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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1976
Page
5
A double puzzle page features THOMAS JOSEPHs crossword with Across clues for 36 Most furtive to 35 Neighbor of Wyo plus a cryptogram and a daily cryptoquote hint. The page includes a sample quote and instructions on letter substitutions and code clues.
The column analyzes a bridge hand from the North South vulnerable session with bidding and play insights. South plans four spades over a no trump, East interferes, West doubles to signal, declarer exploits the diamond and club sequence to gain tricks. The piece ends by promoting a doubles guide and mail order offer.
A record 1,113,361 persons are eligible to vote in the South Carolina November 2 election, per the state Election Commission. The previous general election high was 1,033,688 registered voters in 1972, with 997,808 eligible in 1974’s off year.
Bruce Collins, navigator aboard the Spirit, drifted 28 days in an orange life raft after a September 27 sinking 900 miles west of San Francisco. He was rescued by a Coast Guard plane and later to arrive aboard a cutter. Miller and Miss Perry perished. two others were rescued earlier.
Washington AP reports the United States will return to standard time this Sunday at 2 a.m. The six month daylight period under the 1966 Uniform Time Act remains the rule, with Arizona Hawaii and parts of Indiana exempt. Congress has wavered on year-round DST amid debates over energy and safety impacts.
A list of candidates for U S House and Senate in the November elections includes Marsh and Boggs Woods and Field Hill Glenn Noll Stump Brooks Schade Moss Rose Flowers Derrick and Crane Locke and Keys Emery and Flynt Sparks and Burns Bell and Horne Beard and Combs Heinz Cann Pickle Pepper Cole Cobb Pease Cook Carter and Ford Johnson and Humphrey Goldwater and Miller Wallace McCarthy Heckler Lewis and Clark West Butler and Porter Miller and Banker Weaver and Taylor Shepherd and Granger Skinner and Hyde Steed Trotter Brown Green White Amber Golden Pasley Nixon Ziegler Dean Mitchell McCord Dublin Trent Madrid Ireland Holland Jordan Austin and Houston King and Kaiser Swank Price and Wirth Nichols Ginn and Staggers Krok Hall Chambers Hutt Couch Wahl Diggs Wylie Young Batchelor Spooner Judy and Salley Held Close Damours Dodge Carr Hood Banker Dent Pike and Rhodes Leak and Plummer Fountain and Flood DeWaters Towell Preyer and Blessey Devine Bass Salmon Crabbe Seals Fisher and Hooks Moose and Wolff Hart and Roe Hunter Hereford Steers Stockman Pierce and Severs Gore Byrd and Eagle Monks Gibbons Chiles and Doll Howard Hughes Harper Lee Mayer Daly Evans and Nowak Brinkley Washington Adams Jackson Buchanan Taft Cleveland Wilson Freedom and Kindness English and Scott.
Four presidential candidates campaign across South Carolina this week. Thomas J. Anderson plans radio and TV appearances, a 12:30 p.m. news conference at Wade Hampton Hotel, and a 7:30 p.m. rally at Dreher High School. Ford Carter Maddox also tour Columbia, Florence, Charleston, Greenville and Aiken with multiple press events and broadcasts.
A State Budget and Control Board report analyzes South Carolina’s economy, predicting no rapid growth in revenues until at least 1978. It cites consumer spending and capital investment as drivers, notes a $16 million 1976 deficit, and mentions a possible future spending cut to align with revenue estimates.
Assistant City Manager Mike Strickland announced the City of Aiken Annual Report has been published and will be inserted in the Aiken Standard Friday November 5th. He urged citizens to read the report to better understand the city’s government and how tax dollars are used.
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