09 Sep 1975
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1975
Page
1
County educators wrestle with a new state provision mandating breakfast in public schools. Aiken District officials cite earlier openings, extra staff, dining and kitchen limits, and higher costs while awaiting details as State officials express uncertainty and mourn the death of food service director David Matthews.
Washington AP Congress weighs limits on U S technicians monitoring the Sinai peace accord. A Church proposal would pull out technicians if war erupts and another would let Congress withdraw them anytime.
Two young calm gunmen robbed a Left Bank bank in Paris taking seven hostages and demanding 6 million francs. After hours of negotiations police handed over 1.35 million dollars and a white limousine, then the robbers fled in a different car with three hostages left in the getaway vehicles.
Yellow school buses escorted by motorcycle police quietly delivered students to Boston public schools for the second day of a desegregation program. Most students, black, left the buses under gray skies and entered their buildings past city and state police and U.S. marshals. No incidents or crowds were reported, with attendance similar to Monday.
Washington reports a slight May drop in AFDC caseloads to 11,357,442, down 11,607 from April, the first decrease since unemployment rose in 1974. Cash payments eased to $735.7 million, $6.2 million lower than April, the first decline since May 1974.
U S officials say the Cambodian government’s first official account strengthens the case for military action over the Mayaguez seizure. The account places rescue timing at 52 hours after the initial White House demand and claims Cambodia planned to release the ship 39 hours after U S demands were made.
Prince Noro dom Sihanouk returned to Phnom Penh ending five years of Chinese exile. He arrived from Peking amid cheering crowds, accompanied by Princess Monique, Penn Nouth, and Khieu Samphan, a top Khmer Rouge leader. The former king now faces an undefined role in Cambodia’s Communist governance.
On a cruise Pat Conroy verified his identity to a passenger by showing his driver license after the film Conrack played in the ship theater. The night also saw Joe Joseph report a stolen tape player from his car with other cars broken into, adding a rough evening to the game.
Three masked gunmen robbed the Midland Valley Farmers and Merchants branch in Clearwater at 10 10 a m escaping in a green 1973 Ford toward Belvedere then possibly back toward Storm Branch. Deputies and FBI tracked via aerial sweeps, no shots fired, no arrests.
The City of Aiken plans a five year lease with the state to open a youthful offenders facility for up to 250 men aged 17 to 21 at the old Air Force Base site. The project aims to provide vocational education and religious guidance while boosting the local economy via $3,000 monthly rent and employment.
The forecast calls for mostly sunny and warm today with a 30 percent chance of rain. Tonight and tomorrow expect partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions with a 10 percent chance of rain and highs in the 80s and lows in the mid 60s.
HUD will abandon plans for a Chesterfield housing project due to costly drainage work. City council dropped an appeal on a 75 percent zoning vote after Judge Peeples sided with residents. Officials seek another site while preparing for November elections with votamatic machines and a 45 day primary to general deadline.
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