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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1973
Page
1
Patricio Aylwin of Chile’s Christian Democratic party claimed President Salvador Allende planned to stage a fake coup with armed leftists to crush it. He said Allende intended to seize absolute power after creating the emergency.
Cambodian military command said Phnom Penh's highway to the sea is reopened after insurgent clashes. Convoys to Kompong Som, Cambodia's only deep water port, are expected to begin Thursday per a spokesman.
King Hussein met with Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu Daoud and nine others at the central prison as a general amnesty released the detainees in a peace overture. WAFA rejected the olive branch saying no changes in repression.
East and West German foreign ministers will address the United Nations in their first speeches since both states won U.N. membership. The General Assembly admitted both Germanys, marking a historic step for a divided nation. The Bahamas also gained U.N. membership.
President Nixon sent his housing bill to Congress likely proposing cash housing allowances for the elderly first, then expanding to low-income groups. The plan also includes more block grants for cities and states.
Washington AP reports labor leaders failed to sway House as it prepared to sustain President Nixon's veto of a bill lifting the minimum wage from 1.60 to 2.20 over two years. AFL-CIO chief George Meany urged override in a letter to all representatives.
Aiken County Hospital Administrator Sam Nesbit urged voters to decide on a public or private hospital. He cited a medical staff poll and county commission pressures favoring private options while noting tax funding and indigent care costs would affect either path.
A subcommittee of the Aiken County Board of Commissioners will study procedures for funding personnel and organizations involved in processing indigent cases after action at last night’s meeting. Chair Harvard Graybeal will appoint a three member panel. previously the idea was deferred to the hospital board. The panel’s creation follows months of debate on indigent care funding and board policy.
Aiken County Commissioners unanimously authorize negotiations with hospital firms for a private hospital here. Dr Don Pennington and Dr Guy Heyl urged caution citing poll results and unanswered questions. A public hearing set for Oct 9 will decide the next steps and a survey deadline was moved to Oct 19.
Aiken County Commissioners plan a trip to a Richmond Virginia hospital built and run by Hospital Corporation of America. Four county officials and a press member will fly from Aiken to participate.
The city Democratic Party set a $50 filing fee and a noon Tuesday deadline for the upcoming City Council elections on November 6. At a biannual meeting in the Civic Room of the Bankers Trust Building they elected new party officials. president Dr F A Kennedy noted the fee was $100 two years ago and that a primary election could be held.
The Aiken County United Way will launch its drive to raise 349,983.40 during the half time of the Aiken High School Airport football game at Haygood Stadium Friday night. Miss Aiken Jwann Cooper will light the symbolic torch. The 1974 budget lists agencies including Aiken County Association for Retarded Children 19,136 and American Red Cross 47,234 among others.
North Augusta City Council unanimously adopted the ARTS proposal while voicing specific objections to the Augusta Region Transportation Plan. The resolution calls for realignment of the Bobby Jones Expressway, removal of Duncan Road Extension, reworking Lake Avenue, and prioritizing the River Road Route to bypass the city. Mayor Raymond Walters praised the vote as vital for eligibility for federal funds and urged county cooperation for approval.
The Aiken area expects mostly sunny skies and mild temperatures with highs in the low 80s today and tomorrow. Tonight should be fair with a low in the upper 50s and near zero rain chances through tomorrow. The Friday to Sunday outlook calls for a chance of rain Saturday and Sunday with highs in the 80s and overnight lows around the 60s.
John Ragan an anti wire tapping expert will be among the first witnesses when the Senate Watergate committee resumes hearings Also named were E Howard Hunt Jr Patrick J Buchanan and John J Caulfield a former witness who allegedly supervised undercover White House activities
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