Aiken police and firemen swap wheels for motorcycles
Department Secretary Rosemary Williams notes many officers have traded four wheels for two. She calls them Busbee's Angels as the department jokes about the outdoor look of the building and a motorcycle lot appearance. Meanwhile Aiken thoroughbreds head north to start gates and some have shipped, with others remaining before racing.
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Aiken
Rosemary Williams
Busbee’s Angels
Rosemary
Mackenzie Miller
Pioneer 11 Leaves Cape Kennedy for Jupiter Flight
Pioneer 11 blasted from Cape Kennedy on a 620 million mile voyage to Jupiter in a 570 pound payload. Its twin Pioneer 10 began the path 13 months earlier and will pass by Jupiter in December. Scientists seek evidence of chemical elements in Jupiter's atmosphere that could relate to life's building blocks.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Jupiter
Saturn
FDA bans Violet No 1 color in foods and cosmetics
The FDA will prohibit Violet No 1 use in foods drugs cosmetics and meat marking. Industry may shift to Red No 40 as a substitute amid concerns over Red No 2 linked to reproductive problems in Russian studies. USDA inspectors stamp meat with the violet dye remains a factor in limited use.
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Washington
U.S
Food and Drug Administration
Lems
Thieu Rules Out Request for U S Troops in Vietnam
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu outlined postwar aid plans during meetings in Washington. He met IMF chief Pierre Paul Schweitzer Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Rush and Defense Secretary Elliot Richardson and spoke at the National Press Club denying any request for U S troops.
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Washington
Nguyen van Thieu
Pierre- Paul Schweitzer
International Monetary Fund
Kenneth Bush
Elliot Richardson
National Press Club
House of Representatives
Senate
United States
Vietnam
Press Club
AIM Leader Russell Means Heads to Washington Under Siege Pact
AIM leader Russell Means travels to Washington as part of a peace agreement ending the 37 day siege at Wounded Knee. He will meet with federal officials and Leonard Garment to discuss a presidential treaty commission and related provisions.
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Wounded Knee
Russell Means
Washington
Means
American Indian Movement
The
Surgent Indians
Leonard Garment
Nixon
AIM
U.S. Atty
Kent Frizzell
Price Rollback Vote Looms as Economic Powers Face Deadline
The House schedules a vote next week on restoring prices interest rates and rents to their Jan 10 levels. The Nixon administration opposes price freezes and will not consider extending such controls beyond April 30 without new legislation. Treasury Secretary Shultz defended meat price ceilings but rejected broader freezes. The timing pressures Nixon to decide whether to sign or let economic powers lapse.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Senate
House Banking Committee
Congress
Nixon delays request for aid to rebuild North Vietnam
President Nixon's plan to ask Congress to aid North Vietnam's rebuilding as a peace inducement is delayed indefinitely. Officials cite cease-fire violations, strong congressional opposition, and lack of broad multinational backing. State officials say the commitment to rehabilitation remains.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
North Vietnam
McMillan Loses Bid to End Subsistence Pay for Absentees
In Columbia AP report Senator Gilbert McMillan’s push to deny subsistence pay to absent senators was defeated 32 to 5. Democrats Travis Medlock and J Verne Smith joined three Republicans in recalling the bill from Rules. Senior Democrats L Marion Gressette and Rembert Dennis urged restraint, while Bowen and Long of Sumter and Union offered cautious support and noted attendance debates.
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Columbia
Gilbert McMillan
Senate
McMillan
Aiken
Travis Medlock
Richland
J. Verne Smith
Greenville
Thomas Hartnett
James Edwards
Charleston
L. Marion Gressette
Calhoun
Rembert C. Dennis
Berkeley
Grossette
Dennis
Sen
Thomas
Bowen
D-Sumter
Aiken County to vote on trash ordinance and county-wide pickup
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners will review a three ordinance package prohibiting placing refuse on rights of way and banning littering from vehicles with a $100 fine or 30 days in jail per offense. A county-wide garbage collection plan using green boxes is also under study with a Tuesday report from Commissioner Ralph Cullinan.
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Aiken
Ralph Cullinan
Wade Brodie
Weather Outlook: 70s Ahead With Scattered Rain
Tomorrow high in the 70s with clouds replacing sun. A 30 percent chance of rain Saturday. Lows in the 40s, light winds. Last night's frost warnings likely minor. some low areas may have frost, but most escaped it. Peaches expected around June in Clemson County.
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Clemson County
Rogers To Go Before OAS
Secretary of State William P. Rogers appears before the Organization of American States with a recommendation for Latin American nations to depend less on the United States for social and economic needs.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Organization of American States
United States
Grand Union Cuts Meat Prices Boosts Boycott Victory
The Grand Union Co the 10th largest chain trims beef pork lamb and veal by at least 10 cents a pound below Nixon ceilings with sales set through April. The move sparks little reaction from rivals while nationwide effects vary from plant closures to no price change as FIT plans continued boycotts despite mixed retailer responses.
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Associated Press
Grand Union Co
Grand Union
Charles G. Rodman
Kansas
National Beef Packing Co
Liberal
Kan
New York State
State Department of Agriculture
Seattle
Safeway Stores Inc
Meat Boycott Question Piques Aiken Housewives
Aiken County housewives were asked yesterday whether to boycott meat amid current calls for change. The survey seeks reader views as shoppers weighed options during weekly shopping.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Gulf Firm Considers Move After Tax Exemption Bid
Gulf General Atomic plans a $20 million nuclear fuel plant in North Carolina but may switch site to Barnwell County South Carolina if NC lawmakers fail to pass an inventory tax exemption. The plant would employ about 3,000, manufacture fuel worth $6,000 per pound, and use land bought last July for $225,000 adjacent to AEC Savannah River Plant.
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Gulf General Atomic Company
North Carolina
Barnwell County
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Savannah River
Allied Gulf Nuclear Services
Palmetto State
General Assembly
Franklin County
South Carolina
Tar Heel
Burns: Stockade director notes security limits and integration progress
Stockade director Bob Burns says minimum security allows escapes despite tightened security. Prisoner Rudell Hickson escaped briefly but was recaptured. Burns asserts crackdowns aid detection. Burns discusses racial integration efforts in dining and dorm areas, moving guards, closing center section, and mixing rooms to end de facto segregation.
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Bob Burns
Burns
Ronald LaCouture
Rudell Hickson
Hickson
County Stockade
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