Aiken Hospital Wins Two Year JCAH Accreditation
The Aiken County Hospital earned a full two year accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals after a one day review by a physician and hospital administrator. Nesbit cited community speculation about the aging facility and praised staff for progress toward a new hospital.
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Aiken County Hospital
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
JCAH
J. Sam Nesbit Jr
Nesbit
Hospital Corporation of America
Fire Marshall
Labor Department
State Board of Health
Joint Commission
Chicago
American College of Surgeons
American College of Physicians
The
American Hospital Association
American Medical Association
Chapin Accused of Lying Under Oath in Watergate Case
Washington AP The special Watergate prosecutor aims to prove Dwight L. Chapin lied to a grand jury about his relations with Don Segreti a convicted political saboteur. Jury of seven men and five women selected opening arguments were to begin today.
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Washington
Special
Watergate Prosecutor's Office
White House
Dwight L. Chapin
Chapin
Donat G. Segretti
Kissingers Socialize in Acapulco Honeymoon Scene
Henry Kissinger and Nancy Maginnes, honeymooning in Acapulco, lunched with Gloria Guinness and her husband Loel, and met Mexico's foreign minister. They spent the afternoon by their villa pool reading and chatting, according to an informed source.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Henry Kissingers
Nancy Maginnes
Kissingers
Gloria Guinness
Loel
Runners Mediate Ethiopian Oilmen Release Talks
African runners and tribal chiefs act as middlemen in negotiations for the release of five Western oilmen held by guerrillas in northern Ethiopia. Eritrean Liberation Front rebels captured four Teneco Oil Co. employees and a fifth American or Canadian after a helicopter crash in canyon country during a storm.
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Asmara
Ethiopia
Eritrean Liberation Front
Neco Oil Co
U S Observer Captured by Syrians Identified
The Associated Press reports Capt. J J Holly 27 of Corning New York and Capt. J A Mortell of Ireland, UN cease fire observers, were captured by Syrian forces three days ago and are said to be in Damascus hospital in good health and receiving excellent treatment.
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United Nations
J.J. Holly
Corning
N.Y
J.A. Mortell
Ireland
Mustafah Tlas
Damascus
Donald Nixon to Testify Today in Mitchell Stans Trial
Donald Nixon Sr., President Nixon's brother, is scheduled as a government witness in the Mitchell Stans criminal conspiracy trial. Federal Judge Lee P. Gagliardi refused to dismiss the subpoena clearing his appearance. Nixon reportedly pleaded ill health as the government aims to rest its case today or Wednesday after 31 witnesses since Feb. 19.
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New York
Nixon
Donald Nixon Sr
Mitchell- Stans
Lee P. Gagliardi
Aiken News Notes and Quick Jots
John McMahan trapped among moving boxes at the Aiken County Library on Laurens Street near Banksia. Louis Stephens of Stephens Texaco on Whiskey Road seeks the return of an inspection book left in a car. The Aiken Demolay Horse Show is set for 10 30 a m Sunday at Andy's Show Ring. Thought for today is The best things in life are free.
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John McMahan
Aiken
Louis Stephens
Stephens Texaco Station
Whiskey Road
Stephens
Aiken Demolay
Andy
Litter Bin Regulations Posted By County
Sign on county litter bins warns: do not leave items or waste, do not set fire to contents, and do not place dirt leaves limbs lumber concrete blocks brick or heavy materials in the container. Violators face South Carolina littering or destruction laws.
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South Carolina
Litter law tightens as Aiken County issues warrants
Aiken County announces warrants for littering around county refuse bins as part of a new trash collection program. Walter Byrd, Roads and Bridges manager, says properly bagged trash outside full bins is not prosecuted while flagrant violators face warrants.
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Aiken
Ronald A. LaCourture
Walter Byrd
LaCouture
Byrd
Senate approves campaign reform amendment on early returns
The Senate adopted a Bellman amendment making public early presidential returns before midnight EST a criminal offense with fines up to 5000 or one year in jail to curb influence on voters elsewhere. The vote followed continued debate on public financing, contribution limits, and a proposed 60 day pre election window.
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Washington
Senate
Henry L. Bellman
R-Okla
James B. Allen
D-Alan
Robert C. Byrd
Bellman
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Weicker
Miss Aiken 1st Runnerup at Azalea Festival
Linda Moody Miss Aiken was chosen first runner up in the Miss Azalea Festival contest held Saturday in Summerville. The pageant is part of the South Carolina Azalea Festival. Moody also earned Miss Congeniality from the 16 contestants and attended with her chaperone Mrs Fred Sides.
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Linda Moody
Aiken
Summerville
South Carolina
Streak Threat Sign Stirs Orlando Church Crowd
Rev O V Hitchcock pastor of College Park Methodist Church in Orlando says a borrowed message sign reading Streakers Your End Is In Sight has drawn mixed reactions with no streakers yet seen. AP Wirephoto
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O.V. Hitchcock
College Park Methodist Church
Orlando
Tornadoes Sweep the Southeast Cause Lethal Damage
Aiken County avoided the worst of last night’s tornado outbreak that affected Alabama Mississippi Tennessee North Carolina and Spartanburg with one death reported. Officials warned of ongoing storms and high winds across the Southeast as a small craft advisory remained in effect on local lakes.
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Aiken County
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
North Carolina
Spartanburg
D.C
Valley Water Contracts Signed for Proposed System
Valley Public Service Authority signed contracts for the proposed million dollar water system serving six communities and sent them to the FHA in Columbia for final approval. Low bids included Layne Atlantic Co for wells twenty six thousand nine hundred eighty two dollars and eighty cents, Brown Steele Construction for three tanks two hundred eighty thousand three hundred thirty dollars, and Pierce Ditching Co for water lines nine hundred seventy nine thousand one hundred two dollars and twenty five cents.
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Valley
Valley Public Service Authority
FHA
M.D. Toole
Toole
Columbia
Stiefeltown
Warrenville
Gloverville
Clearwater Heights
Storm Branch
George F Brandt
Kemp
Walker
Coker
Archie Dodgen
Otis Gibson
Ralph Thompson
J.D. Farmer
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