Aiken Firemen Introduce Regional Training Program
Four members of the Aiken Fire Department lead a new 36 hour regional firefighting training program. The cohort includes Captains J H Lawton and R A Higginbottom and Lieutenants B L Cromer and J L New. Training occurs at state technical education centers with state certification. Instructors now train North Augusta firefighters and five more departments are planned including Belvedere Center Beech Island and Couchton Montmorenci. The program emphasizes professionalized instruction on firefighting history chemistry equipment ventilation rescue operations and salvage and overhaul procedures.
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Aiken Fire Department
J.H. Lawton
R.A. Higginbottom
B.L. Cromer
J.L. New
Aiken
Orangeburg
North Augusta
Hindman
Charleston Tour Open to Aiken Subscribers
The Aiken Standard Tour of Charleston still has seats for subscribers. Originally for Crosland Park and Forest Heights, it is now open to all subscribers. Priced at $11.45 per person, it covers the bus trip and tours of Charleston homes and gardens plus Magnolia Gardens. lunch is separate. Call 648-2311 for details.
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Aiken
Charleston
Crosland Park
Forest Heights
Magnolia Gardens
Aiken Communications, Inc
Crowd confronts evictors of 12 families in Chicago
In Chicago the Contract Buyers League evicted 12 families amid snow and 100 deputies. A crowd of 300 plus hurled bricks and stones, 25 people were arrested, two officers injured, and one man faced gun charges. Evicted residents questioned next steps as vans removed belongings.
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Chicago
Arthur Williams
Contract Buyers League
Piddling Appropriation Could Delay State Adjournment
State Auditor P C Smith warned that the 1970 session may need a small supplemental appropriation to cover unexpected costs through June 30. He noted highway patrol, National Guardsmen, and State Law Enforcement Division expenses at Samar after desegregation disruptions as the largest item. House chair R J Aycock said if a bill is needed it should start this week to avoid delaying an April adjournment.
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Columbia
P.C. Smith
General Assembly
National
Samar
National Guard
House
Doomsday Seminar Set at Clemson Focuses on Pollution
Clemson University hosts a two day teach in titled Doomsday The Day Is Coming featuring Dr Kenneth E F Watt UC Davis and Dr LaMont C Cole Cornell University both prominent ecologists. A panel addresses local regional pollution with Rep Alex Sanders and Duke Power executive William S Lee among others. Clemson student groups collect campus garbage to backdrop the talks.
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Clemson
Clemson University
Kenneth E.F. Watt
University of California At Davis
Tillman Hall
LaMont C. Cole
Cornell University
Watt
California
Cole
Dr. Watt
Alex Sanders
Dem
Richland County
S.C
House of Representatives
William S. Lee
Duke Power Co
Charlotte
William Marsher
Sea Pines Plantation Co
Hilton Head
B.C. Dysart, III
Interfraternity
Intersorority Councils
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Aiken Firemen Training Area Fire Departments
Bureau
Aycock
Herbert Windam
Skidaway
Woodruff
Thur
Mitchell Shopping Center
ARRN
Colgate
Nsion Maalox
Laurens
SY An
Fantastik Spray Cleaner
Schick
Is Schick
Valee
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