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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1971
Page
1
Hulda Crooks planned a 75 mile summer hike to celebrate her years but settled on a 54 mile trail that includes climbing Mt Whitney. The frail appearing grandmother has scaled the 14,502 foot peak for the tenth time in ten years, photographed by UPI.
Negotiations to end the 89 day West Coast dock strike resume in San Francisco after President Nixon intervened in talks. A Saturday Portland meeting between opposing factions preceded the restart of talks.
The Vatican called any plan for abdication a fatuous deduction while confirming underlying tensions fueling rumors. An extraordinary Vatican Radio broadcast marked Pope Paul VI's 74th birthday and implicitly rebutted reports of serious illness or resignation.
President and Mrs Nixon expected at a downtown hotel banquet tonight honoring The Nixons as honorary chairmen. Kite and wife fly in after brief visit, schedule tight before formal attire. Mrs Eisenhower saluted with $100 dinner for scholarship fund at Eisenhower College in Seneca Falls, NY named for her late husband.
US officers report new enemy assaults along the South Vietnam Cambodia border aimed at exploiting political unrest. North Vietnamese divisions bombarded 11 South Vietnamese positions and a U.S. base with rockets and mortars, followed by infantry and sapper assaults. It was the region’s heaviest fighting in four months.
AP reports Canton television will air a special newscast on the 22nd anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Observers expect it to present official reasons for canceling the Beijing parade, amid rumors about Mao’s health. Dr. Paul Dudley White arrived in Hong Kong saying no signs support illness.
Wil liam J. Pierce, charged with nine murders across three states, is sentenced to life imprisonment for the slaying of Vivian Miles, a country store keeper. Pierce's mother cried in court as the verdict was read. an appeal is planned. He faced killings in South Carolina North Carolina and Georgia including four victims in SC and two in GA.
President Nixon and Emperor Hirohito met at Elmendorf Air Base Alaska in a historic first between a reigning Japanese monarch and a U.S. president. The encounter underscored postwar alliance as Hirohito prepared to depart for Copenhagen aboard an American jet. No public communiqué followed the talks.
North Vietnamese forces pressed heavy border attacks with Cambodia, while two U.S. aircraft supporting South Vietnam were shot down leaving five Americans wounded. Saigon reports 92 NVA killed, 20+ SV deaths, and damage to artillery, tanks, and armored cars. Viet Cong sappers also targeted Tan Son Nhut and a Qui Nhon Tuy Hoa train.
A powerful underground nuclear explosion was detected in the Novaya Zemlya region of Russia. The Swedish Seismological Institution confirmed the event and noted its underground nature.
Former Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black, who retired last week, will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery after services at Washington Cathedral. Spokesmen cited arteriosclerosis and a stroke as the cause of death at age 87. Justices will serve as honorary pallbearers. President Nixon may attend after returning from Alaska.
President Nixon announced a cooperative effort with the Atomic Energy Commission and electric power industry to develop a prototype fast breeder reactor. Two prototypes are planned by 1980 with a $200 million industry pledge for a demonstration plant at Hanford. Location of prototypes was not disclosed.
South Carolina study panel examined Savannah River Plant waste handling during a five hour briefing. Officials explained tank designs and potential bedrock storage while noting no current plans to store commercial waste at SRP.
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