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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1976
Page
2
A government survey of 2,503 U.S. households from 1974 finds 63 percent of kitchens as high risk for food poisoning. It notes younger cooks, better educated, and higher income families show more risk due to unsafe practices like tasting uncertain products and improper cooling and refrigeration.
Ronald Coleman assistant secretary of the Interior told a Columbia civic club that offshore drilling off South Carolina could conflict with shipping and fishing but cause little environmental damage. He projected 10 drilling platforms up to four pipelines and one to two gas plants, with leases 25 to 80 miles offshore, and said exploration could begin in about a year. He urged expanding energy production amid growing foreign oil dependence and warned another embargo could be worse than 1973.
Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes each afternoon except Saturdays and Sundays. Located at 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801 with postal box 456. Includes AP dispatches and policy on republication and corrections.
The forecast shows cool conditions for most of the nation. Florida and the Pacific coast are expected to be mild, while rain is forecast along the Atlantic coast and snow is expected for the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Valley.
Florence AP report: John R. McCown, married three weeks, jailed on murder charges in the beating death of his 21 year old bride Diane M. McCown. autopsy at MUSC Charleston shows death from severe head blows. body pulled from a Darlington County pond. Joseph S. Cole, 24, of Timmonsville, faces abduction charges in the woman's disappearance. Mrs McCown reported missing from their Effingham mobile home by her husband.
Senator Strom Thurmond says President Ford will visit South Carolina this Saturday to attend the state fair and the University of South Carolina Notre Dame football game. The White House has not issued an official announcement.
AP reports fight referee Tony Perez loses a $20 million libel suit against Muhammad Ali, with Ali’s countersuit dismissed. Also in brief, comedian Dick Gregory and wife Lilian arrested for protesting at the South African Embassy, John Paul Jones knighted in a secular order ceremony, Burt Reynolds released from hospital after chest pains, and Hugh Fraser begins divorce proceedings from Lady Antonia Fraser.
J Ralph Gasque a long serving South Carolina senator resigns effectively Oct 11 to become eligible for retirement pay. He faced federal indictments on conspiracy and fraud involving federal manpower and housing funds. His resignation follows a June primary loss to John H Waller.
A former Jenrette partner Phil Permenter and credit union officials including manager Jack Montgomery current manager John Nelson and director Albert Guerrina were subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury. The probe centers on a 340000 loan secured on undeveloped resort land later reported underwater or unowned by Jenrette.
A recent study shows gymnastics courses drawing strong interest across ages in Vienna. The Vienna Athletic Center has doubled enrollment in the past year as residents sign up for programs aimed at staying physically fit.
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