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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1976
Page
2
Obituaries list Juious C. Wood of Petersburg Road and Zackie Spicer of Merritts Bridge Church cemetery with funeral details. Also noted are deaths of Willie Cheatham in Columbia Clara Priester of Aiken Ida Ryans of Aiken and Albert Howerter of Lancaster PA with service locations and burial sites. Surviving relatives and service times provided.
The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes daily except Saturday and Sunday from 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801 with UPIC 456 and specifies AP dispatch rights and republication reserve. It notes no responsibility for advertisement omissions but offers corrections in the next issue and warns on advance payments limits to five weeks to carriers.
Mrs Mabry Pearl Bradley Oakman 74 of 102 Edgefield Ave NW Aiken died Thursday at home. Funeral at Zion Hill Baptist Church near Tala tha Community at 4 PM Wednesday with Rev E W Simmons officiating burial in Bradley family cemetery. Pallbearers nephews. Survived by widower sister Rosa Lee Arnold Aiken brother Lorenzo Milton Bradley Aiken. Jackson Brooks Funeral Home held her remains until 2 PM Wednesday.
Douglas H. Hooper of Montgomery Alabama died Thursday in a Maxwell Air Base hospital. Funeral services were held Sunday at Posey’s Funeral Home Graniteville with ministers Clary Jr and Duncan officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Memory Gardens Langley. He retired from military service after 23 years. Surviving are his widow Ruth Hooper sister Laura Parker Langley and brother Everette Hooper Rio Rancho NM.
Gov Dan Evans worries about two things after leaving office in January. He plans to work to support his family and buy a house, noting there will be no sabbatical. Evans, 51, has not owned a home since his 1964 election and his three term run.
The council schedules a continuation hearing and approves several ordinances. Actions include adopting 1975 revisions to the Standard Building Code, transferring 2310 to the sheriff's department, donating funds to emergency services, paying indigent care for July 1976, and appropriating 1090 for the tax assessor's office. New business covers road acceptances, data requests from volunteer fire departments, cable permit authorizations, and a 373 donation from Hospital Corporation of America for medical books.
In Pasadena AP reports Viking 1 and Viking 2 failed to confirm Martian life after initial promising experiments. Early tests suggested life, but subsequent verification contradicted those findings, pointing to a bizarre chemical system rather than living organisms.
Aiken man Moses Jackson, 46, was arrested and charged with house breaking and assault with intent to kill two police officers after a break‑in at 445 Morgan St. Officers W. K. Keel and Cleve Thomas were fired at from a bedroom as they entered. Jackson resides at 830 Abbeville Ave.
William E. Knotts opened his campaign headquarters in Aiken promising accessibility if elected to the senate. He defended his dealings with Judge Rodney A. Peeples amid questions over campaign involvement and a June disclosure listing Public Opinion Survey Co. with an $8,799.52 payment. Knotts aims to visit the five county district and challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Michael L. Laughlin.
Mrs. Sissy Dolvin, aunt of Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter and youngest sister of his mother Lillian Carter, will meet the public Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Commercial Hotel coffee gathering in Aiken. The Roswell, Georgia native will discuss Carter’s background and answer questions.
County land objections to a new courthouse centered on location drainage and keeping the courthouse in Aiken’s center. Surveys showed the site was unpopular, debates considered building elsewhere or renovating. The committee recommends razing the old facility without historical significance and constructing a new courthouse on the present site.
The Aiken County Fire School brought 190 registrants from 16 departments for two days of hands on drills and classroom instruction. Volunteers practiced fighting vehicle and propane fires, smoke filled buildings, ladder work, and tower descents while agencies including Public Safety, Forestry, Paramed, and the Institute of Fire Technology contributed.
Estate filings include Emmitt T Courtney and Handy Coleman estates with executors named. Divorces listed include Ferry O Neal Boatwright v Carolyn Simons Boatwright and Sharon Chapman King v Lawrence Michael King. Deeds cover numerous lot transfers in Granville Estates Myrtle Park and other subdivisions with price figures up to 100000.
San Antonio sheriff's officers report the 19 year old robbery suspect tried to flee by slipping through a bathroom window while attempting to serve a warrant. He became stuck, aiding his capture.
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