Campaign in North Augusta Sees 3 Dems 5 Rep Seek Seats
North Augusta voters face a heated race as three Democrats and five Republicans contest council seats in a low-profile yet tense campaign. Leading Republican Henry R. McKenney Jr. emphasizes fiscal responsibility and citizen participation while Democrat Bobby Tinsley pledges no tax increases and targets budget trimming with police pay raises.
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Eric Higgs
North Augusta
Bobby Tinsley
Henry R. McKenney Jr
McKenney
Tinsley
Bobby
Democratic Party
Public Safety Department
William H. Dodgen
James Harris Harris
Lennox Industries
Harris
Grace United Methodist Church
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Portuguese Polls See Record Turnout in New Rulers Era
Voters lined up hours before polls opened as Portugal held its first election since the overthrow of the dictatorship. By noon, districts reported 25 percent of eligible voters had cast ballots, signaling the largest turnout in the nation's history.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Quints All Doing Fine Says Doctor
All Levy quintuplets are bottle fed in incubators and doing fine. Mother Pamela Levy has not yet viewed the babies. Obstetrician Allen R. Shade reports her recovery from cesarean section is satisfactory but slow. Dr. Irwin Light notes each baby weighs under five pounds eight ounces with one boy needing a blood transfusion, yet all are feeding by formula.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Cincinnati General Hospital
Allen R. Shade
Pamela Levy
Shade
Irwin Light
Light
Little Lawyers Lay Office Bugged
Defense lawyers for Joan Little claim their Durham law office was bugged as they press a pretrial motion. They allege electronic surveillance produced a transmitter signal and taped telephone evidence on offices of Jerry Paul and Karen Galloway.
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Washington, N.C
Joan Little
Durham
Guy Rankin
Jerry Paul
Karen Galloway
Embassy Attack at West German Embassy in Stockholm
Terrorists held a dozen people hostage for 12 hours and dynamited the building after Bonn refused demands to free 26 anarchists. Three died including the embassy attaches and a terrorist who shot himself. two policemen and a hostage were seriously injured. Five other terrorists were captured.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Bonn
Dietrich Stoecker
Attacks Press For Viet Talks Near Saigon
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks were reported 25 miles west of Saigon as President Tran Van Huong resisted calls to step aside. Huong met with U S Ambassador Graham Martin and with French Ambassador Jean Marie Merillon as France urged a transition to General Duong Van Minh who seeks the presidency with full powers. Minh, a 1963 coup leader, heads a loose neutralist bloc opposing Thieu's circle. Huong offered Minh the premiership with full powers, but Minh reportedly refused.
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Saigon
Tran van Huong
Huong
U.S
Graham Martin
Jean Marie Merillon
Duong
van Minh
Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen van Thieu
Aiken Scouts Learn Norwegian for World Jamboree
Four Aiken Boy Scouts and their scoutmaster study Norwegian with City Councilman Lloyd Olsen in preparation for the World Boy Scout Jamboree in Norway late this year. Attending are Ron Frontroth, scoutmaster, Stuart Frontroth, Mike Chandler, Tim Brumit, and Andrew Marine.
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Aiken
Lloyd Olsen
Norway
Ron Frontroth
Stuart Frontroth
Mike Chandler
Tim Brumit
Andrew Marine
Modern Bridge Replaces hump on Laurens Street in Aiken
Aiken approves a new concrete and steel bridge on Laurens Street eliminating the hump. The project requires a 22 foot clearance and ends lawsuits between the City of Aiken Southern Railway Co and M L McGee Co. Costs include $50 000 from US Guaranty Co and $9 967.40 from Southern Railway with the city paying the balance plus 10 percent engineering fees. The city will maintain the bridge and pay from storm drainage funds. Southern Railway gains release from liability.
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Arkenites
Southern Railway
Aiken
Southern Railway Co
M.L. McGee Co
MS. McGee Co
Patchen & Mingledorff
Julius B. Ness
Julian Head
Henry Summerall
US Guaranty Co
Southern Railroad
Roland Windham
Patchen & Mingledorff & Associates
H. Odell Weeks
Laurens Street Bridge
Jeane Hall
Oil Imports Drop and US Reports Trade Surplus
The Commerce Department says oil imports fell sharply in March, pushing the US into a $1.4 billion trade surplus for the month and a $2 billion year-to-date surplus. Exports slipped slightly while imports dropped more, aided by lower petroleum purchases and continued vehicle and machinery trends.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Rain Outlook With Warm Daytime Temps and Winds
A forecast calls for a 70 percent rain chance today, 60 percent tonight, and 20 percent tomorrow. After a day near 85 degrees, cooler moisture is welcome with lows around 60 and highs in the lower 80s. Winds shift from southwest today to northerly tomorrow at 10 to 20 mph.
Graniteville Company sees 1974 as banner year with cautious 1975 outlook
Graniteville president Robert P. Timmerman told stockholders at the 129th annual meeting at Gregg Park Civic Center that 1974 set records for sales and earnings but warned 1975 may be tougher. He cited a first quarter downturn and predicted a possible turnaround in the last half of 1975 with improved demand, sales, and profits. The meeting reelected board members and officers, including Timmerman as president and John F. Livingston as vice president manufacturing with broad responsibilities over greige mills.
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Graniteville Company
Robert P. Timmerman
Gregg Park Civic Center
Graniteville
Timmerman
George W. Aufderheide Jr
McCampbell
Bennett A. Brown
The
Citizens and Southern National Bank
Robert Carswell
Shearman and Sterling
H. Tenison Deane
James F. Kane
College of Business Administration
University of South Carolina
Buck Mickel
Daniel International Corporation
General Contractors
W. Thomas Rice
Seaboard Coast Line Industries, Inc
Railway Transportation
Samuel H. Swint Jr
Presi
William E. Johnson
Edwin C. Martins Jr
John F. Livingston
Joseph M. Granade
Livingston
Swint
South Carolina
Greige
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