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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1973
Page
1
Malcom Miess, machinist instructor at Aiken TEC, presented a wiring tool kit to a graduating student Louis Key during a ceremony. The moment recalled the rush of new achievements as the school opened its doors for kindergarten through graduate classes at USCA.
Foreign ministers of the 10 nation Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries gather in Kuwait to discuss a joint policy toward the United States and Israel supporters. Oil sources say limits on production increases are the likely outcome, with a freeze or cut mainly impacting Europe and Japan, not the United States.
Insurgent troops battled government forces on both sides of the highway from Kompong Cham to its airport. Rebels fired about 200 mortar rounds into the city 47 miles northeast of Phnom Penh as reinforcements arrived by helicopter and boat.
In Toronto the last rail union still opposing government legislation told its 18 000 members to resume duties Monday night as trains rolled again. Canada’s large newsprint producer planned shipments this week though two other major newsprint firms remained idled by a separate month long strike.
Scotland Yard said a parcel bomb injuring three policemen Monday night was likely the work of East End gangsters tied to the Irish Republican Army. The package, found in a stolen car, was addressed to a police station. Investigators probe why officers handled it despite warnings amid London bombings. A second bomb in Birmingham failed to detonate.
In Tel Aviv the Labor Party approved a plan to expand Jewish settlements and industry in the 1967 war’s captured territory. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan promoted the plan allowing Jewish organizations to buy land from Arabs and expanding land holdings.
An 88 year old man in Rome died from cholera on Monday after likely contracting it from sea snails eaten near Naples. Naples has seen nine deaths in the past week while Bari reports three nationwide. No new Naples cases were noted as the outbreak subsides.
President Salvador Allende is set to address a rally and renew his pledge to persist with the socialist revolution and reject calls for his resignation. A large march to the presidential palace marks the third anniversary of his election as the Western Hemisphere’s first freely elected Marxist leader.
Industry figures say removing price controls could raise the average residential gas bill by 25 to 50 dollars per year. Officials push for higher prices to spur exploration and ease the energy shortage.
Washington officials dispute Newsweek claim that Agnew aides expect a grand jury hearing this week. Spokesman J Marsh Thomson says no Agnew staffer referenced such a grand jury proceeding and calls the report absolutely false.
Kurds accuse the Iraqi government of obtaining poison gas for use against Kurdish areas and call for international scrutiny. The report notes Baghdad’s alleged stockpiling amid regional tension and Kurdish appeals for defense support.
A six month food price survey shows the market basket edged lower toward late August with pork chops and eggs leading declines after price controls were lifted in mid July. Despite the drop the family grocery bill remains about seven percent higher than six months earlier.
Councilmen Wyman and Fulmer announce Republican bids for re election and Durban joins as candidate. Wyman and Fulmer seek second terms while Fulmer aims for a third. Durban runs first time emphasizing business like governance and fiscal soundness. Durban is native Aikenite, Clemson graduate, and former planning commission member.
Increased production costs force the Aiken Standard to raise advertiser rates effective October 1. The change ends a more than two year period without hikes, as prices for many commodities have risen sharply.
Tropical Storm Delia stayed offshore, about 140 miles from Galveston, as it strengthened and drifted slightly north toward the Louisiana coast. Chief meteorologist Davis Benton of the Galveston weather office said the storm could ashore along Louisiana but warned the track remained uncertain. Delia teased Texas coastal residents with swells and high tides from Freeport to Cameron, La, as its center remained disorganized.
The Aiken area faces partly cloudy warm weather with a 40 to 50 percent chance of afternoon thundershowers today tonight and tomorrow. Highs near 90, lows around 70, and light easterly winds with possible gusts near storms.
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners and Stall doctors of Aiken will meet with American Medi Corps at Doctors Hospital in Augusta Sunday at 3 p.m. American Medicorps seeks to build a hospital in Aiken. The commissioners will also meet Extendicare Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Aiken County Hospital Cafeteria.
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