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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1973
Page
1
Employees of Farmers and Merchants Bank contribute 550 to the Banksia library renovation fund announced by Wade Brodie vice president. The Friends of the Library total rises to 40 000 with a 50 000 goal for the drive ending May 31.
The United States envoy David K. E. Bruce arrived in Peking as the first American ambassador since 1949. Chinese press noted the historic event with brief reports and avoided naming who greeted him. Bruce, with deputies Alfred L. Jenkins and John Holdridge, met Foreign Minister Chi Peng-fei.
Six tankers and an ammunition barge reached Phnom Penh after evading Communist rocket and cannon fire along the Mekong. The Hong Kong freighter Success was abandoned after being set ablaze. crew rescued with no reported casualties. Vira 2 caught fire but was saved by its crew. U S fighter bombers and Spectre gunships shelled the riverbank as the convoy moved toward Phnom Penh with U S air support guiding the operation.
Rivers in Missouri and Mississippi show steady falls toward normal levels though few families can return home. At St Louis the Mississippi measured 34.37 feet, above flood stage of 30, while at St Charles Missouri the Missouri River stood at 26 feet. Officials say it will be late this month before normal levels and river traffic resume, with Clarksville and Winfield locks reopening by weekend earliest.
Astronauts and engineers across the United States refine equipment and procedures for the postponed Skylab repair mission. The plan to erect a sun shield on the overheated orbiting station was pushed back five days for a second time. Crew members Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz were to remove a damaged outer skin to allow sun exposure and heat absorption control.
In Belfast area seven people died in violence overnight. Four British soldiers, two civilians, and a 14 year old girl were killed after a booby trapped car exploded as soldiers left a hotel near Omagh. Two soldiers were seriously injured. Separate shootings claimed two more lives. A man was killed while playing darts in a pub.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a bill to bar the president from sending U S troops overseas for more than 30 days without congressional approval. The measure excludes current hostilities and would not halt bombing in Cambodia, sponsor Senator Jacob Javits said.
Judge Julius B. Ness declared a mistrial after nearly six hours of jury deliberation in a drug violation case against Larry M. Oakman 24. A new trial and a murder trial for William Junior Pierce Jr. were scheduled for next week along with other court actions including sentences for Prince Myers and two men in a Beech Island theft case.
Watergate burglar James McCord testifies before the Senate Watergate Committee that White House aide John Caulfield told him Nixon knew of clemency offers and that a future meeting would include a personal message from the President. He says the clemency deal included silence and financial aid.
Judge Julius B. Ness, presiding, praised Sheriff Paul Grant in the General Court session. Ness defended the sheriff amid public trust concerns, noting Grant’s long service from the Aiken Police Department and his selection as Sheriff of the Year among 46 counties.
Three men sought in the killings of six Georgia family members were captured near Welch West Virginia according to state police. A fourth man was seized Thursday at a roadblock and an escaped convict George Dungee 35 was arrested after a Virginia border robbery.
The Aiken vicinity forecast calls for mostly sunny skies today and tomorrow with mild temperatures. Tonight will be fair and cool with a low in the lower 40s. Highs today in the mid 70s, upper 70s Saturday, near zero rain today increasing to 10 percent tomorrow, and through Tuesday highs near 80 with overnight lows near 60 and a chance of showers.
Senate Watergate hearings unfold with Senator Sam Ervin calmly guiding questions as James W. McCord faces scrutiny. Testimony appears orderly but offers expected pauses and guarded responses from witnesses, while Ervin’s measured approach contrasts with viewer anticipation of dramatic revelations.
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