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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1973
Page
1
Aiken Public Safety Director J C Busbee calls motorists to yield to cyclists and asks riders to obey traffic laws. He says all city bicycles can be licensed at the police station on Tuesday afternoons, while noting a roller skate speed record of 26 miles per hour.
A Princeton AP report notes Gallup data: 92 percent think the Nixon administration deserves credit for anti crime effort, while 41 percent say the Watergate investigation harms the country. Nine percent express no view. An Aug 17-19 survey of 1 052 adults nationwide covers opinion.
Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma plan their first earth resources camera work during the 38th day of a 59 day mission. The pass starts over South America moves to Europe and returns via the Atlantic to Spain France and northern Italy with favorable lighting for the European leg.
Prime Minister Abdel Sallam Jalloud said Libya will maintain oil production despite seizing 51 percent stakes in four foreign firms and similar action on the remaining four. He warned that if firms do not meet demands the country will export only enough oil to cover its investments.
Italy reports a rolling cholera outbreak with nine deaths in Naples in the past week while Bari records forty cases and two deaths. The southern coast faces ongoing transmission as health authorities monitor the spread.
Detroit AP reports UAW and Chrysler negotiations resume as the key hurdle remains voluntary overtime. Talks have run daily at Chrysler HQ for 12 days since a pattern-setting contract target was set, with little progress noted after a shortened session as UAW leaders watched Leonard Woodcock on Meet the Press.
President Nixon remains at Camp David in Maryland to escape Washington heat with wife Pat daughters Tricia and Julie and son in law David Eisenhower. C G Rebozo also joins the holiday retreat. The Eisenhowers visit Gettysburg for lunch with Mamie Eisenhower.
Danish convict Bent Willy Nielsen, 34, is held after two survivors say he confessed guilt over the Hafna Hotel fire that killed 35 people, including 20 Americans. Nielsen denies making the statement or starting the fire.
Representatives from Extendicare Corporation of Louisville Ky will meet at 8 p.m. in the hospital cafeteria to discuss plans for a private hospital in Aiken County with staff doctors the hospital board of trustees and the county board of commissioners. Commission Chairman Harold Graybeal called the presentation important and the Wagener public hearing was postponed to a later date.
The Aiken County Sheriff and County Administrator explore expanded protection spanning 1000 plus miles. A take home patrol car policy targets quicker response in outlying Wagener and other areas. Goals include deterrence, higher clearance rates, safer travel, and citizen security.
Parks in Aiken rely on rye grass seed costing 9c per pound last year, rising to 25 27c this year with about 4000 pounds used annually. City park commissioner John Elliot says the only way to cut costs is to stop purchasing seed, urging residents to contact him or two local suppliers if continued seed is desired. Suppliers report last year prices at 12.95 14.95 per 100 pounds and current costs near 30 per 100.
Exiled Cambodian ruler Norodom Sihanouk told CBS from Peking that negotiations will not settle the fighting. He vowed a tenacious fight to end Lon Nol’s U S backed regime and to wipe out imperialism and neo colonialists in Phnom Penh.
The U S Weather Service in Columbia forecasts partly cloudy and warm conditions today and Tuesday with a 20 percent chance of precipitation today and 10 percent tonight. Highs are expected in the lower 90s and nightly lows around 70. A major Cambodian political crisis unfolds as Sihanouk, deposed in March 1970, and Lon Nol trade assertions on negotiations and potential attacks.
University of South Carolina Aiken Regional Campus expects 800 to 850 students in residence this morrow including undergraduate freshmen and sophomores. Director William C Casper says 700 full time students were the target to allow a third year. final counts depend on registration. A 700 full time threshold previously triggered a possible third year, while 1,000 would trigger a fourth year. A spring bill may require General Assembly or State Higher Education Commission approval for any third or fourth year.
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