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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1969
Page
2
Agency and department heads begin hearings before the State Budget and Control Board on September 30 to push for larger appropriations for fiscal 1970-71. Teachers and state workers expected to seek sizable raises to reach regional pay averages, with tax hikes unlikely in an election year.
Mrs. Ethel Givens Boyd of Wagener dies Wednesday in Providence Hospital Columbia. Services at 4 p.m. today in First Baptist Wagener officiated by Revs John Wilcox and Enoch Finklea. Burial Wagener Cemetery. Survived by Bailey Beye widower. five daughters including Mary Fogle Pelion and Kathy Gardner San Diego. two brothers Sam and Otis Givens. four sisters. Baughman Funeral Home in charge.
The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes daily except weekends from 212 Richland Avenue W Aiken S C with AP and UP news dispatches and a mail rate structure including one year 18.00 six months 7.50 and three months.
Principal James Willis announces 19 Aiken Senior High School seniors named Semifinalists in the 1969-70 National Merit Scholarship Program. Semifinalists from across the nation compete for about 3,000 Merit Scholarships to be awarded in 1970.
Edens defends Thurmond by noting McLeod said the senator and Judge Simons were overpaid for land. McLeod argued a Columbia jury could have awarded up to 150000 if the case went to trial. Thurmond scheduled a 2:30 p.m. press conference at the Hotel Wade Hampton as observers call the rebuttal excessive.
The Aiken PTA Council outlines carnival plans for Hallo ween at Eustis Park facing higher ride and game costs. Ticket pricing changes, committee reassignments, and a later start aim to maintain profits with strong attendance.
McNair urges policy committees to stress more than a single facet of the 1968 Humphrey coalition. As a council member under Humphrey, he comments on national party attention while Harris says the party holds a platform and reads all sections.
A Chicago elevated train derailed Thursday night injuring 53 people who were taken to area hospitals. The derailed car lay tipped over at the intersection of 4th Street and Indiana Avenue with no fatalities reported.
Deason praised for superb leadership and devotion to duty. Son of Mr and Mrs Robert A Deason Jr of Barnwell and 1961 Barnwell High School graduate, he joined the Aiken Police Department in May.
Funeral services for Wilson G. Pete Eubanks 29 of Louisville Ky will be held at 3 p.m. in the George Funeral Home Chapel with Revs L A Thompson Howard Ogletree and Dr Robert L Cate officiating Burial will be in Mt Beulah Church cemetery Eubanks a native of Aiken had lived in Louisville for 10 years Active bearers are Alvin H Baynham Charles Baynham J W Rumley Monroe Coffee Byrnes Rayburn and Larry D Seeley Honorary bearers are Roger Williams Bible Class members
Columbia AP State Prisons Director William D Leeke favors conjugal visits if facilities exist and policy is tightly controlled He cites two drawbacks adequate facilities and discrimination against single inmates Mississippi is the only state allowing conjugal visits Currently trusts may have two day home furloughs four times yearly with expansions at pre release centers in West Columbia and Greenville to increase visits before release
Delegates praised his delivery while Cuba and Albania boycotted the speech. Nixon said the United States is ready to talk with Communist China if it abandons isolation and blamed Hanoi for Paris talks failure. He noted a 60,000 troop reduction by December 15 meets Hanoi's demand for a significant pullback.
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