25 Oct 1971
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1971
Page
1
Guests from around the world attended the opening of the Contemporary Hotel at Disney World near Orlando Florida. The dedication was followed by a lakeside buffet where Ingrid Pitt sampled the available snacks.
Brezhnev travels to Paris amid warnings of large anti Soviet protests. The Soviet leader aims to press France for a friendship treaty and bolster his image as an international statesman in his first Western visit since 1964.
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie urged questioning Supreme Court nominee William H. Rehnquist about his role in last May mass arrests of antiwar demonstrators and his views on First Amendment rights and constitutional fights. Muskie spoke on CBS Face the Nation as Rehnquist, then assistant attorney general, was nominated to the high court with Lewis F. Powell Jr.
President Nixon urged Americans to avoid unrealistically high expectations for his planned journeys to Moscow and Peking. In a Veterans Day eve radio broadcast from Camp David he said the United States ends the unpopular Southeast Asia war while seeking to prevent future conflicts. He added the trips aim at that broader goal.
The Senate faces a double-barreled antiwar amendment likely to pass and go to the House. It would force a U.S. withdrawal within six months and cut off funds for all Indochina military operations except withdrawal and protection of troops.
Donald Rumsfeld says the Pay Board and Price Commission will review some salary and price hike requests individually in Phase 2. He warns a case by case approach would be an incredible burden and notes decisions will be announced in good time.
AP reports art lovers in Paris and the United States paid homage to Pablo Picasso as he marked his 90th birthday. The reclusive master stayed at his Riviera home likely working while the French Communist party staged a large rally at Palais des Sports in Paris. Vallauris held an all day fiesta honoring the artist whose designs boosted its pottery industry.
Vice President Spiro Agnew attends Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery and lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. antiwar protesters plan a year long campaign to oust Nixon with rallies near the Washington Monument and a candlelight White House march. Pentagon places about 2000 troops on alert as protests unfold.
Aiken observes November 11 as a day of remembrance for all veterans instead of the traditional holiday. Veteran organizations did not hold a formal observance today, with Beech Island American Legion among groups noting the change and federal employees taking the day off under the new national holiday schedule.
The South Carolina Education Association delegates voted 181 to 132 to ask the National Education Association to investigate conditions in the state. The move could lead to sanctions affecting teachers and school staff, despite calls from Gov. John West and lawmakers to avoid harming pay raise efforts for the 1972-73 fiscal year.
The Associated Press reports at least nine people died in South Carolina weekend traffic crashes. Among the deceased are three women in a single car near Santee in Orangeburg County Flossie Folk Penwell 69 Marie McMillan Folk 60 and Bessie S Folk 75. Lula Mae Williams 22 of Ridge Spring died from injuries after a Saturday crash on S C 39 near Ridge Spring. Elizabeth Hopkins 15 of Bishopville perished in a high speed one car crash near Hartsville in Darlington County on a secondary road near town limits.
In Belfast and other areas militants killed two women and three men as gun battles and bomb blasts spurred by Irish Republican Army activity. A Belfast policeman was critically wounded, and a bank robbery attempt near Newry left three attackers dead.
American Education Week activities begin with open house at the Aiken County Education Center from morning to 4 30 p m daily. Visitors view the Materials Center Professional Library Curriculum Library and District Maintenance Headquarters at 43 Edgefield Ave NW behind Aiken County Hospital and learn about 49 schools with 24 084 enrollment across four areas.
United Nations in New York considers ousting Nationalist China from the General Assembly with a two thirds majority at stake. Early counts range from 58 to 61 in opposition or support for the US backed resolution, with a possible second vote within 48 hours if tied.
In TSU Japan two express passenger trains collided head on in a tunnel. Police reported seven deaths including the motormen and 178 people injured with three in serious condition.
Typhoon Hester struck South Vietnam causing more than 100 dead or missing. Reports cite 85 Vietnamese and 3 American fatalities, 15 Vietnamese missing, and extensive damage across five northern provinces. Thousands homeless, crops and livestock ruined, refugee camps destroyed, and U.S. bases battered.
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