Aiken Farmer's Market Sparks Life Amid Fresh Grains and Flowers
Aiken's Farmer's Market shows signs of life with a few tables of flowers and vegetables on Saturday. Junior Miss Jan Hogsed and Miss Aiken Cooper attended the Miss Gaffney pageant over the weekend. The piece mentions a South Carolinian who was traveling in Texas and stopped by a Highway Patrolman for a light remark about traffic lights.
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Aiken
Jwann Aiken
Jan Hogsed
Miss Aiken
Cooper
Texas
Thieu and Nixon to Meet Over U.S. Aid Assurance
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is to meet President Nixon in San Clemente Calif. for assurances of continued American aid. White House aides declined to outline topics in advance. Observers expect possible discussion of Nixon’s warnings on cease-fire violations and potential American reprisals.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
U.S
White House
Thieu
Wounded Knee Agreement Aims to End Occupation
Provisional accord reached between activist Indians and the federal government may end the 34 day Wounded Knee occupation in South Dakota. Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kent Frizzell said a consensus was reached on more than half of 10 Indian demands and talks were to resume later today.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
U.S
Frizzell
Weicker Details Spy Targets Tied to Nixon Campaign
Senator Lowell P. Weicker said on CBS that spies linked to the Nixon re election effort targeted two GOP senators Charles Percy and Jacob Javits and Rep. Paul McCloskey with surveillance. A Nixon committee spokesman called the claims false.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Nixon
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Weicker
CBS
Face the Nation
Alfred C. Baldwin
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Jacob Javits
Rn.y
Paul McCloskey
R.alif
U S Aid to Viet Nam under attack over returned POW claims
Lawmakers attacked proposed U S aid to North Vietnam citing POW torture stories. Rep Joel T Broyhill and Sen James L Buckley condemned aiding Hanoi as unworthy. Senate Leader Mike Mansfield defended aid as investment in peace despite renewed accounts.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Joel T. Broyhill
R-Va
James L. Buckley
New York
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Hanoi
ITT Chief to Testify on Chile Funding Offer
ITT chairman Harold Geneen is due to testify before a Senate subcommittee on the company’s 1970 move to channel up to $1 million through the U.S. government into Chile. John A. McCone testified Geneen sent officials to Washington to back any plan opposing Allende.
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Washington
ITT
Harold S. Geneen
Senate
U.S
Chile
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Geneen
Allende
Brandt Faces Showdown With Militant Young Socialists
Chancellor Willy Brandt moves to expel militants from the Social Democratic party ahead of the Hannover convention opening April 10. He warned followers of the Communist program to quit, as tensions rise over U S West Germany ties. In Der Spiegel interview he said those aligning with Communists should depart.
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BOMN
Willy Brandt
Social Democratic Party
United States
West Germany
Brandt
Hannover
der Spiegel
Stamkoop
Frankfurt
The
Social Democrats
Young Socialists
Proletariat
Supreme Court Lets Block Persist on Alaska Pipeline
The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling blocking construction of the trans Alaska oil pipeline. The court denied without comment or dissent the government plea to overturn the lower court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Lower Court
Aiken TEC Dedication Marks State Milestone
Gov John West praised the 2.4 million facility at the Aiken Technical Education Center as a vital addition to the educational community and a spur to regional economic growth. Students, faculty, officials and guests attended the morning dedication of the three-building campus.
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Aiken
South Carolina
John West
Aiken Technical Education Center
TEC Sys
Rain Expected Tomorrow With Cooler Highs
The high today reached the mid to upper 70s with a low in the lower 50s. The U.S. Weather Service predicts increasing cloudiness tomorrow with a chance of rain by late afternoon and cooler temperatures. Highs tomorrow in the low to mid 70s. Rain probability near 0 today, 10 percent tonight, and 40 percent Tuesday. Winds SW to W 10 to 20 mph today, sometimes gusty, diminishing tonight. tomorrow winds SE 10 to 15 mph.
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U.S. Weather Service
Aiken County to Decide on Water and Sewer Plan
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners will vote next Tuesday on applying for federal funds to cover 75 percent of the initial 20 million dollars for a county wide water and sewer plan to clean Horse Creek. A public service authority would operate the system, with a deadline of May 15 for 1974 federal aid requests.
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Aiken County
Len Gilbert McMillan
Wade Brodie
Sen. McMillan
McMillan
Board of Commissioners
Brodie
Meat boycott shifts menus as families skip beef
On opening day of a week long meat boycott protesting high prices, spaghetti macaroni fish and chicken led dinner menus amid many markets closed on Sunday. Nixon announced a beef pork and lamb price ceiling to take effect today, but consumer leaders doubt its effectiveness. In Chicago restaurants customers sought meatless options while Detroit stores reported strong chicken sales and sparse meat counter traffic.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Two Teens Arrested After Aiken Knife Attack
Public Safety Director J C Busbee identified Steve Hatch er 17 and Jessie Stewart 33 as the suspects in a Columbia Drive Laurens Street altercation that left a juvenile wounded by a knife. The youth was treated and released from Aiken County Hospital. Det Frank Whitecotton led the arrests.
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Aiken
Public Safety
J.C. Busbee
Steve Lewis Hatcher
Columbia Dr
Jessie Lee Stewart
Busbee
Columbia Drive
Laurens Street
Aiken County Hospital
Bushee
Frank Whitecotton
Northwestern Carolina tornado toll rises to six dead
A tornado struck northwestern South Carolina injuring 35 and damaging 165 homes in Abbeville County. Six people were killed and three listed as missing as Gov. West toured the wreckage by helicopter, calling for federal disaster aid and promising help. Names of the dead include Ferguson, Newton, Addison, Powell, Lomax, and Daniel.
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Abbeville
South Carolina
John C. West
Abbeville County
West
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