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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1978
Page
7
State Forestry Commission reports October saw 938 fires burning 1,944 acres, nearly six times September and the highest October losses in 16 years. Assistant State Forester John M. Shirer cites below average rainfall as the cause with September and October totals far under normal.
Clemson University launches a capital campaign aiming for $1 million to fund the Robert Cook Edwards Endowment for Excellence in Science and Technology. AP reports 35 pledges totaling $582,888 have been received as of Monday, honoring the retiring Clemson president.
Giorgio de Chirico, Italy’s leading 20th century painter and founder of the Italian metaphysical movement, died at age 90 in a Rome hospital after a heart attack. He shaped modern art with stark Italian streets and enigmatic still lifes and often disputed attribution of his own works.
U N ambassador Andrew Young and former Invaders members dispute claims the FBI paid the Memphis activist group to incite violence that prompted Martin Luther King to return for a second march. The House Assassinations Committee plans testimony from two former FBI agents about the Invaders.
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