29 May 1972
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1972
Page
1
North Vietnamese forces ambushed a South Vietnamese relief column south of An Loc, killing or wounding 100 or more soldiers. Gunners fired over 1000 rounds of rockets artillery and mortars as troops moved up Highway 13 north of Saigon.
SPACE CENTER Houston AP The push into space is winding down and 43 of 73 selected astronauts remain ready to fly while Donald K Slayton head of flight crew operations urges them to look for other employment.
Newsweek says sources disclose Bremer went to Canada to target Nixon during his Ottawa speech. Investigators linked a man resembling Bremer in a Laurel Maryland Wallace shooting probe to a crowd outside Parliament in Ottawa on April 14.
Los Angeles AP reports Senators George McGovern and Hubert H Humphrey trading sharp exchanges on Vietnam defense spending and welfare reform in their first joint television appearance. Both say they want two more debates before the June 6 California primary.
An IRA bomb exploded accidentally in a Roman Catholic district of Belfast on Sunday. Six people were killed and 18 injured as violence in the province reached a toll of 345 deaths in almost three years.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy visited Alabama Governor George C. Wallace on Memorial Day and assured the governor he had a chance to walk again after his paralysis. The meeting occurred in Silver Spring Maryland as Kennedy offered support amid Wallace's recovery.
A 60 unit Lamplighter complex is proposed for five acres at the mouth of Crosland Park in Aiken pending a zoning change. Units include one two and three bedrooms with rents from 150 to 210 dollars and all electric amenities. Developer Clayton Hannon aims for flexible plans subject to city engineering standards and may include landscaping and leased furniture. Some residents oppose while others support the project as city council weighs approval.
The forecast for Aiken calls for cloudy, cool weather with a good chance of showers and thunderstorms today and tomorrow. Lows in the 60s tonight, highs in the 70s tomorrow, rain likelihood 50 percent today and tonight rising to 70 percent tomorrow. Winds northeast to east 5 to 15 mph today, turning easterly to southeasterly and gusty 10 to 15 mph tomorrow.
No traffic fatalities occurred in Aiken over the weekend. Two minor crashes caused about 500 dollars in damage each: at Hampton and Laurens Street when Adelaide H. Compton of Aiken failed to yield on a left turn into Susie S. Phillip's car, and at US 1 and Richland Avenue in a rear end collision involving Virginia Carey of New York and Shelia R. Snow of Aiken. Police logged 41 miscellaneous arrests and 27 traffic arrests.
The South Carolina GOP races unfold as officials prepare a nominating convention in Columbia while federal judges decide a petition seeking a stay on a June 27 primary filing deadline. Incumbents McMillan Cain Laughlin and others file or plan to file with Laughlin likely seeking re election. Aiken politicians report Dunbark not running for re election as he pursues the sheriff seat. Williams and Fulmer have yet to file though Fulmer is expected to this week.
North Augusta Police Department logged 86 calls and 4 complaints over the weekend. Chief Walter Newman said most arrests were traffic violations but also included a brownbagging violation and disorderly conduct. Five minor accidents were reported.
Nixon and Brezhnev sign a joint statement outlining long range principles to avoid military confrontation and pursue eventual world disarmament. A companion communique envisions a European security conference soon to reduce East West military forces in Central Europe.
The Aiken Chapter of the Alston Wilkes Society honors Bobby Hunter at a 7 30 p m meeting at St John s Methodist Church. Hunter a state corrections prisoner may represent the United States in Olympic boxing this year. Mayor Odell Weeks to proclaim Wednesday Bobby Hunter Day. officials expected to attend to support sending Hunter s guard Ray Satterfield to boxing events. Public invited. contributions will be collected.
Rep. Marshall Cain and Sen. Gilbert McMillan, both Aiken Republicans, filed for the Republican primary on June 27. Cain seeks a third term and McMillan his second, the first filings since noon today under a new primary date law. McMillan, 54, a retired Du Pont supervisor, serves District 8 covering Aiken and four other counties.
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