tom Robinson Steve Landry Jeff Hatfield Barbara Beyers George Tice J C Crabtree Pat Paulson and George Bellido. No admission charged.
A Wednes day group therapy session on a Five Day Plan to Stop Smoking cites booby traps like overeating lack of rest and alcohol as key to failing to quit. Doctors warn nicotine harms heart and lungs while vitamins curb cravings and a 60 second delayed choice tactic helps resist cigarettes.
U S Navy boats plan an assault up the Mekong River to open a 60 mile stretch toward Phnom Penh with 40 U S and 60 South Vietnamese craft. Operation could begin Friday as air cover and amphibious options are studied amid Viet Cong and North Vietnamese presence along the waterway.
Governor Ronald Reagan closes the California state college system asking 300 000 students to reflect on current events. He also orders 92 junior colleges and private colleges to close as campuses faced protests and violence.
U S combat deaths climbed sharply last week as the American plan to strike into Cambodia loomed. Officials reported 123 servicemen killed and 997 wounded in action for the week ending Saturday, according to the U S military command.
House Appropriations Committee urged NASA to postpone the October 1 Apollo 14 moon launch to next year to study Apollo 13 problems. The report on a $17 billion bill notes the explosion endangered the crew and led to the abortive lunar landing. The bill funds NASA at $3.2 billion for the year starting July 1, with a $136 million NASA cut and $106 million from R&D, reducing planned Apollo flights to one next year.
Arab guerrillas conducted three attacks across the Lebanon border wounding and killing soldiers. An Israeli patrol was ambushed on Mt. Hermon as fighting spread to within 13 miles of Haifa. Four Israelis and four attackers died, with additional clashes near Ahihud and Safad.
Judge Julius B. Ness handed sentences to two young men after guilty pleas to drug law violations. Mark David Brodie received seven years on a second count with early suspension and five years probation under the youthful offenders act. Ronald Alan Lieb pleaded no contest to forging a prescription and was sentenced to 18 months on the public works program suspending six months of service. The trial of Robert Dunbar in the April 14 shooting Death of Man Williams began with state witnesses. Driving under the influence penalties varied among defendants, with penalties ranging from probation to jail time and fines.
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