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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1969

Page

2

Israel Escalation Reported With Air Raid and Frontline Battles

Egypt condemns Tuesday raid as escalation tied to U S arms sales while a first batch of 50 F 4 Phantom jets arrived in Israel. In fighting along the Jordan River cease fire line Israeli and Jordanian forces battled mortars and howitzers for minutes three miles north of the Dead Sea. In Hebron Arab grenade incident triggers curfew and arrests as authorities note no casualties.

Egypt Brit- Bhs Ahmed Hassan el-Feki U.S Israel Mordechai Hod Ione Jordan River Jor Dead Sea Amman Hebron West Bank Ofer Ben-David

Viet Cong Rockets Hit Areas As Cease-Fire Talks Continue

U S and South Vietnamese forces reported heightened activity in the Gia Vuo Valley southwest of Sa Nang with Viet Cong Stratofortresses conducting strikes near rocket positions. Despite cease-fire notes, 12 of 31 shellings caused casualties, as allied forces maintained proportional responses and continued bombardment in the Arizona Territory area with 300 tons of explosives.

Gia Vuo Sa Nang U.S UES Arizona Territory

Marion A Scott Dies in Aiken Hospital Services Today

Marion A Scott 54 of Aiken died Wednesday at University Hospital Augusta from injuries after a fall from a moving vehicle. Services set for 4 p.m. at Shaws Fork Baptist Church with Rev R D Parkinson officiating. Burial in Aiken Memorial Park. Survived by widow Elizabeth, daughter Emmie Brantley, son Marion Jr., mother Mozelle Scott, brother Woodrow Scott. George Funeral Home in charge.

Marion A Bob) Scott Toute 2 Aiken University Hospital Augusta Shaws Fork Baptist Church R. D. Parkinson Aiken Memorial Park Aiken County Mozelle Taylor Lcott Horace S. Scott Scott Elizabeth J. Scott Emmie Scott Brantley Marion A. Scott Woodrow W. Scott Robert W. Shellhouse Mackey Scott Jr Roy Babb Marvin Eubanks Harry Brady Willie Clark Ernest Smith Jack Williams Marion Hall Cleve Stringfield Charles Cupp Raymond E. Brantley Webb Watson George Funeral Home

Aiken Standard Description and Circulation Details

The Aiken Standard, established 1867, published daily except Saturdays and Sundays. Office at 217 Richland Avenue W, Aiken, S C, ZIP 29801, PO Box 456. Leased AP dispatches and United Press International member. No ads error liability. corrections issued in next issue. Carrier rate 25 cents weekly. annual $13.00. six months $7.50. three months $4.00.

Aiken Standard Richland Avenue Aijiken Ss. C Aiken S.C Associated Press United Press International

Rumor Control earns praise for calming Los Angeles

In just over a year Rumor Control built a reputation in the Black community as a solid information source. Mayor Yorty and Police Chief Davis praised the privately run, donation supported center for countering dangerous rumors with factual updates and 24 hour taped messages.

Los Angeles Sam Yorty Edward M. Davis NAACP Davis Yorty Watts Carver Junior High Rumor Control Luther Fuller Jr National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders Kerner Detroit Chicago Celes King III City Human Relations Commission Fuller King

Kidnap Plot Fails as Couple Escapes in Muskoka

In a tense Ontario kidnapping, three or four men abducted Mrs. Nelles from her new husband’s home and demanded up to 850000 then 200000. The plan unraveled when a hidden microphone failed and police lost the suspects amid Muskoka woods. Mrs. Nelles later found bound in a sleeping bag.

Muskoka Ontario Canada Nelles Toronto

Mrs. Mary Willis Poole Willis Services Held at Clinton Church

Services for Mrs. Mary Lessie Poole Willis of Graniteville are at Clinton Methodist Church at 4 p.m. with Rev. John Davenport and Rev. David Spivey officiating. Burial follows in the church cemetery. She was born in Aiken County to Henry and Georgia Ann Poole and survived by Everett Willis, three sisters Effie Fulmer Lillie Mae Fulmer Annice Young, two brothers Conner and Clifford Poole, with Posey’s Funeral Home in charge.

Graniteville Mary Lessie Poole Willis Aiken County Clinton Methodist Church Perry John Davenport David Spivey Church Henry Georgia Ann Whetstone Poole St. John Methodist Church Everett Willis Effie Fulmer Cayce Lillie Mae Fulmer Ridge Spring Annice Young Salley Conner Poole Clifford Poole Charles Vann Charles Poole Dennis Gregory Carl Craig Irvine Arthur Paul Burnett Posey

Williamsons Dies Veterans Officer to Be Laid to Rest

G G Bert Williamson of Wyman Street died Wednesday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Augusta. Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at St Thaddeus Episcopal Church with Rev Fleetwood J Albercht officiating. Burial will be private. He was a native of Brooklyn and a veteran of the Spanish American War. Surviving are his widow Katherine Volz Williamson a daughter Mrs Herbert S Reynolds of Jackson Mich a brother Harold G Williamson of Rutherford N J and two grandchildren Mrs Andrew Hall of San Mateo Calif and Herbert S Reynolds III of Jackson Mich.

