19 May 1970
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1970
Page
1
Deadline day for the $70 Stumper Puzzle is 6 PM today. Readers filled out extra copies at 124 Rutland Drive and entries may become winners. Thursday will reveal the names in the winner's circle as the poet notes the puzzle’s appeal.
In the early hours an Egyptian force crossed the Suez Canal into the Israeli side. Israel says seven attackers were killed and reports no casualties among Israelis. Egypt claims losses among its soldiers and heavy fighting across the canal with exchanges of fire and casualties on both sides.
Johnny Cash wins entertainer of the year and male singer of the year at the British Country Music Association awards. He earns best long playing record for At San Quentin and best single for A Boy Named Sue, announced Monday night.
The Teamsters approved by a 7 to 5 margin a national trucking contract hailed by acting president Frank E. Fitzsimmons as the best in history. Chicago members rejected the pact and pledged to pursue higher wage demands despite several local firms agreeing to the national terms.
David Ben-Gurion 83 resigns from Israel's Knesset and says he will abstain from politics and write a history of Israel. He led the country as prime minister from 1948 to 1963 and had briefly resigned before for political effect.
Jimmy Doolittle, 73, received the FAA Extraordinary Service Award at a meeting of the Aviation Space Writers Association in Las Vegas. The WWII hero led the 1942 Tokyo raid and retired from the U S Air Force as a lieutenant general, closing a long aviation career.
Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor, 38, with husband Richard Burton at her side, rests in good condition after minor gynecological surgery at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Her longtime Beverly Hills physician Dr Rex Kennamer treated her. discharge planned Wednesday after a visit to Hollywood to appear on a Lucille Ball show.
Hollywood AP reports Mickey Rooney is sued by Barbroo Enterprises and Ductions Inc for 7 million dollars in breach of contract from April 20, 1968 to December 31, 1970. Universal Coverage 1970 Corp claims rights to Rooney contract and seeks injunctions and earnings accounting.
Garbage piled on streets as Washington sanitation workers stage a wildcat walkout demanding better conditions and higher pay. Union members pack council chambers during 1971 budget debate, which includes a $1.2 million sanitary improvement allotment.
War protestors at the University of South Carolina won the removal of plainclothes policemen from Russell House after a Monday rally of 150 to 200 students. Dr. Paul Fidler announced the move, while hearings will continue for about 50 students arrested in May actions.
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong intensified attacks across South Vietnam and threatened another Cambodian capital to maintain supply lines through northern Cambodia and southern Laos. In South Vietnam 61 allied positions were hit the heaviest in 12 days while a Mekong Delta outpost fell to Viet Cong forces. The cease-fire honoring Buddha's birthday was ignored by both sides, with U S and Saigon reports detailing casualties.
The Aiken County League of Women Voters Human Resources Committee delivered an in depth study noting merchants' passive stance toward hiring Negro workers, lack of training programs, and absence of Negroes on welfare staff. It praised the Aiken Edgefield Industrial Center for training, reported improved relations with the housing authority, and noted 100 new public housing units with government subsidized interest in private housing.
The South Carolina State Highway Department will publicly open sealed bids at 3 p.m. on June 10 in Columbia for a Tourist Welcome Center on Interstate 20 near North Augusta in Aiken County. The center will accompany safety rest area and information facilities already in use at three sites.
William Ransom of the Richmond County Citizens Committee For Clean Air spoke to Aiken Lions about CSRA air pollution. He explained Savannah River Valley valley location, auto exhaust and industry as major pollutants, and noted no state laws yet but two counties designated as National Air Pollution Control Area with federal oversight. He warned about higher costs for industry and cars due to pollution controls and asked if the expense is worth the benefit.
The court continued the forgery and conspiracy trial of William Copley, ex loan officer, and Gary Allen Sr., auto dealer, into day two. Indictment charges include one conspiracy, one breach of trust, and three forgery counts tied to fraudulent acts between July 1968 and May 1969 defrauding L.C.W. Corp of over $100,000. Weeks testified about firm links and the May 27 desk findings, with checks signed by Copley presented as evidence.
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