Halloween Night Warns of Candy Dangers
Authorities urge supervision on Halloween to inspect treat bags for tampering. Warning notes past risks of dangerous items hidden in candy and advises reporting suspicious candies to law enforcement.
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1973
Page
1
Halloween Safety Patrols Set To Guard Aiken Belvedere Roads
Aiken and Belvedere Jaycees coordinate Halloween safety patrols with about 20 cars on the watch tonight from 6 p.m. to 10 30 p.m. Two to three person units will cover streets and stay in contact with the sheriff. Volunteers will also sell candy bags to fund community projects while officers provide public safety units and CB Club support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee
Aiken
Belvedere Jaycees
Westmoreland
Aiken Jaycee
Aiken Jaycees
Belvedere
Danny Medlin
Bill Corley
Corley
Roger Martin
Martin
CB Club of
Miss Pam Elliott named to Erskine College student affairs committee
Miss Pam Elliott of Aiken is named to a new ad hoc committee on student affairs at Erskine College GOP News reports. Frederick Dent will speak at the Silver Elephant Dinner November 14 in Columbia. A December 5 state party fund raiser in Spartanburg features John Connally as guest speaker. Tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. Spook City invites goblins and ghouls at Teen Town. Halloween Eve notes all is well despite fuel meat and gas shortages and pumpkins remain plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pam Elliott
Aiken
Erskine College
GOP News
Frederick Dent
Columbia
Spartanburg
John Connally
Treasury
White House supplied Cox ITT files before firing
White House officials say they voluntarily provided Archibald Cox with White House documents on the ITT antitrust settlement before his dismissal as special Watergate prosecutor. They argue the files do not show personal Presidential involvement in the 1971 settlement. A Senate memo had suggested the documents would involve the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Archibald Cox
ITT
Senate Watergate Committee
Charles W. Colson
Force Reduction Sought at European Peace Talks
The United States urged the Soviet Union to cut manpower and tanks in central Europe as part of a mutual force reduction. Stanley R. Peser led the U.S. delegation noting Warsaw Pact ground troops on active duty exceed those of the Western alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
United States
Soviet Union
Central
Stanley R. Peser
U.S
Europe
Western Alliance
Watergate Hearings To Resume With Muskie Campaign Focus
Senate Watergate committee resumes hearings as Bert Bernhard, staff director for Edmund Muskie’s 1972 bid, is expected to discuss the impact of political dirty tricks on Muskie’s campaign amid recent turmoil in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Edmund S. Muskie
Bert J. Bernhard
Ton
Maine Democrat
Muskie
GOP Chairman Urges South Carolina Primary In 1974
Ken Powell state GOP chairman urged a statewide primary for 1974 at a meeting of the Aiken County Republican Party executive committee. The panel unanimously backed the plan and discussed fielding strong candidates including a potential governor bid amid a shifting party landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Ken Powell
GOP
Aiken County
Republican Party
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Ed Hennelly
Dan Ross
Powell
Democratic Party
Robert) McNair
Contest Winner Named In Football Contest
David McGuire of Aiken won last week's football contest and $50 after missing only one prediction. He tied for correct choices with others but was closest to the total points in the tie breaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David McGuire
Aiken
McGuire
Rain Likely With Mild Weekend In Aiken
The Aiken area sees increasing cloudiness today with highs in the 70s and tonight's low in the upper 50s. A 20 percent rain chance today and tomorrow, rising to 60 percent tonight. winds SW 10 to 15 mph today, NW about 15 mph tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Sadat ties Middle East peace to Israeli pullback in Sinai
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat said peace depends on Israel withdrawing to the Oct 22 cease fire line. He refused direct talks, urged disengagement first, and said a UN supervised conference could follow. Golda Meir left for Washington to meet President Nixon as tensions and aid issues lingered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Middle East
Golda Meir
Israel
Washington
Nixon
Sadat
Sinai Desert
Suez Canal
Israli
West Bank
Payne's Condition Worsens After Hospital Surgery
De p t. Charles Payne, 26, listed in critical condition at University Hospital after surgery. The deputy was injured in Saturday's car crash that killed Meg Grant, daughter of Aiken County Sheriff Paul D. Grant. Investigations continue by SLED and the Aiken County Sheriff's Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dep
Charles Payne
University Hospital
Payne
Meg Grant
Aiken County
Paul D. Grant
SLED
Congress Pushes Ford Confirmation
Congressional leaders push for early approval of Gerald R. Ford as vice president designates amid talk of impeachment moves against President Nixon. House Speaker Albert and Senate Leader Mansfield favor prompt hearings and vote, barring major disclosures, with a Thanksgiving target. Rep. Riegle, a former Republican now a Democrat, is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Cratic
Mike Mansfield
Ford
Albert
House
Mansfield
Donald W. Riegle Jr
Michigan
Petition Not Needed For Hospital Vote Advisory Referendum Planned
Aiken County officials confirm the November 1974 hospital referendum will be advisory and need no petition from landowners. The vote will gauge support for a tax funded public hospital or replacing the current facility with a private one, with possible attached tax implications and a future option on buying the hospital facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County Hospital
Aiken County Commission
Harold V. Graybeal
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Aiken County
Graybear
Hospital Corporation of America
HCA
Graybeal
Cox Worried Over Power Of New Prosecutor
Archibald Cox warns that a new special prosecutor named by President Nixon may lack authority to probe campaign financing, wiretapping, and the ITT case, beyond the Watergate break in and cover up. He cites White House complaints about his broad inquiry and testifies on his firing. Bert Bernhard and tape summaries are discussed for Senate hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Archibald Cox
Nixon
ITT
Cox
Senate Judiciary Committee
Democratic
Elliot L. Richardson
White House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Amoco to Build Food Packaging Plant in Aiken County
Amoco Chemicals announces a new 150000 square foot plant in Beech Island to produce plastic cups containers lids and plates for food service. The facility aims to ease distribution into the East and South and will supplement existing plants in La Mirada and Chippewa Falls. Governor West praises the move as a boost to Aiken County’s economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beech Island
Amoco Chemicals Corporation
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
RH. Ossyra
Amoco
Ing
Ossyra
la Mirada
California
Chippaway Falls
Wisconsin
Amoco Chemicals
Alvin
Texas
New Castle
Delaware
Joliet
Illinois
John C. West
South Carolina
Progressive Company
Aiken County
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Teen Town
S.C. Gop
Didate
William J.B. Dorn
D-S.c
Mideast
Paget-A
Congress
Carl Albert
Bert Bernhard
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Joan J. Sirica
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