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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1973
Page
1
USCA Athletic Director Lew Perkins and Gwen become parents again as their baby girl Holly Melissa arrives, measuring 19 and a quarter inches. The note questions what kind of year it has been, with a satirical jab at recalls and finance.
Sen Walter Mondale says he is in a very preliminary stage about a 1976 presidential run but will have to decide sooner than others. He notes he is not well known and may need to decide earlier. Mondale mentions Sen Edward Kennedy as the dominant remaining possibility for the Democratic nomination.
Washington AP Acting under court order the Nixon campaign committee prepared to release the list of contributors who gave 20 million dollars in secret to the 1972 re election campaign Common Cause had fought to make public the names before the new disclosure law took effect April 7 1972 Judge Joseph C Waddy granted a 60 day waiting period ending today and ruled for Common Cause in July
Moscow AP reports Soyuz 12, the first manned Soviet mission in two years, is proceeding well in earth orbit after launch Thursday. Mission commander Vasily Lazarev and flight engineer Oleg Makarov, both rookies, report good health and on board systems functioning. two-day flight planned with return Saturday.
A large explosion damaged ITT offices on the ninth floor of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper with no injuries or fire. In Rome a separate small bomb damaged two doors at ITT Standard S A offices, with attackers said to have climbed a fence nearby.
Florence police sought a warrant from Magistrate W. E. McLeod for C. R. Poston after authorities alleged nine obscene publications were sold or offered for sale. Poston posted 1000 bond and awaits a preliminary hearing on October 8 as copies were seized as evidence. He defined illegal material as anything tending to stir the sex impulse.
Iceland demands Britain withdraw three frigates and three unarmed tugs from within the 50 mile fishing limit Iceland proclaimed last year. Premier Olafur Johansson’s coalition government warned of breaking diplomatic relations with Great Britain if the forces are not withdrawn by Wednesday.
Boyle is reported off the critical list after being admitted in serious condition at George Washington University Hospital. The former union leader W A Tony Boyle was listed as improving and stable under medical care.
Gulf United Nuclear Fuels Corporation executives and 102 members, including 49 couples and 4 singles, arrived in Aiken by chartered buses after flying into Augusta. The group, the second from the firm to visit, plans a three hour tour and dinner at the Ramada Inn as they consider relocating headquarters from New York to Aiken.
An early morning accumulation of flammable fumes caused an explosion at the York Street American Service Station. Two employees, Henry Lewis and Floyd Williams, suffered second degree burns and were hospitalized. Firefighters reported the blast occurred in the bay area while cleaning with gas, with glass shattering across the office and debris scattered through the building. No other injuries were noted.
County Commission Chair Harold Graybeal indicated this morning the commission would likely not respond to the Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees request to reconsider building a public hospital. The trustees urged abandoning a private firm build proposal and sought a commission reply.
After weeks of investigation the South Carolina Department of Social Services said no drastic action against Dr Clovis H Pierce of Aiken. He must sign an affidavit within a set period stating non discrimination and that he has stopped the sterilization policy. Medicaid payments depend on the affidavit while the investigation may continue.
Two black males robbed the Race Service Station near North Augusta around midnight taking about 40 dollars in cash. An attendant described a six foot one thirty pound suspect with a mustache and goatee and a five foot ten inch 150 pound suspect with a red cap. No injuries. weapon believed to be a .22 pistol. Investigated by sheriff's deputies and investigator E H Boyd. Also reported theft of two tables and five chairs from Oakwood School near Windsor.
The Aiken Standard will raise advertising rates effective Monday to offset rising production costs. This marks the first rate increase in over two years for the publication.
The Aiken area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures today through tomorrow with a 20 to 30 percent chance of rain and thundershowers. Highs reach the upper 80s, with tonight's low in the upper 60s and weekend temps in the mid 80s by day and around 60s at night.
The AFL CIO planned to announce a truce in Washington today ending a bitter dispute between the Teamsters and Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers in California.
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