National Guard Talks With Aiken High Seniors
Representatives of the National Guard spoke to seniors at Aiken High School. Langley-Bath-Clearwater principal Jerry Swing was admitted to Aiken County Hospital after an illness and will stay several days for tests. Secretaries Day is noted with tours of Proc tor and Gamble and a group dinner. Friends from Gastonia report two new doctors in town amid plans for a new nine story hospital.
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Aiken High School
Jerry Swing
Langley-Bath-Clearwater High School
Aiken County Hospital
Proctor
Gamble
Gastonia
Farm produced food costs jump for typical family
US farm produced food to feed a family for a year rose to 1458 dollars in March up 49 dollars from February as farmers received prices climbed 6.8 percent. The market basket rose 3.5 percent to 1458 with the middleman earning 810 and farmers 648 while the total past three months up 120 and the past year 157.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Brezhnev to Visit Bonn in May
Soviet Communist party chief Leonid Brezhnev is set to visit Bonn in mid May between May 18 and 22 according to the West German government. It will be his first trip to West Germany and follows a Social Democratic announcement on April 4.
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Brezhnev
Bonn
West Germany
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Willy Brandt
Cial Democratic Party
Kremlin
Supreme Court to rule on city limits and school integration
The High Court will decide if court ordered school integration can extend beyond city boundaries in a Richmond Virginia case. NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Richmond school board argue lines hinder urban suburban consolidation and ongoing segregation. The Virginia state school board and federal government oppose erasing city county borders just to shift white pupils into black schools.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Richmond
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
The
Rich
Mond School Board
Virginia State School Board
Retired General to Testify at Pentagon Papers Trial
Former Marine officer and newspaper executive Victor Kruak, now director of editorial and news policy for Copley Newspapers, testifies as government witness to counter Rep. Paul McCloskey’s claim that the Da Nang first landing volume was of no value by 1969. The rebuttal case, set to run through the week, saw a witness switch sides.
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Los Angeles
Paul N. McCloskey
R-Calif
Victor Krulak
Copley Newspapers, Inc
McCloskey
da Nang
Daniel Elisberg
Anthony Russo
Matt Byrne
Pentagon counters Vietnam veteran drug abuse estimates
Pentagon released a government study disputing alarming claims of up to 200000 Vietnam enlistment returnees as drug addicts. Dr Richard S Wilbur said results from about 900 former soldiers show only 2000 to 3000 Army returnees from 1970-71 heroin era still use drugs. The study covers enlisted men, representing about 1.3 percent of returnees, near the pre service 12 percent rate.
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Washington
Pentagon
Richard S. Wilbur
Defense Department
Vietnam
Wilbur
Nixon Eyes Tax Hike Amid Booming Economy
Herbert F. Stein, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, said the Nixon administration may consider raising some taxes if the booming economy cannot be controlled by other measures. He spoke at a news conference Monday.
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Nixon
Washington
Herbert F. Stein
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Kissinger cites North Vietnam violations of cease fire terms
Henry Kissinger told the AP membership meeting that North Vietnam systematically breached key cease fire clauses notably the withdrawal of troops from Cambodia and Laos. He said the United States is disappointed with North Vietnamese compliance.
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New York
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Rumors Surge Over New Watergate Evidence
Reported disclosures claim President Nixon knew of a coverup and implicate aides Haldeman and Ehrlichman. Campaign records and grand jury transcripts are cited, with claims of executive clemency offered to James McCord Jr. if he stayed silent. White House denies prior knowledge as Senate probes expand to Justice and FBI officials.
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Watergate Grand Jury
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Gerald Warren
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FBI
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Aiken Council Plans May 14 Hearing on Dog Licensing Amendments
The Aiken City Council voted to enforce and amend an animal control ordinance drawn from a Humane Society model, approved in 1956 and including dog licensing. A second public hearing is scheduled for May 14 to consider the amendments.
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Aiken City
Humane Society
City Probes Merchants Requests In Aiken Meeting
City Manager Roland Windham told the Aiken Downtown Merchants Association the city met with the electric company about more lighting downtown and will meet again. He refuted a street sweeper complaint, and merchants urged two hour parking signs which council said it would not enforce without proper means. Dr. Robert Sipe asked about cutting parks for parking. council said such a move would require an ordinance and is not planned. SPCA head Harry Young spoke on dog licensing and enforcement, and council voted to enforce the ordinance, fund a dog catcher, and provide equipment for the city pound.
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Roland Windham
Aiken
Carney
Robert Sipe
Parched Gardens Get Drunk
Weather outlook promises rain for parched gardens with 40 percent tonight and 70 percent tomorrow. Temperatures expected to range from lows in the 60s tonight to highs around 80 tomorrow with more scattered showers Thursday and Friday and cooler conditions by Saturday.
Judge G Badger Baker Dies At Florence Home
South Carolina 12th Circuit Judge G Badger Baker died at his Florence home after extended illness. He was 66 and had served 25 years on the bench. He was the son of the late Chief Justice D Gordon Baker and his son Gordon B Baker Jr. serves in the South Carolina House.
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Florence
South Carolina
G. Badger Baker
Baker
D. Gordon Baker
South Carolina Supreme Court
South Carolina House
Gordon B. Baker Jr
Jackson Seeks Ambulance Station for Jackson Area
The Aiken County Ambulance Commission debated funding a fourth ambulance station in Jackson. If $41,000 cannot be approved, alternative plans for faster service to Jackson Beech Island and Langley area were considered. Randy Bland noted 20 minute rural response, vs urban three minutes, urging action due to lack of physician and pharmacy in Jackson.
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Aiken County Ambulance Commission
Granville H. DeWitt
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Beech Island
New Ellenton
Belvedere
Hwy. 25
U.S. 1
Commission
Randy Bland
Bland
Heyl to remain in Aiken County amid hospital plans
Dr. Guy C. Heyl Jr confirms he will stay in Aiken County for now, the only practicing orthopedic surgeon there. He had announced a March departure for Tulsa due to limited anesthesiologist staffing and bed space, awaiting a new hospital building and board concrete plans. If the new facility proceeds, he would prefer to stay. otherwise he may reconsider leaving.
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Aiken
Guy C. Heyl Jr
Heyl
Aiken County
Tulsa
Okla
Aiken County Hospital
North Augusta Election Sees Early Turnout Beat Estimates
North Augusta voters turnout rose above expectations with 106 of 600 ballots cast by 11 a.m. Precincts 28 25 and 26 reported solid participation despite rain. Incumbent Raymond L Walters faces Harold Bush for mayor while council contenders include WJ Mottel Thomas W Greene Mrs Ivan Smith on the Republican side and W Stephen Harley Wallis Hallman Pringle L Peeples on the Democratic side. Polls close at 7 p.m. with results at City Hall tonight.
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North Augusta City Hall
Raymond L
Council
W. Stephen Harley
Wallis J. Hallman
Pringle L. Peeples
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