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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1973
Page
1
A sports note on Georgia Tech game reactions with Carolina fans surprised yet thrilled. The article mentions upcoming Palmetto Tennis Classic in Columbia and plans by Aiken players to watch pros. It also notes Billie Jean King versus Bobby Riggs on TV Thursday and ends with a Christmas countdown.
The Democratic party reports 5.3 million in pledges from a nationwide telethon billed as a success despite remaining debt. John Y. Brown Jr. notes 30 percent higher take than 1972 and cites costs of the live broadcast and national telephone system, with profits to be shared by national and state committees.
Hearings on winter fuel needs begin this week as a staff report urges mandatory allocation of heating fuel. Sen. Hubert Humphrey released the Joint Economic Committee study warning of localized to national shortages depending on winter severity and oil imports.
On day 52 in orbit the Skylab 2 crew led by Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma prepare a tricky engine firing to bring them home next week They aim for a Sept 25 splashdown in the Pacific and will conduct medical solar and earth resources work across the eastern United States Europe and Japan Meanwhile Conrad and Brand will test the engine technique in a simulator here
Justice Department weighs sending grand jury findings on Vice President Spiro Agnew to the House of Representatives. The move could bypass constitutional issues about indicting a vice president before impeachment. A DOJ spokesman offered no comment.
In Tulsa federal court IBM was found guilty of monopolistic practices and ordered to pay Telex Corp 352.5 million dollars. Telex must pay IBM 21.9 million for trade secrets misappropriation. IBM plans to appeal from Armonk New York. Telex says it will vigorously prosecute overseas issues that were severed.
Political operative Donald H. Segretti agreed to plead guilty to an expanded federal indictment charging violations of election laws during the 1972 Florida Democratic presidential primary. He reportedly received money from Nixon's former personal attorney for a campaign of political sabotage in Florida. The case will be transferred from Florida to Washington, DC after a magistrate's brief appearance.
In Santiago the Chilean junta acknowledged continued armed resistance though isolated. Occasional gunfire echoed at night as small factories and government offices in the suburbs remained under leftist control.
A news analysis from a South Carolina Welfare Rights Organization gathering shows Black leaders torn between ending oppression and promoting family planning to combat poverty. Leaders debate sterilization, birth control, and the role of education while weighing black population growth and political power.
The South Carolina Welfare Rights Organization backs a resolution opposing sterilization coercion. A Silent Majority intrusion prompts debate on welfare policies. WRO leader Lutaie Tillman decries coercion while midwives cited in aid of poor communities. No action taken.
In Detroit AP reports a 23 hour marathon bargaining session between United Auto Workers and Chrysler aimed at ending a three day strike affecting 112,000 UAW members in the US and Canada. Chrysler and union spokesmen said progress was made but no details were released due to a news blackout. The strike halted assembly lines and threatened layoffs of some white collar workers if no settlement is reached.
Gulf United Nuclear Fuels Corp executives and spouses from Westchester N Y will visit Aiken this weekend arriving on a chartered Southern Airlines DC 9 early Friday morning about 95 persons. The group plans to move headquarters to a 10.6 acre site opposite the University of South Carolina Aiken Regional Campus and will tour local schools Owens Corning Fiberglas and the Ramada Inn dinner. A panel including local officials will field questions from leaders of the group and area institutions. Saturday tours will cover Allied Gulf Nuclear Services plants in Barnwell Clark Hill Columbia and Augusta that evening.
Willam C. Casper reports trustees approved third year programs at the Aiken and Spartanburg regional campuses. A planning committee from the Columbia campus will determine fall course offerings and coordinate implementation. Final plans require approval from the state legislature and the State Department of Higher Education.
The Aiken area forecasts partly cloudy skies with warm temperatures today tonight and tomorrow. Highs near 90, overnight lows in the mid 60s, and a 30 percent chance of rain each day. Extended outlook calls for continued warmth with chances of afternoon and evening thundershowers and lows in the upper 60s.
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