Chapin Trial Starts Today in Espionage Inquiry
Dwight L. Chapin former presidential appointments secretary goes on trial in federal court for four counts of lying to a grand jury about Donald H. Vegretti’s political espionage activities. Jury selection began as U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell aims to finish within a week.
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Washington (Ap
Dwight L. Chapin
Grand Jury
Donald H. Vegrettl
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
Chapin
Transit Strike Averted In New York
A contract settlement ended a possible strike by 37 000 subway and bus workers that would have paralyzed New York City's transit system. The two year package costs about 135 million dollars, with a 14 percent wage increase lifting the average worker to roughly 15 300 by 1976.
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New York
New York City
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Lion
Authority
William J. Ronan
Bargaining Scheduled For Steel Industry Talks
Steel industry negotiators begin two weeks of hard bargaining between Big 10 producers and the United Steelworkers of America. The parties aim for a contract by an April 15 deadline or face binding arbitration on unresolved issues.
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Washington
Steel Industry
Big 10
United Steelworkers of America
Kennedy Tops Democratic presidential candidate poll
In Princeton New Jersey the latest Gallup Poll shows Senator Edward M Kennedy leading the field of potential 197 presidential candidates with 44 percent of rank and file Democrats. Governor George Wallace trails with 17 percent and Henry Jackson ties with Edmund Muskie for third place.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Alabama
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Sen
Henry Jackson
Washington
Edmund M. Muskie
Maine
Prosecution Opens Boyle Trial in Yablonski Slaying Case
In MEDIA Pennsylvania the prosecution begins the murder trial of W A Tony Boyle former United Mine Workers leader. Special prosecutor Richard A Sprague aims to prove Boyle plotted to kill rival Joseph A Jock Yablonski who, with his wife and daughter, was shot dead December 31 1969 at their Clarksville home. The court swore in jurors then heard opening statements and planned testimony.
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Clarksville
Delaware County Common Pleas Court
Francis Catania
Sprague
Charles F Moses
April Fool History and Customs Across Regions
The article traces April Fools Day origins from France around 1564 when the calendar changed. It notes early gifts and calls on April 1, resistance from conservatives, and mock acts. It mentions the spring equinox link, India's Huli festival, and the adoption of the custom in England and America by settlers.
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George Washington
Christendom
France
Charles IX
India
England
America
Aiken resident recalled among Hilton Head marooned crowd
Mac Mulock of Aiken was among the luckiest marooned on Hilton Head Island when the bridge failed. Harold Graybeal explains how garbage from Vaucluse ended up in a bin, with Jerome Bell pictured in the Boy Scouts handbook as an Aikenite. A 7 p.m. Karate Demonstration in Aiken Municipal Auditorium is announced.
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Mac Mulock
Aiken
Hilton Head Island
Charles Chapmans
Aiken Municipal Auditorium
Virgil Kimmey
North Augusta
Boy Scouts of America
Nevele Dancer Triumphs in Summa Cup Comeback
Nevele Dancer, a former three year old world champion, won the Summa Cup at Aiken Harness Races amid a 2000 crowd. The 10 year old, driven by trainer and jockey Gary Scurlock, finished in 2 07 on a wind swept track, marking a dramatic return after seven years of retirement due to injuries.
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Aiken
Nevele Dancer
Larry Marsh
Scurlock
Louisville
Littering Warrants Issued Across Aiken County
Fifteen warrants are sworn out against county residents for littering near refuse bins across Aiken County. Walter Byrd, roads chief, seeks $100 fines per offense, while Magistrate Holley has imposed smaller penalties in some cases. Two defendants seek jury trials.
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Carroll Allen
Aiken County
Walter Byrd
Roads and Bridges Department
L. Glenn Holley
Aiken
Holley
Byrd
Vaucluse Road
Good Spring Road
Reynolds Pond Road
All-County Cage Squad To Be Announced
The Aiken Standard selects twenty two top cagers for the county’s finest basketball players of the 1973 74 season. It also honors two players and two coaches as the best in the county for the year.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Sunny Warm Days Forecast Ahead
Spring brings sunny warm days with highs near 80 degrees. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a chance of thunder showers and a low in the upper 50s. Tomorrow's high is expected to follow a similar warm trend.
Drug Cases Dominate Special Term Of Court
Judge Julius B. Ness presided over a one week General Sessions Court session that convicted 48 defendants on drug charges. Sentences, including Youthful Offenders Act terms, ranged from one to six years for offenses spanning a 17 year old cocaine user to a mother of three convicted of distribution of didrex. Ness warned future violators that any drug case brought before him will face stiff penalties and noted he will preside again in the May term.
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General Sessions
Didrex
Ness
A Warn
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