Aiken Community Playhouse Gets First Stage For Easter Showing
A hard working local crew led by Alan Westerdahl Jim Robinson Jim Smotzel Dick Currie George Cole and Vance Vandervelde built a real stage for the Aiken Community Playhouse. The stage debuts with You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. Also notes on golf widow humor and a POW family visit as the Episcopalians enjoy sunny home tour weather.
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Aiken Community Playhouse
Alan Westerdahl
Jim Robinson
Jim Smotzel
Dick Currie
George Cole
Vance Vandervelde
Charlie Brown
What’s Going On Bed Rest Paying Well For Four
Four healthy young men are paid $100 a week to lie in bed for nine months as volunteers in a space flight bone health study. The project, led by Dr. Stephen Hulley of the U S Public Health Service Hospital, investigates calcium loss during weightlessness and how bed rest mimics a Mars mission.
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San Francisco
Mars
Stephen Hulley
U.S. Public Health Service
Congress Faces Veto Fight Over Vocational Rehab Bill
President Nixon seeks to uphold a $2.6 billion three year extension of vocational rehabilitation programs. Senate leadership is optimistic they can override the veto with a two thirds majority. House Republicans express optimism the veto can be sustained with key GOP support.
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Nixon
Congress
Senate
Cau
House
Gerald Ford
Kosygin Visits Sweden On Informal Gas Station Stop
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin on a five day visit surprised security by stepping from his bulletproof car in Stockholm to walk into a gas station and chat with employees. He asked about life in a Swedish gas station and gave no further remarks.
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Stockholm
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Lennon Appeals Deportation Order After Rest of Case
Former Beatle John Lennon says he has appealed a federal deportation order issued March 24. If the appeal fails he may seek further courts, a process that could take years. Lennon faced 60 days to leave the United States or be deported as an undesirable alien. His wife Yoko Ono was deemed deportable but won a stay as a permanent resident. Lennon’s hashish arrest in England in 1968 was cited in denying his application.
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Mary Jane Crayton
Aiken
Mike. Davis
Render Crayton
California
Visi
New York
John Lennon
Lennon
United States
Yoko Ono
England
Ex-Pow: Americans Are Getting Soft
Lt. Col. James Quincy Collins Jr. told Richland Sertoma Club in Columbia that America is losing its core fiber and family focus. He urged renewed dedication to American values, criticized antiwar activists, and described POW suffering as real while noting his own captivity near Hanoi in 1965. Collins, 41, from Winnsboro and Citadel graduate, is stationed at Maxwell AFB and will attend the National War College in Washington.
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America
James Quincy Collins Jr
Hanoi
Collins
Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
National War College
Washington, D.C
Animals Moved Cases Dropped In New Ellenton Horse Fight
In New Ellenton the horse controversy ends with ex mayor Gene Rollins and W P Sutton dropping charges for keeping horses in residential areas. Horace Grant also moved out with his four horses as 401 residents backed an ordinances change that was rejected. Police say most residents didn t want the horses and many nearby towns lack space for large animals.
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Alec Lamis
New Ellenton
Gene Rollins
W.P. Sutton
Horace Grant
Jack Fields
Chief Fields
Aiken
Rollins
Sutton
Fields
Meat Sales Plunge as Boycott Hits Stores Nationwide
The week long meat boycott drives down sales by as much as 80 percent in many supermarkets. Prices fall up to 29 cents a pound while cattle and hog markets shift, plants pause operations, and workers face furloughs amid cautious purchasing from farmers and processors.
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New York City
Boise
Idaho
Albuquerque
N.M
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Illinois
Siouxland Beef Processors
Fargo
N.D
Omaha
Neb
Sioux City
Iowa
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Detroit
Michigan
Meat sales defy boycott in Aiken stores despite nationwide action
In Aiken meat sales showed little decline yesterday with some stores reporting slight increases. Managers including Larry Wooten of Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co and Julson Fulmer of Piggly Wiggly noted small drops of around 3 percent or less while others like J B Shirey of Bi Lo and Leroy Deaton of Deaton's Red and White Foods cited rising sales aided by Masters visitors and local demand. Officials await guidance on price ceilings set for April 9 by a presidential decree.
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Aiken
Larry Wooten
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Mitchell Shopping Center
Julson Fulmer
the Piggly Wiggly
J.B. Shirey
Bi-Lo
Leroy Deaton
Deaton
Augusta
Denton
Ambulance Request Comes Up From Jackson Area
Jackson area officials push for an ambulance service with a proposed $41 000 cost covering vehicle crew and insurance. Paramedic director John Surles notes the Jackson to hospital run averages about 19 minutes 38 seconds, based on local call times. only 25 calls in Jackson have been answered.
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Jackson
Jackson-Beech Island
Aiken
Anesthesiology Chiefs Comment on Aiken Hospital Leave
Dr Mack S Bonner former chief at Aiken County Hospital backs Dr G C Heyl's account of his departure citing unavoidable poor working conditions. Bonner now leads at Mercy Hospital in Birmingham noting better staffing at a larger facility influenced his move. Heyl warns the leaving leaves two surgeons-anaesthetists and complicates operations at the hospital.
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Mack S. Bonner
Aiken County Hospital
GC. Heyl
Aiken Standard
Bonner
Department of Anesthesiology
Mercy Hospital
Birmingham
Ala
Heyl
G.C Heyl
Tain
C.P. Meek
Maryland Plan Gets Little Backing At Public Hearing
The Maryland Plan a no fault insurance proposal received no supporters at a public hearing by the Aiken County Legislative Delegation. Critics labeled it pseudo no fault and yes fault subterfuge as the debate over the controversial topic continued.
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Alec Lamis
S.C
Rain Delays Expected For Masters Week In Aiken
Weather outlook for Masters Week in Aiken predicts cool fair days with rain tonight and scattered thunderstorms. Tonight may drop to around 30 with 40 percent rain today, near 100 percent tonight, and 80 percent Wednesday, followed by 60s highs and 40s lows Thursday through Saturday.
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Weather Bureau
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