20 Oct 1970
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1970
Page
1
All Aiken area merchants are invited to a morning meeting at 8 oclock in the Farmers and Merchants Heritage Room. The Greater Aiken Retail Council formed under Shop Aiken will introduce new officers and discuss continuing free downtown parking meters.
Striking flight attendants and pursers picketed major U S airports as federal mediators set a fresh meeting between Trans World Airlines and the Transportation Workers Union to resolve a contract dispute. The midnight walkout halted about 425 domestic flights while international service might continue. Details of wage demands and work rules remained undisclosed.
The San Antonio diphtheria outbreak tops the city's past years with 127 cases this year including 18 in the month and two child deaths. The record compares to 1935 1914 and 1956 outbreaks, noting the disease can affect the heart and nervous system.
State Supreme Court Justice Frederick M. Marshall said he is troubled by court room security in Erie County. He criticized deputies for lacking proper training and failing to search a coat passed to a recently sentenced inmate, urging the sheriff's office to improve protection.
Los Angeles AP reports Julie Marchesan sues opponent Hagar Printzian for 50 000 claiming Printzian bit his nose during an amateur soccer match on November 30, 1969. The nose was retrieved and repaired but still misaligned, according to Marchesan's attorney.
Campus police at the University of Florida acquire two long-haired wigs and a $1,500 film camera. The wigs are for a special drug unit and will not be used on campus, the Florida Alligator reports.
Author Truman Capote was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to three days in jail for failing to appear as a witness at a penalty hearing in Santa Ana. Superior Court Judge Byron K. McMillan issued the bench warrant for contempt after Capote said he was in New York seeking health treatment. Capote apologized saying he did not realize his appearance was crucial. the judge suspended two days of the sentence if the fine is paid before serving the remaining days.
Washington AP reports scientists test water samples and photographs from the Atlantic grave of a shipload of deadly nerve gas. A Navy oceanographic research ship returned with the samples Monday to assess effects on ocean floor life.
Aiken resident buys 35 copies of Friday's paper to enter the Standard Stumper contest. With 35 chances in hand, she aims to win the $290 prize as entries remain open this week.
Attorneys argued the Aiken County Home Rule Bill with two candidates for local and state offices. John Henry Williams urged constitutional flaws and vowed to amend if elected, while Frank Cormany defended the bill as constitutional and coordinated.
A compact page listing sections such as comics editorial deaths want ads and women's notes. The fragment references department codes and page indicators but lacks complete items or names to summarize a full event or notice.
Ottawa backed Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau as he revived the War Measures Act to curb the FLQ terror threat. The Commons approved the move 190 to 16, with New Democrats split. Police and military raids surged in Quebec as 1,627 searches and 341 arrests occurred since Friday. Laporte's abduction and murder near Montreal were linked to the crackdown.
United States and South Vietnamese forces report 129 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed and 30 captured in clashes south of Da Nang, with four Americans killed and 21 wounded in other sectors. Camp and Thuong Duc town endure siege while heavy shelling continues from mortar and rocket fire.
Police found the bound bodies of an eye surgeon and his family, plus a secretary, shot in the back and dumped in a pool at their destroyed Santa Cruz home. Sheriff James said no motive or notes were found and no sign of struggle appeared. Two cars blocked the grounds. The victims were Dr. Victor and others unnamed in the report.
The chamber sponsored Sales Clinic, the final in the series, featured Jim Kitchings Sears personnel director discusses human relations. Attendees earning three fourths attendance received certificates from Mrs. Etta M. Dorn. Sixteen Aiken retail stores were represented during the week and a half of sessions.
Farmers and Merchants Bank in Kitchings outlines a professional selling approach. Manager-employee relations are emphasized as crucial, with focus on approach, courtesy, product knowledge and prompt up selling. The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce sponsors Sales Clinics as part of Total Community Development to improve business in Aiken.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Barnwell County officials endorse Allied-Gulf Nuclear Services request for a permit to build a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant near Barnwell. The AEC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will hear technical information from Barnwell plant officials, with the regulatory staff backing the application. Critics urged delays citing undetermined tritium emission limits and waste storage concerns.
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