Aiken County fires administrator LaCouture in tight vote
Ronald A. LaCouture is dismissed by the Aiken County Board of Commissioners in a 4-3 vote before a standing room crowd at USCA Room 107. more than 200 people attended amid hostile protest as the board approved the resolution after a stormy session lasting about two hours. LaCouture seeks 90 days pay claiming a verbal county agreement.
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Aiken
Ronald A. LaCouture
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
USCA
Commission
Harold V. Graybeal
LaCouture
Kennedy gets warm reception in TBILISI Georgia
Hundreds of Georgians greeted Sen. Edward Kennedy and his family as they visited the Soviet state, with residents shouting support and Kennedy shaking hands, smiling, and waving. A local onlooker said, We love the Kennedys and have read about them.
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Tbilisi
U.S.S.R
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Democrat
Georgia
Kennedy
Kennedys
Fair Skies Predicted For Aiken County Area
Mostly fair skies and cooler temperatures forecast for Aiken County after a warm evening. The high today will reach about 75 degrees with a low near 40 tonight. Temperatures are expected to ease into the lower 70s by Thursday.
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Aiken County
Richard Burton Hospitalized in California
Richard Burton is responding well to treatment for influenza bronchitis and will be released from St John’s Hospital within two days, a spokesman says. He was hospitalized after completing filming The Klansman in northern California. Elizabeth Taylor is vacationing in Hawaii and plans to reunite with Burton early next week.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Richard Burton
St. John’s Hospital
California
Burton
Eliizabeth Taylor
Hawaii
Fonda and Hayden Pledge Support in Hanoi Visit
Actress Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden were received by North Vietnam Premier Pham Van Dong in Hanoi. The North Vietnamese news agency said they expressed resolve to support the Vietnamese people in their struggle for peace in Vietnam.
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Tokyo
Jane Fonda
Tom Hayden
Hanoi
Pham van Dong
Miss Fonda
Vietnam
Radio
Edward Katzenbach Dead in Cranbury Shooting
Edward L Katzenbach Jr brother of former U S Atty Gen Nicholas Katzenbach died by self inflicted gunshot in his Cranbury home at 55 He had served in the Pentagon as first deputy assistant secretary for education and manpower and was a Kennedy speech writer He was executive vice president of American Chronicles in New York and survived by his widow Delores and three children from his two marriages
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Der
Lyndon B. Johnson
Edward Katzenbach
American Chronicles
New York
Delores
Accord Expected On Tape Editing
NBC News reports White House hired expert Dr. Michael Hecker may back the panel of electronics specialists who concluded the Watergate tape with an 18 minute gap was edited and re recorded. The six authorities say editing occurred in five to nine segments and the erasure may be accidental or deliberate.
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New York
NBC News
White House
NBC
Stern
Hecker
Watergate
Police Confiscate Illegal Liquor in Aiken Case
On Colleton and Berkeley Avenue police stopped Leroy Holmes 39 of 14 Thorpe Lane Aiken suspecting unlicensed driving. A sack on the front seat held bonded liquor seven gallons of illegal whiskey 48 half pints and a gallon jug found after a car search and a house warrant.
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Aiken
Leroy Holmes
Thorpe Lane
Ralph Center
Wayne Clark
Holmes
Colleton
Berkeley Avenue
Visitor Not Welcome In Senator's Office Possum Chase
Al len Harmon and Bob Reid spotted a visitor in the vestibule of Senator Strom Thurmond's office. They rushed to the federal courthouse to capture a baby possum that had wandered into the Old Post Office building and released it unharmed.
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Sen
Strom Thurmond
Harmon
Reid
MOP Squad invites Aiken Chamber for coffee tomorrow
The MOP Squad calls on all Aiken Chamber of Commerce members to meet at Heart of Aiken Restaurant at 10 a.m. for the second session of the annual membership drive with new plans in the wind. An audience member at the County Commissioners meeting suggested Bell Auditorium in Augusta should have been booked. Ezra Pound quote on critics ends.
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Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Heart of Aiken
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Bell Auditorium
Augusta
Domestic Help To Cost More
The new federal minimum wage law sets $1.90 per hour for domestic workers who work over eight hours weekly or earn at least $50 in a calendar quarter. Exclusions include casual or intermittent helpers and companions for the aged.
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Arkenites
U. S. Department of Labor
Senate
Robert Ginn
State Department of Labor
Columbia
Gina
Commission on Termination Sparks Heated County Board Meeting
Wade Brodie proposed a 90 day termination pay amendment amid a tense session over LaCouture s ouster. Graybeal said Arthur Courtney would temporarily return as county engineer. The public largely supported LaCouture as the board debated procedures and public input. A follow up meeting was set for Tuesday at 8 pm.
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Commission
Wade Brodie
LaCouture
Judson M. Brodie
Courtney
Graybeal
Arthur W. Courtney
Brodie
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Bob Reid
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Ezra Pound
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Roland Windham
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Aiken Standard
Windham
Lj.larry Murphy
Edwin E. Farmer
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