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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1970
Page
1
Puzzle No 3 invites entries with a seventy dollar prize amid lively notes on past winners Mary B Chelton and Mrs A J Lockard. Deadline reminders urge timely submission and reference rules readers should follow.
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration aims to seek up to 1.5 billion dollars for Southern school desegregation in the coming fiscal year. OEO head Donald Rumsfeld said Congress may be asked for 300 to 500 million this year and about 1 billion for the rest of the year starting July 1, for interracial experiments and desegregation per a HEW source.
Prince Philip moves to trim royal costs by retiring James Orr as private secretary and abolishing the post. His reduced personal staff will include treasurer Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Bonham-Cater and equerry Major Randle Cooke. Philip’s state pay remains $96,000 yearly, mostly tax free, unchanged since 1952.
Cheryl Crane, 26, daughter of actress Lana Turner, had marijuana possession charges dismissed by Municipal Court Judge William Drake in San Fernando. Her friend Maria Cebrario, 26, was held for arraignment in Superior Court after patrol officers found potted marijuana plants and cigarettes in their car.
The House of Representatives authorized 45 million dollars over three years to recruit foreign visitors. Allocation includes 15 million a year for the United States Travel Service while a separate earlier bill provided 4.5 million for the coming year. Rep. H R Gross criticized the effort saying funds are wasted nursing foreigners.
Deputy Chief M. M. Nelson asked the House Public Works Road Subcommittee to reduce the fiscal year substantially to 100 million dollars from 170 million for forest development roads and trails. He said they hope to restore to 170 million the following year due to carry-over authorization.
A 58 year old Graniteville carpenter Colie W Brant was sentenced to three years with three years probation after a guilty finding on assault of a high and aggravated nature. Deputy W W Starkie said Brant used a knife during arrest and had to be subdued by force. James L Hayes goes on trial for drug law violations after sodium nembutal and amphetamine pills were found in his car at a Bamberg motel. Roy Griffin pleaded guilty to carrying a pistol and received one year or $1000 suspended after six months and three years probation.
U.S. Rep Albert Watson told Aiken County Republican Women’s Club that the best way to strengthen the South Carolina GOP is to focus on people’s needs. He praised President Nixon for nominating Palmetto Staters to the Supreme Court, referencing Judge Clement Haynesworth, whose nomination failed in the Senate.
Watson lauded Harry Dent as a key adviser to President Nixon and praised the Republican leadership in the House for fiscal restraint and block grants. He said the Nixon administration listens to the South and stressed the gubernatorial campaign serves all South Carolinians.
About 4 000 University of South Carolina students gathered in a grassy park to hear actress Jane Fonda denounce U S involvement in Southeast Asia. She urged nonviolence and political action as National Guardsmen monitored the scene from helicopters. A tear gas canister exploded amid the crowd and officials reported gas canisters had been stolen.
U S B52s struck supply trails and depots in eastern Laos backed by allied fighter-bombers as part of a broader push that has disrupted North Vietnamese and Viet Cong base camps along the Ho Chi Minh trail. The raids extended across 200 miles of the frontier and followed operations in Cambodia.
Citizens are urged to become involved to close and padlock establishments that habitually violate the law as recommended by the Aiken County grand jury last week.
South Carolina Senator McMillan backs an immediate inquiry into USC campus disturbances amid claims of disruption and radical activity. The General Assembly committee will meet in Columbia to gauge support for a formal investigation chaired by Sen. Floyd Spence with other lawmakers.
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