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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1973
Page
1
The Holiday Hip podrome at Aiken Junior High School auditorium tomorrow at 7 30 p m offers a 90 minute circus for 1 35 per ticket. Proceeds fund sending 25 underprivileged children to Camp Sertoma last summer, sponsored by the Sertoma Club of Aiken.
Chilean military chiefs who toppled Marxist President Salvador Allende gained a strong but brief political base as the Christian Democratic party and the right-wing National party endorsed the coup. The Christian Democrats said the junta’s goal is to restore peace with fair, unified action, but their endorsement noted it is temporary and power will return to the people after the task is finished.
President Nixon tax plan to raise income taxes temporarily and refund the extra funds after inflation subsides draws strong opposition in Congress. Rep. Al Ullman says he cannot support the idea and favors a loophole closing bill to raise revenue.
Washington AP reports William E. Colby plans to eliminate the CIA board of national intelligence officers and surround the agency with about 10 new directors. The move aims to assign specialists to subjects like strategic weapons and regional areas including China and Latin America.
Presidential energy adviser John A Love acknowledged possible temporary heating fuel shortages this winter. He said mandatory allocation would not provide an instant solution, while a House committee moved to require presidential mandatory allocation powers.
Common Cause reports last year’s congressional races favored incumbents with higher fundraising. Democratic House incumbents averaged 56364 dollars, while GOP challengers averaged 32709 dollars. GOP incumbents averaged 60842 dollars, with Democratic challengers at 29000 dollars.
State Department says accepting the 400 tons of opium for 13 million dollars and U S backing would not end Southeast Asia drug smuggling and could harm relations with Burma and Thailand. The rebel leader who made the offer has been arrested.
More than 127,000 auto workers are prepared to strike Chrysler if talks fail to reach a contract. Negotiations ended with a late night adjournment and were to resume at 9 am EDT with a public comment ban in place.
Skylab 2 astronauts have received formal approval to extend their mission to 59 days. Officials say the crew is in comparable shape to Skylab 1 veterans after 28 days in orbit.
All eight Belvedere residents at the Belvedere Elementary School hearing favored a private hospital in Aiken County. County officials discussed site location, indigency rules, and private-room provisions with American Medicorp and other firms proposing the project.
The Aiken forecast shows mostly cloudy skies with a 50 percent chance of rain today. Showers will taper off tonight as temperatures drop to around 70 degrees. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with highs in the mid 80s and a 20 percent chance of rain.
Walter Byrd, superintendent, told County Commissioners that six weeks after taking the job the Roads and Bridges department was disorganized and idle. He says employees wasted time, misused prison labor for meals and idle work, and has introduced new rules and a formal structure to curb loitering and improve productivity.
Aiken County officials debate methods to trim lengthy sessions. A prelinary 7 pm session was held to discuss agenda items while a 3 hour 57 minute regular meeting followed, with mixed views on risks of rubber stamping and public access.
County schools faced about 8000 dollars in vandalism losses during a three month period with 6000 covered by insurance and 2000 charged to taxpayers. Officials cite night janitorial services improved lighting and patrols as steps to curb damage and theft, with inventorying items over 100 dollars and serial numbers to aid recovery.
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