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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1976
Page
1
The Senate proposes eliminating a 1 percent COLA bonus on federal pension hikes for retirees. Since 1969 the extra amount boosted pensions, contributing to a 72 percent rise while general COLAs reached 56 percent, prompting calls to repeal the bonus.
Affidavits from about 60 cadets cite nearly 700 others at the United States Military Academy in West Point flouting the honor code through lying cheating stealing and tolerating such acts. The documents reveal widespread alleged offenses including sharing exam questions at meals and lying about attendance as part of the case before the cadet honor committee.
James Ritchie, former executive director, told a House committee that legal gambling such as off track betting and state lotteries fosters illegal gambling by teaching bettors how to wager. He linked public interest in professional sports to gaming and warned that eliminating illegal gambling could affect sports visibility.
President Ford weighs a veto or abstention on Vietnam joining the United Nations as officials say U.S. dissatisfaction over Hanoi’s policy toward missing in action servicemen will inform a likely veto. Officials note Ford seeks to shore up voters wary of any Vietnam gesture amid past vetoes of both Vietnams.
Police armed with automatic rifles patrolled Cape Town areas after a night of rioting and arson that left five dead and at least 12 wounded. The toll from racial unrest since mid June rose to at least 311, with about 30 arrests reported. violence also flared at two other sites in South Africa.
Prime Minister John Vorster returned from talks with Henry Kissinger and ruled out a political role for blacks in white-ruled South Africa while signaling strict measures against antigovernment rioters. He offered to meet with black urban leaders only to discuss wages jobs services and property and movement restrictions.
American prisoners halted a 36 hour hunger strike in Mexico City after the Interior Ministry said the government would pursue measures to free hundreds of Americans in Mexican jails. President Echeverria proposed parole legislation that could affect many of the 572 U. S. inmates by year end. The move diminished strike momentum as about 70 Americans and two Canadians had joined initially.
Soviet pilot Lt. Viktor I. Belenko boarded a commercial flight to the United States after defecting with his Mig25 from Japan Aboard the flight U S officials accompanied him while Soviet sources said he left behind a wife and daughter Mrs Belenko expressed disbelief at the defection The incident followed his Monday test flight that sparked a Moscow Tokyo diplomatic row and provided Washington with an intelligence bonanza.
A citizen questioned the council avoiding a broader issue, while Councilman Ralph C. Cullinan quipped about living in a can of worms. Attorney John H. Williams admitted he had been wrong before, recalling 1941 as a past misjudgment.
Last week a small group of Aiken County voters approved a second wastewater PSA referendum seen as the final hurdle to resolving ongoing PSA problems.
A 60 day extension for the PSA wastewater project was granted as bidders hold the line on trunk lines and the Horse Creek Basin facility. Councilman Kirby moved to seek a declaratory judgment on PSA legality risking the project and potential legal snarl.
Music educators from across the state gather at the SCEA Building on Zilmacrest Drive. The elementary division meets at 1 30 p m Saturday while band directors attend Friday evening and Saturday sessions, with orientation for new directors and a general meeting at 2 p m at Airport High School Cayce. Orchestra division members also begin weekend meetings at the SCEA building.
The Aiken County Education Association will hold its first general meeting of the school year at 4 p.m. Monday at Aiken Junior High School. The upcoming referendum will be a key topic in the meeting. The ACEA has pledged it self to working for the referendum's passage.
Council members, still nursing wounds from Tuesday's meeting, delay delivering a statement of reasons for seeking Donnie J. Williams' termination. Prosser says the document is still being prepared with no delivery date.
Mao Zedong, who forged the People's Republic of China and ruled for 27 years, died at 12:10 a.m. local time. Hsinhua reported his illness worsened despite care, and the party faces a power succession with Hua Kuo-feng likely next in line amid a tense political scene.
The Aiken area expects cool conditions with Friday and Saturday in the low 80s during the day and overnight lows near the 50s. A chance of showers remains, with roughly 50 percent tonight and 40 percent tomorrow.
A Hanford worker contaminated by radioactivity in a chemical explosion was released from hospital with no lasting harm. Marvin Klundt, 43, a nuclear chemical operator for Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co, is to return to work at the Hanford Reservation where the Aug. 31 blast occurred.
At the Aiken County Courthouse the two week General Sessions term opened with more women than men chosen for juries and a woman foreperson selected by Judge Harry E. Agnew. Sylvia Westerdahl assists the solicitor in the case against Thomas Lyles, who faces assault with intent to kill after a knife fight with Patrolman R. E. Hardt and Lt. H. B. Eagerton near Kershaw Street.
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