G. Bert Williamson Wyman Street Veterans Administration Hospital Augusta St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church Fleetwood J. Albrecht Brooklyn N. Y Williamson Aiken St. Thaddeus Church Katherine Volz Williamson Herbert S. Reynolds Jackson Mich Harold G. Williamson Rutherford, N. J Andrew Hall San Mateo Calif Herbert S. Reynolds III George Funeral Home

Fiedler Rites Planned Friday

Committal rites for Paul A. Fiedler of Summer Street who died September 3 will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in Aiken Memorial Park with the Rev. Martin E. Franke officiating. Aiken Masonic Lodge 156 AFM will accord Masonic rites.

Paul A. Fiedler Summer Street Aiken Memorial Park Martin E. Franke Aiken

Soviet China border clashes loom in Khrushchev era report

March Moscow dispatch notes Premier Kosygin’s Hanoi departure and Asian talks hinting at border talks with China. Tass cites 488 alleged Chinese frontier violations from June to mid August with 2,500 participants, and the Aug 13 clash near Sinkiang. Chinese diaries and plans are quoted as proof of attacks. Casualty figures are not provided.

Alexei N. Kosygin Hanoi Ho Chi Minh Kremlin Peking Moscow China Tass PRC People's Republic of China Soviet Union Kazakhstan Sinkiang Kirkinsky Island

DeBakey Sees Transplants As Limited Future Aid

Dr. Michael DeBakey in Los Angeles said heart transplants will remain a limited treatment for dis ease, not a major cure. He urged protection of federally funded medical research to advance implantable devices and explained his Baylor team has completed 11 transplants with about one year survival for two patients.

Los Angeles Michael DeBakey Houston Tex DeBakey Baylor College of Medicine Cedars- Sinai Medical Center Ple

Mboya’s Slayer Doomed

Isaac Njenga was convicted in Nairobi High Court of the July 5 assassination of Economics Minister Tom Mboya. The 34 year old was sentenced to the death penalty with seven days to appeal. Ballistics linked a gun found at his home to the killing. Njenga denied involvement claiming the weapon was planted.

Nairobi Kenya SAP Isaac Njenga Tom Mboya Njenga Mboya

Rulison Test Explosion Echoes Across Western Colorado

The 9000 foot blast produced a large dust cloud and caused minor damage from Grand Valley to Glenwood Springs. Electricity failed in Collbran and landslides blocked DeBeque Canyon roads. The AEC predicted a 160 foot cavern and 740 foot fractured zone with 35 families within five miles evacuated, though a dozen refused.

Grand Valley DeBeque Canyon Collbran Rulison Grand Junction AEC Ground Zero

British Build Peace Wall In Belfast Amid Protests

British troops began a peace wall project in Belfast to separate Protestant and Catholic factions. Crowds jeered as bulldozers cleared civilian barricades, chanting We shall not be moved while troops started stringing army wire across street entrances.

Belfast Northern Ireland Wall

$1.5 Million Jewelry Stolen From Paris Suite

In Paris, a theft from the Hotel Bristol involves jewelry valued at 1.5 million dollars belonging to American art dealer Mrs. Simone Karoff. Police say thieves climbed from rooftops, entered via a balcony, and smashed the jewelry case lock. Karoff, owner of galleries in New York Chicago and Palm Beach, says only jewelry she wore remains.

Paris Simone Karoff Karoff New York Chicago Palm Beach Bristol Europe United States Monte Carlo Milan Italy

Memorial Service for William E. Perdue Held at St Thaddeus

A memorial service for William E. Perdue 66 of Legare Road was held at 4 p.m. today at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church with Rev Fleetwood J Albrecht officiating. A Macon Georgia native and US Naval Academy graduate he worked 43 years as a general staff supervisor for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company and had lived in Aiken a year. Bearers named were John Taft Grayson Haynes Melvin Williams Houston Alford D R Debnam and Donald Fincke. The St Thaddeus Memorial Funds are suggested for memorials.

William E. Perdue Legare Road St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church Fleetwood J. Albrecht Macon Perdue U. S. Naval Academy Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Aiken John Taft Grayson Haynes Melvin Williams Houston Alford D. R. Debnam Donald Fincke St. Thaddeus Memorial George Funeral Home

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