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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1970
Page
1
The Standard Stumper deadline passed at noon and winners may be delayed as contestants wait for the prize. The puzzle has grown easier with each win and free words were added after last week. A $330 prize hangs in the balance as tomorrow's paper promises the solution and a winner.
AP reports Morley Safer CBS foreign correspondent and London bureau chief since 1967 has been chosen as the new cohost for 60 Minutes. He will join Mike Wallace on December 8, replacing Harry Reasoner who leaves to anchor ABC evening news.
Dr. Lee A. DuBridge former Nixon science adviser and Caltech president from 1946 to 1968 receives the Robert Andrews Millikan Award at Caltech on a Tuesday. He left his federal post in August.
Senators vote 92 to 3 to send the landmark job safety bill to the House, promising it will become law. The National program targets 80 million workers to curb about 14,500 deaths and 2.2 million injuries annually, saving $1.5 billion in lost wages.
Capt Ernest Medina says his lawyers will present more new evidence in a renewed Army investigation of the My Lai killings. He spoke after a 90 minute Article 32 hearing at Fort McPherson as two fellow Charley Company members face court martial.
Green Beret Captain Jeffrey MacDonald, cleared of murder charges in the deaths of his wife and two daughters, says he will practice medicine in California after leaving the service in two weeks. He has accepted a physician role in the emergency room of a Long Beach hospital and plans to work through next July to cover about $20,000 in legal fees before resuming studies at Yale Medical School in orthopedic surgery.
A government study finds the Defense Department buys large amounts of expensive Darvon pills with limited effect. Over the past 11 months the Pentagon spent more than 177000 on Darvon 32 and 65 and about 291000 on Darvon with aspirin, with prices ranging from 1.58 per 100 to 12.38 per 500. In June 1969 the department paid 0.73 for 1000 aspirin tablets.
Warren Harding and Dean Caldwell closed in on reaching the 3000 foot summit of El Capitan at Yosemite. A welcoming party waited with a feast after nearly a month of rock climbing while reporters and friends prepared to greet the weary climbers who aimed to conquer the Wall of the Morning Light.
Inside Today section presents comics and editorials with brief notes on deaths and obituaries. The fragment references a few items and routines but details are unreadable.
Gov Ro bert E McNair prepares to report state finances to the House as the Budget and Control Board orders a six percent budget cut. Lawmakers warn finances will be the top issue of the 1971 legislature amid rising revenues but growing service demands. Speaker Sol Blatt notes money shortages and seats new Negro members James L Felder Herbert Fielding Leevy Johnson as part of a historic House caucus.
Three youths aged 13 and 14 were charged with malicious mischief for placing obstructions on a Southern Railroad track near Rutland Drive. They were arrested, jailed, then released to parents and will face juvenile court.
An AP analysis finds that over half of U S airports serving scheduled aircraft lack glide slope and related ILS guidance, restricting safe landings in bad weather. The report highlights Huntington and Phoenix as examples among 304 airports without this equipment, handling about 2,000 daily flights nationwide.
Enemy booby traps killed five Americans as 53 U.S. troops fell to mines and booby traps in 11 days, while more than 6,000 South Vietnamese forces pressed into northeastern Cambodia with air support and ground offensives across multiple fronts near Da Nang and along the Mekong corridor.
Swiss and German aircraft ferried in relief supplies while President Nixon earmarked 10 million dollars for international rehabilitation in East Pakistan six days after the cyclone and tidal waves. Official death tolls vary from 55 000 to 650 000 with unconfirmed estimates. survivors report contaminated water and rotting rice as relief staff struggle to reach dozens of untouched islands. cholera cases remain uncertain. planes depart from the United States Britain France Iran and other nations.
Aiken County agricultural and business leaders will observe Farm City Week at an 8 a.m. breakfast Friday at the Heart of Aiken Restaurant. Henry Simmons of the Farm Credit Bank in Columbia will speak to about 80 to 100 attendees. The event aims to foster better understanding and closer cooperation between farm and city residents. Co sponsor Thomas Shell, Palmetto Production Credit Association branch manager, notes the goal of addressing common problems and strengthening ties. The observance is sponsored by Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service with J. H. Evans as acting chairman.
Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce announces its 1971 board of directors led by executive director Charles R. Sterritt. Elected members include Wade Brodie of Farmers and Merchants Bank Samuel A. Cothran of Aiken Standard Alfred E. Dufour attorney Arthur G. Harmon of Kimberly Clark William F. Howard Jr J E Stewart Alan M. Tewkesbury and R E Thomson with Aiken Electric Cooperative.
Downtown merchants led by Buddy Coleman and J. W. Byrne plan a contest to rename Aiken's downtown to a plaza like atmosphere. They will extend hours after Dec 7 and coordinate with area shopping centers while preparing lights for Christmas starting Nov 23.
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