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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1973
Page
1
Flames and high winds destroy a broad swath of Chelsea homes and businesses. The Sunday fire raced through 20 blocks of wooden tenements leaving 1100 people homeless. Five firefighters were hospitalized with injuries. No fatalities reported.
Egyptian commandos led a behind the lines raid with tanks consolidating new desert lines in the Sinai as Israel reported a halted drive after a seven hour armored battle. Cairo claimed heavy losses for Israel while reporting its own men wounded with uncertain raid location.
Local civic leader Sol Cohen says Fort Gordon could staff Aiken County Hospital’s emergency room with Army physicians around the clock in their spare time. Col Alton B Peyton, Fort Gordon hospital commander, outlined criteria including a formal request and local medical society agreement that an emergency exists.
The county board's chairman called negotiations with Hospital Corporation of America premature while commissioners discussed a possible 18 month county option. Commissioner Harold Graybeal said the board asked HCA to price and include the option in a contract and noted citizen interest in county ownership.
Downtown scene shifts as Alvanos' Restaurant regulars start their workday with a fresh routine. A weekend booth makeover in green seats now garlanded in colorful paisley draws attention and sets a lighter mood this morning.
Spiro T. Agnew will speak to a national television audience at 7:30 p.m. EDT. The approximately 15 minute speech aired live on NBC and CBS and is expected to offer guidance on avoiding the problems that ended his political career.
Washington AP reportsHouse and Senate committees began background probes of Gerald R Ford as a prelude to confirmation hearings. Maj orities in both chambers say they will back the Michigan congressman unless issues emerge. Ford says no likely problems and notes he signed over 11500 in 1970 contributions to the RNC for other campaigns.
In Bangkok the former military premier Thanom Kittikachorn his son Narong Kittikachorn and Deputy Premier Praphas Charusathien left the country to quell violence gripping the capital. Police and troops faced street clashes as thousands of demonstrators demanded the leaders be executed and the new civilian premier urged an end to bloodshed.
Viet Cong forces captured a government position in the Bach Ma area near Hue after 11 hours of shelling. A VC spokesman claimed about 200 government troops were destroyed, while a South Vietnamese official said 60 men abandoned the outpost last Friday, with two soldiers killed and 11 wounded.
The CDC warns that several past miracle drugs may fail against new strains of gonorrhea typhoid malaria tuberculosis and shigellosis. Studies show these diseases have grown immune to penicillin ampicillin streptomycin tetracycline and other antibiotics.
Sheriff Paul Grant said drug arrests in Aiken County involved 27 youths and that parental attitudes range from supportive to blaming law enforcement. He urged parents to seek help rather than prison for their children, claiming the raid has dented local drug traffic and stressing early intervention.
The Aiken area forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and temperatures near 80 today and tomorrow. Tonight will see low 50s with fair skies and light northerly winds. An extended outlook shows partly cloudy skies with daytime highs in the 80s and overnight lows around the upper 50s.
Republican City Council candidate Frampton Durban argues the city should provide police fire roads garbage and water while limiting other services by funds. He backs studies for downtown core competitiveness and a high school recreation center in Aiken, praising current council within budget limits.
Cairo and Tel Aviv reported heavy fighting on multiple fronts as Israel pressed toward Damascus and Sinai lines held. Egyptian claims of gains contrasted with Israeli assertions that their defense line remained about 22 miles from the Suez Canal and that a naval patrol sunk 14 armed fishing boats at Ras Gharib.
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