Aiken CAC Rewords Evaluation Findings in Public Reply
The Aiken County Community Action Commission rebutted an external evaluation with a heavily reworded 29 page response. It cites executives including George A. Anderson and Diana Oberlin and withholds a public copy, despite public information status. The report notes agency mail log delays and calls for immediate cash deposit of receipts and improved relations with outside agencies.
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Aiken County Community Action Commission
Aiken
CAC
George A. Anderson
Kermit W (Diana) Oberlin
Aiken Cac
ERDA Gathers Control of Clinch River Reactor Project
The House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee approved moving management of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor project to ERDA. The $2 billion program, to be built near Oak Ridge Tennessee, remains a government-industry venture but with utilities’ role greatly reduced under the change.
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House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Clinch River
ERDA
Congress
Joint Committee
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Private energy development should be led by corporations
Interior Secretary Thomas S. Kleppe urged private energy development by big corporations rather than federal funding. He told the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business that energy programs need vast capital and expertise, which only large companies can provide.
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Atlanta
Thomas S. Kleppe
Kleppe
American Assembly of Collegiate
Schools of Business
Nuclear facilities may not withstand three armed intruders
Safety chief Carl H. Builder reflects in an internal memo that some or many U S nuclear facilities could fail under attack by as few as three intruders. He urges urgent review of protection systems despite lacking a definition of adequate protection as the NRC drafts a statement on environmental impact of recycled plutonium use as reactor fuel.
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Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Safety Chief
Georgia Claims Net Gain From Federal Grants
Georgia received more federal grant money than its taxpayers paid to Washington in the past fiscal year, according to the Tax Foundation Inc. Florida taxpayers paid more in taxes than grants, while Georgia along with South Carolina North Carolina Alabama and Tennessee each received more than they paid. For every dollar Georgia got in grants taxpayers paid 81 cents. Georgia total grants amounted to 12 billion dollars.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Washington
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Alabama
Tennessee
The
Tax Foundation Inc
T J. Mattock
Research Foundation
Hatch Act Revision Veto Upheld by Congress
Supporters of the vetoed Hatch Act revision say they will push the measure again next year after the House failed to override President Ford. Rep. William L. Clay says there is no plan to revive it this session and hopes a Democratic president would help its success.
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Washington
Congress
William L. Clay
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House
Ford
Clay
Radiation Felt On Nixon Trip In Moscow
Two former Secret Service agents report intense radiation at the U S ambassador mansion in Moscow during Nixon 1959 trip. They say Nixon may have been exposed and that radiation faded after they used a ploy to coax the Soviets into stopping the beams.
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Nixon
Washington
Secret Service
U.S Ambassadors
Moscow
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Firequenchers in 1776 garb save shed in Bicentennial spirit
Junior Women's Club members meeting at the Fermata Club found a small blaze among bushes. They formed a bucket brigade in 1776 style dresses and extinguished the fire before the fire company arrived. A nameless Aiken mother sought a flea collar prescription for her dog, sparking curiosity. If rain disrupts plans, Navy Band at Hopeland Gardens moves to H O Weeks Center, and Aiken High Stage Band may follow Monday.
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Fermata Club
Navy
Hopeland Gardens
H.O. Weeks Activities Center
Aiken High School
Hopelands
Gregg-Graniteville Library Dedicated At USC Aiken
The $400000 Gregg-Graniteville Library was dedicated at USC Aiken in a morning ceremony. Funded by the Gregg-Graniteville and Swint Foundations, the two story building holds 29432 books 2706 journals 1991 microfilm reels 766 microfiche cards 590 periodicals and 15 newspaper subscriptions.
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Gregg-Graniteville
Usc-Aiken
Eric Higgs
Gregg - Graniteville
USC
Gregg - Graniteville and
Swint
Robert P. Timmerman
Gregg-Graniteville Foundation
Samuel H. Swint
Swint Foundation
Timmerman
Graniteville Co
Als
Frankie H Cubbedge
Susan Roberts
Connie Harling
Linda Bush
Koons
William Gregg
Graniteville
Gregg-Swint
Ford Eyes November Swing After Humphrey Bows Out
President Ford refocuses on November as Hubert Humphrey declines to enter the Democratic primaries. Ford warns Carter may win the nomination and shifts talk to a possible Ford Carter contest, while Reagan attacks federal aid to education. Carter and Udall backed by governors amid party unity efforts as a Black Democrats caucus meets in Charlotte.
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Associated Press
Ford
Texas
Ronald Reagan
Lone Star
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Pennsylvania
Hubert H Humphrey
Reagan
Beaumont
California
God
Humphrey
Democratc
New Jersey
Brendan Byrne
Carter Byrne
Court pens In Aiken Monday
A man accused of murder in the death of his wife faces trial during a two week General Sessions term opening Monday in Aiken. Purvis Reedy of 5422 Chesterfield St. is charged in the death of Polly Reedy, found dead March 5. Judge Rodney A Peeples will preside over about 75 new cases plus 23 carry-overs.
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Purvis Reedy
Chesterfield St
Polly Reedy
Reedy
Rodney A Peeples
Rain Soaks Aiken County Boosts Crops Amid Deluge
Heavy April showers relief in Aiken County improves corn and cotton prospects while wheat rye and oats may drop yields. Rain slows traffic and stalls buses statewide but officials report no major accidents as forecasters predict more storms and potential above normal May rainfall.
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Aiken County
JH. Evans
Evans
O.W. Ray
Whiskey Road
South
Ray
Aiken
C. Highway Patrol
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