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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1975
Page
1
Senate Foreign Relations Committee may vote after listening to Secretary Kissinger on placing American monitors in the Sinai. Testimony from former senator J William Fulbright will follow before a possible late vote.
Democrats and Republicans expect a swift override of President Ford's veto of a 2.75 billion child nutrition bill. The House planned a vote today with Senate action possible this afternoon or Wednesday. The measure would make school breakfast permanent, require reduced price lunches, fund nutrition education grants, support day care and preschool meals, and expand funds for programs aiding pregnant women new mothers and infants.
In Dublin the family of kidnapped Dutch industrialist Tiede Herrema awaits a ransom call. Embassy sources say a gang member phoned his son and used a private nickname, signaling a possible deal. The captors demanded the release of three IRA prisoners by Sunday, which Dublin rejected.
Lee Nunn, a longtime Republican organizer and former Ford director of organization, says he resigned to warn Ford campaign managers to accelerate operations or risk trailing Ronald Reagan. He told AP in a telephone interview that his grievance is with campaign pace, not the White House, though he faulted Howard H. Callaway, the top committee official.
An eight hour siege at a Greenwich Village bank ended with the safe release of ten hostages and the capture of Ray Cat Olsen a Merrick New York gunman who claimed sympathy for the Symbionese Liberation Army and praised Patricia Hearst He demanded 10 million dollars in gold a getaway plane and Hearst's release while holding customers and staff.
Michiah Shobek, 22, was to be hanged in Nassau for killing three Americans when Bahamian officials accepted a last minute US embassy appeal for a review. Vitale said the prisoner appeared stunned as the ruling postponed the execution. His lawyer had withdrawn insanity evidence citing court errors and brain damage from a viral illness in infancy.
A chance of showers tomorrow, with warm to mild conditions continuing. Thursday through Saturday are expected to be warm with highs in the upper 70s and nighttime lows in the 50s as the shower threat prevails.
Aiken County figures Ralph F. Cullinan Lucas Ray and Skipper Perry face a splashy moment at St. Marys Fall Festival as Etta Timmerman climbs the Dunk Em cage making a rare gender breakthrough. The piece notes a local burglary pattern at Aiken High School with flag theft but no money missing.
Congress opens debate on tax cut plans led by President Ford who seeks a $28 billion reduction. The House Ways and Means Committee weighs individual cuts of $8 to $12 billion and $7 billion in business tax relief amid Democratic doubts over meeting the request.
A 15 year old Augusta youth pleaded guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was sentenced to six years in the Department of Youth Services in Columbia. Judge Rodney A Peeples presided as four weeks of Criminal court began in Aiken. The youth and 19 year old Danny Wayne Cason had been accused earlier this year in the rape of a 22 year old Augusta woman.
Fifteen attendees heard SCHD spokesmen outline the Aiken Area Transportation Study AKATS covering about 90 square miles including Aiken city and projected urbanization by 1995. Total solution cost estimated at 10.6 million based on 1975 prices with priority projects Hitchcock Parkway extension Beaufort Street Western connector Powderhouse Road Hayne Avenue and Silver Bluff Road.
The debate centers on whether to extend or expand current tax reductions set to expire this year. The earlier year totals amount to 18.1 billion for individuals and 48 billion for businesses. Ford warned he would veto any Congress plan that breaches his dollar-for-dollar trade-off between tax relief and spending cuts.
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