Aikenites Help Run Masters Scoring Network
Aiken volunteers, about 100 strong, support the Masters scoring system at Augusta National. The 256-person network posts hole by hole scores with near real time updates, with long-time leaders Joe Lewis and Bill Townsend among the coordinators.
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Joe Lewis
Columbus
Ohio
Bobby Knowles
Aiken
Knowles
Lewis
Highland Park
Palmetto
Midland Valley
American Pressure Rises as Iran Ties Are Cut
FBI shadowing Iran diplomats in the United States to compel departure as President Carter imposes a diplomatic break and trade embargo. Khomeini defends actions while Sen McGovern and hostages' families react with cautious support and concern.
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Robert B. Cullen
Associated Press
Washington
FBI
United States
Carter
Iran
Robert Hohman
Donald Helwnan
West Sacramento
Calif
Congress
George McGovern
Khomeini
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Ayatollah
White House
Chicago
San Francisco
Houston
New York
Nation Storm Rips Homes Across Nine States
Tornadoes high winds and 4 inch hail blasted from Round Rock Texas to Beaver Dam Wisconsin destroying over 100 homes and lifting a house trailer 75 feet. Two dead and at least 75 injured as storms struck suburban St. Louis and towns in Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and Wisconsin. National Weather Service logged 34 tornadoes in nine states.
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Associated Press
Round Rock
Texas
Beaver Dam
Wis
St. Louis
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
National Weather Service
Peru Asylum Seekers Press Peru Allies For Aid
Peru seeks help from Latin American allies in the Andean Pact to relocate about 10,000 Cubans crowding the Havana embassy. The United States offers to take some if Peru will permit arrivals in Lima, but the government has admitted none yet awaiting assurances from others. Foreign Minister Arturo Garcia emphasizes no single nation can absorb all refugees.
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Lima
Peru
Havana
United States
Arturo Garcia
Israeli Raids Anticipated After Kibbutz Nursery Attack
AP reports Israel expects raids on Palestinian camps in southern Lebanon as retaliation for a kibbutz nursery attack that killed three Israelis and five Palestinians. Defense Minister Ezer Weizman warned actions may follow, with past patterns showing heavier Palestinian casualties. The strike killed a kibbutz leader a 24 year old boy and an Israeli soldier, and wounded several others during the border incursion at Misgar Am.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
Ezer Weizman
Misgar Am
Panhandle
Syria
Masters Week Caddy Definition Sparks Lighthearted Debate
A humorous note defines a caddy as someone who stands behind a golfer and cannot see where the ball went. The piece also features Bob Garvin’s remark on the power of love, claiming it can draw you farther than gunpowder can propel you, as he advised his children.
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Robert Kirk
Aiken
Kirk
C.P
Cap) Jones
Bob Garvin
Inflation Tightens Aiken County Budget Readying 1980-81 Plan
Aiken County prepares its 1980-81 budget with first reading May 19 as inflation lifts department requests. Administrator L C Greene notes most asks are for replacements rather than new services, but fuel costs and potential revenue sharing cuts threaten taxes. He expects possible personnel cuts but hopes taxes won’t rise.
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Aiken County
Greene
Carter
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Ali Agha
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