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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1972
Page
5
St Marys annual Fall Festival set for October 7 from 2 to 8 pm at the school. Chairman Richard Sullivan says the event includes games rummage sale golf dunking booth rides and homemaker and cake booths. Spaghetti supper served 4 30 to 6 30 pm with hot dogs and drinks available all day.
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co announced plans to issue 1,060,000 shares of common stock to raise capital. The utility serving 23 counties seeks SEC authority. The share price will be determined later and preemptive rights will not apply.
A new denomination in Washington DC adopts the name Church of What's Happening Now. Rev Sister Imogene Williams, a black woman, serves as Prime Minister of the church recently founded in the capital.
White House aide Herb Klein will address Charleston editors at a 9:30 a.m. Friday news conference and speak in Myrtle Beach tonight. South Carolina elections reports show Thurmond lead donations of 112699 from Friends of Thurmond, Zeigler nets 3000 from ILGWU, Hollings receives 500 from SPACE, with other contributions shaping a tight 1976 contest landscape.
Saigon reports one American killed in action last week with six listed as missing and 13 wounded. North Vietnamese offensives keep South Vietnamese casualties high as allied totals rise with American deaths approaching 46 thousand and enemy deaths nearing 900 thousand.
In Detroit the United Auto Workers outline plans to humanize factory work and expand paid time off as part of 1973 bargaining. Ken Bannon says all three major automakers may be targeted with demands for 10 percent more paid time off and 10 percent more workers to offset shorter hours. He cites potential wage freezes and political bets on President Nixon’s re election. Both Ford and GM oppose changes to assembly line operations, while UAW leaders push for broader nonmonetary gains.
In Cincinnati Ohio UAW Local 674 members ratified a new contract at the GM Assembly Division plant in Norwood ending a 174 day strike. The agreement addressed seniority overtime and shift preference grievances with a 74 to 26 percent margin among nonskilled workers and a 946 percent margin among skilled workers.
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