North Vietnamese Offensive Expands Across Vietnam Highlands
AP reports the central highlands offensive covering Kontum and Pleiku provinces is described as serious. The push targets district towns like Phu Nhon and aims to demonstrate Saigon’s limited ability to protect remote areas, with US engineers and helicopters as key defenders amid scattered clashes.
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Central Highlands
U.S
Triborder
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Kontum
Pleiku
Highlands
Phu Nhon
Kontum Province
Government Not Able To Prosecute Ex GIs
Washington AP The Pentagon announced no legal way to prosecute former soldiers tied to the My Lai massacre after 18 months of study by Army and Justice Department attorneys. Spokesman Jerry Friedheim said no path to trial exists, implying Paul Meadle and others will not face charges for the March 16 1968 killings.
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Pentagon
My Lai
Jerry Friedheim
Friedheim
Army
The
Justice
Paul Meadle
Meadle
William L Calley Jr
Standard Stumper Worth Spare Time
The Easter week contest offers a puzzle worth 540 dollars with copies available at the Aiken Standard office. Entries must be received by noon Wednesday. late submissions will not be counted.
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Aiken
Rutland Drive
Florence Police Hunt For Egg Thief Ahead Of Easter
Florence authorities respond to a housing development theft of 30 dozen eggs intended for a community Easter egg hunt. The manager had bought two cases for a mass event in the unfinished development. A detective said a suspect is in mind but noted the culprit is not the Easter Bunny.
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Florence
Michael Hagelston
Jack Hagelston
Taylor St
Aiken
Aiken Recreation Department
Michael
Virginia Acres Park
McManaway
Thurmond Secures Move Back of Cherokee Draft Board
Senator Strom Thurmond announced that the national Selective Service Headquarters will return the Cherokee County draft board from Spartanburg to Gaffney. The board had been unified with Spartanburg under a prior policy, a shift Thurmond opposed. He said the headquarters has acceded to his request and issued guidance to relocate the board.
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Strom Thurmond
S. C
National Selective Service
Cherokee County Draft Board
Gaffney
Spartanburg
Cherokee Board
South Carolina
Thurmond
Senate Armed Services Committee
Four Crewmen Rescued From Grounded Miss Manatee
Coast guard helicopters plucked four crewmen from the 60-foot grouper boat Miss Manatee after it ran aground on a sand bar at the mouth of Tampa Bay near Passage Key. The vessel was returning from a fishing trip off Mexico to Bradenton. Identified crew members are Dallas Cummings of Bradenton and three St. Petersburg men Jerry Cummings John Timmins and Ed Harding.
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Fla
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Tampa Bay
Mexico
Passage Key
Dallas Cummings
St. Petersburg
Jerry Cummings
John Timmins
Ed Harding
Haiti President Francois Duvalier Reported Well
Haitian ambassador Arthur Bonhomme said Duvalier is well and denied US reports he might be seriously ill. Bonhomme spoke by telephone with Duvalier who will be 64 next week. US officials had suggested a second stroke in the past month. He blamed foes in the United States for spreading the rumors.
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Washington
Arthur Bonhomme
Francois Duvalier
Bonhomme
Duvalier
United States
Haiti
Jobs for Veterans Month Proclaimed in Aiken
Local government and the South Carolina Employment Security Commission join a national effort to place veterans in jobs. Aiken Mayor H Odell Weeks proclaims April as Job for Veterans Month urging community support and cooperation. Johnny Maloney notes veterans are motivated and ready to resume or begin careers with VA and Labor programs aiding wages and training under the GI Bill. The Aiken employment service office invites employers to seek veteran hires.
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Aiken
South Carolina
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Veterans Administration
Department of Labor
Peace talks resume as North Vietnam attacks Nixon delay
North Vietnam accused President Nixon of cynicism for not setting a total withdrawal date. Vy and Binh framed his speech as prolonging the war. South Vietnamese envoy Lam urged a timetable for all foreign troop withdrawals, as the three week pause ended with the 108th session resuming after a protest over bombing.
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Vietnam
Nguyen Minh Vy
Laos
Cambodia
Pham Dang Lam
South Vietnam
Bloodmobile schedules April 19 visits to Jackson and New Ellenton
The Red Cross Bloodmobile announces 4 to 8 pm donation hours for Jackson Masonic Lodge and New Ellenton Community Center. Each community targets 75 pints with donors aged 18 to 65 in good health. A new South Carolina law allows minors 18 and older to donate without parental permission. Blood supports Aiken County residents and donor dependents where hospital needs align.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
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New Ellenton
Joseph L. Thompson
Jackson Masonic Lodge
S.C. General Assembly
Red Cross
Aiken County
Good Friday and Easter Services Planned Across Faiths
The article lists Easter vigil at St. Mary Help of Christians at 11 p.m. with baptism and Eucharist around midnight, Catholic services at 7 a.m. 9 a.m. 11 a.m. 12:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Then St John’s United Methodist Church holds a Good Friday service at 7:30 p.m. with an 11 a.m. Sunday service, and Friendship Baptist Church hosts a 5:30 a.m. service Sunday followed by 11 a.m. worship with revival to begin Monday.
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St. Mary Help of Christians Church
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Friendship Baptist Church
Solicitors Fight Fulltime Office Plan in South Carolina
Columbia AP reports lawmakers push to make circuit solicitors fulltime and bar private practice. Sen. James B. Stephen contends backlog and public justice require fulltime prosecutors, while many solicitors oppose the bill ahead of a planned hearing.
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Columbia
South Carolina
James B. Stephen
Spartanburg
Stephen
18 Year Old Vote Gains Momentum
The ratification of a constitutional amendment lowering the voting age to 18 by Kansas and Michigan boosts the measure’s odds to become law this year. Supporters at Common Cause cite quick state approvals and expect Maryland California New Jersey Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to act by April.
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John Gardner
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Smith
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Delaware
Connecticut
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USCA Examines Bidding On New Building
Aiken County Commission on Higher Education opened bids for a new campus building near the western bypass between US 1 and Trolley Line Road. A spokesman said further study is needed before selecting a contractor. The project is expected to cost about 1.5 million dollars.
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Aiken County Commission On Higher Education
Commission
US 1
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