Ill Former Columbia State News Bureau chief Bledsoe ill in Winston-Salem
David Bledsoe, once Columbia State News Bureau chief in Aiken, is seriously ill in Bowman Gray School of Medicine Hospital Winston Salem. His wife Pat is by his side. cards may be sent to room 813 300 S. Hawthorne Winston-Salem NC 27102.
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Columbia State News
Aiken
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Bowman Gray School of Medicine
S. Hawthorne
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N.C
Libyans Enact Passport Rule Favoring Arabs
Rome AP report says Libya widens a passport policy to exclude foreigners unless passports are written in Arabic Only tourists have faced the ban since January with occasional enforcement on journalists and missionaries The policy signals a broader cultural revolution declared by Col Muammar Khadafy and now affecting foreign technicians and businessmen in the country.
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Rome
Libya
Muammar Khadafy
Watergate Speedup Urged by Colson Reported
Charles W. Colson, ex special counsel to President Nixon, urged speeding the Watergate bugging of Democratic headquarters. He says he passed a lie detector test. Magruder, ex No. 2 in Nixon reelection, told Time and The Washington Post of Colson’s actions and recruitment of men posing as McGovern supporters.
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Washington
Charles W. Colson
Nixon
Colson
White House
George McGovern
Time Magazine
The
Washington Post
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Kissinger to visits Moscow for talks on Brezhnev summit
President adviser Henry Kissinger will travel to Moscow on May 4 for discussions with Soviet leaders about the Brezhnev visit and related summit preparations. The trip aims to align timing for Nixon and Brezhnev, with the Moscow summit possibly set for June.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
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Brezhnev
White House
Agnew Favored by GOP Voters in Gallup Poll
Gallup poll of 798 Republicans shows Vice President Spiro T. Agnew leading with 35 percent as the favorite for the 1976 GOP nomination. California Governor Ronald Reagan 20 percent, John Connally 15 percent, Nelson Rockefeller 11 percent, and Charles Percy 8 percent.
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Gallup
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Ronald Reagan
California
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Connally
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Sen
Charles Percy
Illinois
Delegation Bill Held Up Over Aiken County Budget Powers
The House will not give third reading to a bill extending veto power over the Aiken County budget to the Aiken County Delegation. The measure, introduced in the Senate by Sen. Gilbert E. McMillan and Michael Laughlin, would require final written budget approval by the delegation, though it would not alter tax power. Debate and potential action were postponed for further discussion with the Board of Commissioners.
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Susan Schubert
Aiken County
Aiken
Senate
Gilbert E. McMillan
Michael Laughlin
House
Sen
McMillan
Cecil Collins
Sen. McMillan
Rep
Marshall Cain
Collins
Weekend Warmth With Showers Likely Midweek
Forecast calls for fair weather today and tomorrow with highs near 80s and 70s. Rain chances are near zero through Tuesday, then a possible shower risk on Wednesday and Thursday followed by cooler temperatures into Friday with lows in the 40s to 60s.
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West Alton
Missouri
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Kleindienst and Three Others Resign Amid Watergate Fallout
President Nixon announced the resignations of Kleindienst Ehrlichman Haldeman and White House counsel Dean. Richardson will become attorney general pending Senate approval and lead federal investigations into Watergate. Ehrlichman and Haldeman were described as close White House aides. Dean’s resignation was accepted.
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Nixon
Senate
Ehrlichman
Haldeman
White House
Dean
Two Anderson Men Charged In Fraud
Two Anderson men, Kenneth Brock aged 27 and James W. Johnson aged 28, were arrested in Aiken on two counts of fraud. Public Safety Director J C Busbee cited a flim flam scheme involving the exchange of money.
City seeks animal control officer in Aiken
The city of Aiken advertises for an animal control officer after a city council vote to fund the position. The next allocation will occur at the May 14 meeting. The post requires dog handling, training, agility, neat appearance, clear public communication, and full time work with a budget just over $9,000 for salary and equipment.
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City of Aiken
Roland Windham
Campers Pack Wagener At Atomic Festival Success
Wagener hosts more than 300 camping families for the Wagons to Wagener festival drawing reporters and visitors from Vermont Florida Georgia North Carolina and other states. Campers praise the town’s hospitality while locals celebrate the event as a strong community showcase.
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Emily L. Bull
Wagener
Tom Vickery
Anderson Puddieducks
Vermont
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Henry Fox
Gladstone
N. J
England
Frank Gantt
Fred Daniel
Gwen Busbee
Atomic City Festival Opens With Male Beauty Contest
New Ellenton kicked off the first annual Atomic City Festival with an all male beauty contest at the junior high. Fourteen contestants entertained more than 700 attendees as judges named five semi finalists Gene Rollins RJ Cooper N D Price James Eubanks and James C Brinkley Jr.
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Carlton Shaw
New Ellenton Junior High School
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