Ravenel Edwards Lead Upsets Shake South Carolina
In a year of upsets Charles Ravenel won the Democratic nomination for governor defeating Lt. Gov. Morris and Congressman Dorn. James Edwards won the Republican primary defeating Gen. Westmoreland. Peggy Jennings trails in the Independent race. Ravenel and Edwards are Mt. Pleasant neighbors with starkly different paths to the November campaign.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Charleston
Charles
Pug
Ravenel
Earle E. Morris
W. J. Bryan Dorn
James B. Edwards
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Edwards
Peggy Jennings
Lexington County
Independent Party
Ms. Jennings
Mt. Pleasant
Fighting Continues in Cyprus Amid Cease-fire Doubts
Fighting rages between Turkish soldiers and Greek Cypriot forces around Lapithos near Kyrenia as cease-fire promises fade. Observation flights to map cease-fire lines were halted after the U N Security Council failed to approve the Geneva accord due to a Soviet veto, intensifying tensions on the island.
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Associated Press
Cyprus
Mediterranean
U.N. Security Council
Lapithos
Kyrenia
Milk Boss Pleads Guilty in Watergate Donations Case
Harold S. Nelson former milk producers co op leader pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe John B Connally and to paying more than 300000 dollars in illegal political contributions He admitted approving a 10000 payment intended for Connally Nelson 56 of San Antonio Texas pleaded guilty before U S District Judge George L Hart Jr In Watergate prosecutors charges stemmed from the case Connally indicted on charges of accepting the 10000 and proclaimed innocence.
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Washington (Ap
Harold S. Nelson
Milk Producers
John B. Connally
Nelson
Connally
Texas
Treasury Secre
Tary
Nixon
San Antonio
Tex
U.S
George L. Hart Jr
Watergate
Hughes Faces Possible Civil Suit After Indictment
The government may file a civil suit against the Howard Hughes empire in the same case that led to Hughes and three associates being indicted in Las Vegas on wire fraud conspiracy and stock manipulation. SEC officials discussed filing, despite criminal charges, with Justice Department officials three weeks earlier. An SEC spokesman would not comment.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Securities and Exchange Commission
Justice Department
Department
SEC
Las Vegas
Nev
Auto earnings decline hit Big Three in 1974 first half
The nation’s Big Three auto makers report a 1.8 billion drop in profits for the first half of 1974 due to rapid inflation. Ford shows a 65 percent earnings decline and plans an 8 percent wholesale price increase for the 1975 model year, signaling higher prices for consumers in September.
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Detroit
Ford
Hostages Still Held In Huntsville Prison Library
A marathon siege at the Huntsville prison library enters its second week as officials weigh an offer from inmate Fred Gomez Carrasco to free some of his 13 hostages in exchange for a chance to escape. Carrasco, a life sentence for assault to murder a policeman, remains on the library’s third floor with two other armed inmates.
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Huntsville
Tex
Fred Gomez Carrasco
Carrasco
Weather Skepticism and a 30 Percent Chance
The column mocks unreliable weather forecasts as two rainy days failed to deliver. Today's tape predicts partly to mostly cloudy skies with hot temperatures and a 30 percent chance of thundershowers, noting the weatherman's cautious wording.
Aiken Promotes Gardens Amid County Complaints
The Aiken Standard notes strong county garden growth drawing mixed reactions from growers and dealers. An observer frets that local produce undercuts shipments from outside the area, while others praise the home garden boom.
County Committed to New Hospital Plan Amid HCA Support
Aiken County Hospital Board chair Dr George A Poda announced at a monthly meeting that the board backs the county commissioners in seeking HCA to build a new hospital in Aiken County The medical staff had earlier passed a similar resolution The group discussed the August 13 groundbreaking date and an August 6 Certificate of Need hearing in Columbia with requests for county involvement and clarity on closing the old facility The board also authorized a letter to Graybeal seeking a formal ruling on the old hospital's closure
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Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees
George A. Poda
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Hospital Corporation of America
HCA
Aiken County
Don L. Pennington
Harold V. Grayheal
Poda
Columbia
Frankfort
Aiken
Graybeal
Lowery Drops Out of District 86 Race in South Carolina
John D. Lowery withdraws as Republican candidate for State House District 86 and plans a move to Barnwell to open a car dealership. Aiken County GOP chairman Lloyd Olsen announces tonight’s Campaign Kickoff with a surprise replacement and keynote speaker Marshall Parker, a candidate for the third congressional seat.
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John D. Lowery
House of Representatives
Lowery
Barnwell
Lloyd T. Olsen
Aiken County
Republican Party
Support Sought To Revitalize Downtown Aiken
A small group met to rekindle support for downtown revitalization in Aiken. They urged a broad based committee including civic groups, women’s clubs, banks, lawyers, landowners, merchants, and the Chamber to guide action under city officials and planning staff.
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Sydney Carter
Roland Windham
Chesley Gwinn
Aiken
C. T. Coleman
Chamber of Commerce
Coleman
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Durban
Boundary work protested by local conservation group
Debby Wendel reports Friends of the Woods oppose widening a downtown South Boundary street west of Whiskey Rd. They object to cutting trees and removing a mini park to widen the road to sixty feet, citing environmental and cost concerns.
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Debby Wendel
State Highway Department
Friends of the Woods
South Boundary
Whiskey Rd
Laurens Street
Highway Department
Irene Rudnick
Alexander Wilds
Rudnick
Silas Pearman
Pearman
Rep
Michael Laughlin
Wilds
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