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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1971
Page
1
Life Magazine reports President Nixon may replace J Edgar Hoover by year end to avoid a major convulsion in the FBI. The claim, in Hugh Sidey's The Presidency column, cites no source and describes the agency as dispirited by Hoover’s petty tyrannies.
Albania and the United States face off as the General Assembly begins a debate on replacing Nationalist China with Communist China or granting both seats. US Ambassador George Bush argues ouster could set a dangerous precedent and that Beijing’s opposition to dual representation may not be final.
Negotiators prepared for talks to end an 18 day coal strike that has disrupted 100000 miners across 20 states. Industry losses exceed 200 million dollars in wages, sales and taxes, with about 10000 railroad workers laid off amid dock strikes on East and Gulf coasts.
Belgian Foreign Ministry stated Anatoly Tcheboratev, a Soviet trade mission employee, sought political asylum in the United States while based in Belgium. He was linked as a friend of Oleg Lyalin, who defected in London exposing many spies. Tcheboratev has been missing from Belgium since early this month.
Former U S Commissioner of Education James E. Allen Jr his wife Florence and eight others were killed when a Scenic Airways Cessna 402 crashed in a snow covered pine forest area on Pine Mountain near the Grand Canyon. A helicopter reached the scene Sunday to confirm the crash.
A 75 year old Connecticut woman Vivian Kellems from East Haddam declares the government owes her 83000 in refunds and opens a federal tax court case as a test of single taxpayers relief. She has refused to pay income taxes for three years citing the claim.
John Linley goes on trial in California for five counts of murder. Nearly a year earlier, gunshot victims including Dr. Victor Ohta his wife two sons and a secretary were found in a Santa Cruz County swimming pool. A note under a windshield wiper proclaimed Materialists must die and World War III on environmental abusers.
Ground fighting flared anew on the South Vietnamese Cambodian border today and a weekend battle 33 miles north of Saigon was reported. Officials estimated 400 enemy troops and about 700 South Vietnamese from the 5th Infantry Division took part in the biggest action near the capital in months.
The Kennedy Center opens its third major venue, the Eisenhower Theater, likely easing headaches for audiences seeking performances tonight in Washington. The new hall expands the center’s offerings and broadens capacity for events.
South Carolina Education Association defends a 45 million dollar for 1972 73 budget including 35 million for teacher pay raises to an average 1200 dollars for 28 000 teachers. They argue the proposal is defensible and needed to compete with Georgia and North Carolina and criticise pessimistic Board views.
Aiken jury fails to reach a verdict in the penalty phase for Richard Lee Richards 24 of Elkhart Indiana after two hours of deliberation. Judge James A Spruill imposes 20 year terms on two counts and 25 years on armed robbery while ordering a psychiatric examination and immediate penitentiary transfer. Five co defendants face mandatory death sentences with guilty verdicts announced Friday. Richards will be rescheduled for sentencing terms at the January term of court.
In Belfast a bomb at Universal Furnishing Co. wounded three bystanders as weekend violence left four to five dead in the city. British troops reported two more snipers shot as they confronted attacks amid reports of arms seizures at a Dutch airport.
The Associated Press reports at least three killed in weekend crashes in South Carolina. An 18 year old Florence man, George William Lee, was struck by a passing Highway Patrol car driven by Florence Patrolman J A Braddock. Coroner W T Eaddy said no charges will be filed pending an inquest set for several weeks.
Pittsburgh police say the parade celebrating the Pirates 2 1 victory over the Orioles turned into a 10 hour riot with 100 plus injured and 300 arrested. Cars were overturned and stores looted while roving crowds confronted officers amid fireworks and sexual displays.
For the first time since January 1947 an Aiken County jury found five defendants guilty of murder with no mercy recommendation, making death sentences mandatory. Names include Bruce Poe Gary Faust Dre Osgood M Leland William Holland and Dennis Davis. A sixth defendant Richard Richards faces the same fate if mercy is not recommended.
Bevo Howard a Charleston aviator and stunt pilot with a long career died Sunday when his single engine Beucker Jungmeister crashed during a Greenville air show. FAA began an investigation as authorities roped off the crash area to determine cause. Howard had planned a final inverted stunt and tail hook handkerchief act. He had flown since age 15 and earlier piloted for Eastern Airlines.
A three part day long seminar on drug and alcohol abuse flood insurance and regional programs will be held in Aken County Health Department auditorium. Speakers include John Zukeman Jim Neal Bob Waters Paul Hyer Jr and Glenn Dukes among others.
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