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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1969
Page
2
The excerpt outlines daily zodiac guidance for Libra through Virgo with notes on behavior and relationships. It cautions Libra about involvement, urges measured ambition, and highlights themes of self reliance patience finances romance work and loyalty across signs from Libra to Virgo.
The Tu berculosis and Respiratory Disease Association of the Edisto Savannah area declares Cleaner Air Week to promote air conservation. The spokesman notes South Carolina faces potential pollution from growth and industry and urges citizens to cooperate with ongoing programs beyond the week.
Damascus reports Libyan Foreign Minister Saleh Bousseir urged urgent talks with the U S envoy over evacuating Wheelus air base from Libyan soil. Col Moammer Kazzafi warned bases would be evacuated by peaceful means or force, as dates for renewals in 1970 and 1973 loom.
Police said a thief entered Claude Redd's Florence Street home Monday after breaking a back door glass. About $2,000 in government bonds $115 in silver certificates and $150 in uncirculated coins were stolen before Redd arrived home at 3:30 p.m. Investigating officer Dr. James W. Whitehurst noted the entry was through a broken glass door.
Sacramento officials approved ordinances banning bottomless and topless dancing and topless waitresses, to take effect Nov. 19, following a recent nude-dance trial acquittals that spurred calls for enforceable laws. Dist. Atty John Prince cited unenforceable existing statutes, noting potential court tests from either Sacramento or Los Angeles counties.
The Nixon administration braces for a possible failure to extend the 10 percent surtax past December 31. Senate delays on tax reform push the outcome to 1970, tying the surtax to broader measures. White House advisers warn inflation could rise without the extension and related repeal of the investment tax credit, pledging to push hard to secure it.
Somalia's government was toppled by a military coup in Mogadishu within a day of President Shermarke's funeral. A revolutionary council seized power, borders closed, and a curfew was imposed as observers link unrest to parliamentary stagnation and drought. The 400 Americans in the country were reported unharmed.
In South Carolina a legislative committee heard that political pull rather than law enforcement knowledge often gains people police jobs. Carl Reasonover urged a state training standard act and noted limited academy resources, while warning against overreliance on federal funds. He proposed a statewide family court for young offenders and fulltime solicitors.
Nearly three dozen South Carolina state park cabins are winterized and attracting crowds. Mountain cabins at Table Rock and Oconee are booked through Oct 31. others at Poinsett Givhans Ferry Myrtle Beach Hunting Island and Edisto Beach are available. Rates range from 43 to 69 dollars weekly with a three day minimum. Reservations by writing or calling park superintendents. addresses listed for Cheraw Givhans Ferry Myrtle Beach Santee Edisto Hunting Island Oconee Poinsett Table Rock.
South Carolina expands control over Land and Water Conservation Fund grants. Regional planning commissions now approve initial applications for cities and counties in ten districts including Aiken, Orangeburg, and Barnwell before final Bureau of Outdoor Recreation funding.
The South Carolina reading teachers and reading supervisors host a fall workshop at Hand Junior High School Columbia from 9 30 a m to 12 30 p m Saturday. Mrs Mary P Easterling president of SCORTRS says panels will cover primary intermediate and secondary levels under the theme Meeting the Challenges and Opportunities in Reading in South Carolina. Teachers seeking to improve reading skills in any subject at any level are invited.
Former Pueblo crewman Lee R. Hayes, 11 months in North Korean prisons in 1968, will discuss capture and imprisonment and lessons from the Pueblo case at 8 p.m. Thursday. The talk titled Remember The Pueblo is part of a three week regional tour sponsored by the Aiken TRAIN Committee. Tickets are $1 by mail or $1.50 at the auditorium. Hayes frames liberty as a guarded, vigilant duty.
Columbia reports the South Carolina State Fair nears its 100th anniversary finale with Farmers Day on Thursday and School Day on Friday. The Arthur Smith Show wraps Thursday night, horse events begin Friday, and the South Carolina State Championship Horse Show runs Friday and Saturday. Exhibits in cattle, arts, agriculture, women’s crafts and flowers shine, and the Orchid Show features thousands of tropical orchids from many countries.
The old silver dollars were nine tenths silver and one tenth copper. The new silver dollars will consist of a copper nickel sandwich.
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