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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1973
Page
12
Report by Rick Hawkins describes three tornadoes striking Athens Ga early Monday evening causing extensive damage and injuring more than 100 people. Emergency crews and authorities mobilized quickly as citizens faced debris and power outages in affected neighborhoods.
A deadly tornado event along with other twisters damaged Johnston Trailer Park on highway 78 west where a unidentified 52 year old woman died. Rescue crews cleared roads after lines and power outages. Athens residents faced major cleanup with Oglethorpe Elementary damaged over 60 percent.
Washington AP report says prosecutors want Nixon to testify on how the Watergate coverup could have occurred without his knowledge but doubt a subpoena would be constitutional. The Post cites Justice Department sources noting the president’s role remains the key question in the grand jury investigation.
Former Governor Robert E. McNair predicts South Carolina Republicans will not suffer deep scars from Watergate. He says the scandal may erode the old moral issue but will not be a major liability in 1974 elections. The Democratic national committeeman adds voters are tired of Watergate and see politics as a dirty game. He notes Nixon’s resignation or impeachment would impact opinions, but Agnew remains popular in the South.
Sumter County Coroner Howard Parnell said new leads prompt a fresh inquiry into the December 1970 slaying of Margaret Cuttino. William J. Pierce Jr. recently convicted of the murder also faces convictions for three other deaths in Georgia and North Augusta.
Air Force Lt. Col. J. Quincy Collins, a POW in Southeast Asia for over six years, says Republicans and Democrats have approached him about running for public office in South Carolina next year. Republican Chairman Ken Powell confirms contact with the Winnsboro native. The issue arose in the state Senate after criticism of a resolution inviting Collins to address lawmakers, with Sen. Marion Gressette accusing the move of grooming a candidate to oppose Sen. Ernest Hollings.
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina says the Watergate affair could have a cleansing effect on the Nixon administration and may help bring the President into closer contact with Congress.
Rep. James H. Moss reports a Beaufort area poll of military families with children in public schools shows 72 percent would relocate if they could today or secure a transfer. The poll followed April 12 trouble at Robert Smalls Junior High School and questions about school leadership. A Thursday meeting by county lawmakers, the Beaufort County Council, and the school board was planned to address the crisis.
Harry Dent former White House aide and Rep Ed Young R S C will be principal speakers at the South Carolina Young Republican Federation biennial convention June 12 in Greenville Officers to be elected include delegates to the National Young Republican Convention in Atlanta July 8 13 Dent is practicing law in Columbia Young is the 6th District congressman from Florence.
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