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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1971
Page
1
A montage of Italian papers in Rome yesterday led with the headline that former Soviet premier Nikita S. Krushchev had died. UPI Telephoto caption notes the scene from the city.
Sen. George S. McGovern met 45 minutes with US Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker in Saigon and called the visit a courtesy call. He said Vietnamization was progressing well, but he did not share the American view, warning that South Vietnam may not sustain Thieu’s regime without ongoing U.S. support.
In Washington the Senate planned to take up a draft extension bill with fights expected over a 2.4 billion dollar military pay raise and provisions to accelerate U S withdrawal from Vietnam . The measure would extend the draft two years and urges President Nixon to set a withdrawal deadline while delivering the largest pay increase for the armed forces.
Senator Herman Talmadge argues Congress must set import quotas on textiles to protect American workers' jobs and incomes. He dismisses surcharges and self restraint by Japan, insisting strong import action is necessary to address the textile problem.
Senate Finance Committee summoned top Nixon administration officials to explore implications of the 10 percent imports surcharge imposed during the Save-the-dollar campaign.
President Nixon convened his cabinet and business leaders for talks on a new economic program while AFL CIO head George Meany headed to Capitol Hill to discuss further individual tax relief.
Willis L. Sarka of 326 Marion St SE is the Aiken Standard's first football contest winner for 1971. He'll receive a $50 check after missing only three of 16 games. One entry won. many entrants were women, suggesting a surprising outcome possible next week.
Aiken County’s two senators signal they will not filibuster the reapportionment plan in the upcoming special session. They favor challenging the plan in court if approved, with Laughlin choosing to wait and see and McMillan planning to oppose it through legal appeal and persuasion of lawmakers.
US B52 escorted raids hit the demilitarized zone and Laos frontier as South Vietnamese patrols uncover 32 more enemy dead and three Soviet 122mm guns. The drive yielded 64 bodies in eight days with air strikes and heavy shelling nearby.
Abraham B. Schultz of Jefferson-Aiken Mile Training announced from his Boston office that profits from the spring harness race will go to the American Cancer Foundation. Last year’s event raised over $2000. Tentative dates include March 4 for harness races, March 11 for the Aiken Trials, March 18 for the Aiken Hunt Meet, and March 25 for the Carolina Cup at Camden.
About 200 people gathered at the American Legion Home in Edgefield for the 19th Thurmond family reunion. Five month old Nancy Moore Thurmond shared attention with Miss Mitt Talmadge as speaker Sen Herman Talmadge urged focusing on internal problems before foreign aid. Walter A. Wilson of Augusta was re elected clan president for the tenth time.
State police say at least four hostages were seriously injured as prisoners inside the facility opened fire and set up booby traps. Helicopters dropped tear gas while hundreds of National Guardsmen surrounded the walls. Oswald reported multiple homicides and warned that delays risked hostage lives as militants fought to hold eight captives at gunpoint.
Frank Everard Ardrey 83 of 251 Newberry Street Southwest Aiken died yesterday at Aiken County Hospital after a heart attack. Services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Aiken First Presbyterian Church with Rev. James L. Goodwin officiating. Masonic rites will follow and burial is in Bethan Cemetery. Ardrey, a Ft. Mill native, was station manager for the Southern Railway in Aiken from 1922 to 1954 and an elder of the First Presbyterian Church. He served 12 years on the City Council and received the Key to the City on his 1968 retirement.
Republicans and Democrats each field three candidates for three Aiken City Council seats in the November 9 city election. Mayor H Odell Weeks runs unopposed on the Democratic ticket. Lloyd Olsen, a GOP candidate, joins John D Lowery and Robert Perry. Democratic incumbents Charlies Marvin Jr and Charles Jones seek reelection with Maurice Williams completing the slate. Olsen, Du Pont veteran with Harvard masters, has lived in Aiken 20 years and held Lions Club posts.
Tropical Storm Heidi advances up the Atlantic coast threatening heavy rain for the Northeast. Edith drifts on a path toward Mexico. In the Atlantic east of Bermuda Hurricane Ginger winds at 90 mph disrupt shipping. Fern dissolves over Mexico as a new tropical low heads toward Barbados.
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