Controversial $30 000 grant to North Augusta Chamber drawns scrutiny
A $30,000 appropriation to the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce appears funded from revenue sharing rather than county ordinary funds. State officials say using revenue sharing funds violates federal guidelines, risking reimbursement or loss of funds. The grant supported buying 30 acres for a Schubert and Salzer textile plant with a $5 million investment.
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North Augusta Chamber of Commerce
John Oliphant
Compliance Division
Office of Revenue Sharing
Washington, D.C
S.C
North Augusta
Thoroughly
Oliphant
Hoffa Case Spurs FBI Team Up In Kidnap Probe
FBI expands efforts to locate Jimmy Hoffa with a coordinated multi agency task force working around the clock in Detroit. Federal sources say Hoffa likely kidnapped or killed amid his bid to regain union power, as extortion demands surface and Hoffa family reports no ransom or threats.
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Detroit
FBI
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters
Detroit News Today
Hoffa
Clarence M. Kelley
Five men arrested in Buchanan narcotics sweep
In Buchanan Georgia police arrested five men after a report of a low flying aircraft led deputies to the Treat Mountain area. Officers seized a truckload of what was believed to be marijuana and detained the suspects in Haralson County.
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Buchanan, Ga
South America
Trent Mountain
Scott Roberts
Haralson County
Treat Mountain
Butz Sees Food Price Hike and Beef Dip
Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz warned of a 12 to 2 percent rise in overall food prices later this year with beef prices slightly down. He told CBS Face the Nation that Soviet grain purchases will have little impact on U.S. prices, though any foreign sale may raise them modestly. He criticized inflation blame on grain deals, saying other causes drive inflation.
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Washington
Earl Butz
CBS
Butz
Mountainside search for remains after fatal Morocco crash
Rescue teams combed a Atlas Mountains mountainside for the scattered remains of 188 people killed when a chartered Boeing 707 carrying Moroccan workers home from France slammed into a peak in heavy fog.
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Agadir
Morocco
France
Atlas Mountains
Portuguese Troops Clash with Demonstrators in Portugal Crisis
In northern Portugal the army and anti communist protesters clashed today in Famalicao leaving one civilian dead and another gravely wounded. Moderates were hospitalized after weekend shootings by Communist supporters as military rulers face a deepening revolutionary crisis.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Famalicao
Ford cites CIA probes limiting U S action in Portugal
President Ford tells U S News & World Report investigations of the CIA and covert operation constraints have hindered American influence in Portugal. He accuses the Soviet Union of quietly aiding Portuguese Communists and says U S participation has been restricted there.
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Washington
Ford
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
Portugal
U.S. News & World Report
Soviet Union
Northwest Pilots Strike Northwest Airlines
Northwest Airlines faced a sudden strike by the Air Line Pilots Association in Minneapolis as federal labor troubleshooter efforts to broker a settlement failed. The stoppage disrupted operations at the seventh largest U.S. carrier and heightened industry tensions.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Air Line Pilots Association
Northwest Airlines
Gandhi seeks retroactive amendments to erase illegal practices ruling
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked Parliament for retroactive amendments to erase legislation used to convict her of illegal electoral practices. The moves aim to affect next week's Supreme Court case where she appeals the conviction to avoid the six year ban from office.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Supreme Court
Mrs. Gandhi
Two Public Hearings On Tap Tuesday
Two Aiken County Board of Commissioners hearings detailed with ordinances on LSRP&DC land two acres funded by the county and clerk of court revenue sharing for storage equipment. First readings authorize payments for county services and various city area improvements with multiple resolutions scheduled.
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Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Lower Savannah Regional Planning and Development Council
Lsrp&dc
County
LSR
P&dc
Registrar of Mense Conveyances
U S Consul Kidnapped as Embassy Seized in Malaysia
Terrorists stormed the U S Embassy in Kuala Lumpur seizing U S consul Robert Stebbins 43 and other hostages including a Swedish diplomat Australian Malaysian Japanese and Singaporean. They demanded the release of seven Red Army prisoners in Japan and a flight to an unnamed destination. Police surrounded the 12 story building and a deadline passed without immediate incident.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Red Army
Japan
U.S
Robert Stebbins
Takeo Miki
Tokyo
Miki
United States
Ford
Japan Air Lines
Hous
V. Manickavasagam
Robert S. Dillon
Michiaki Suma
American International Assurance
Ergle Resigns as Aiken County Landfill Chief
Harvey L. Ergle resigns as landfill superintendent effective August 15 citing family security. A native of Aiken County with USC masters, he will become head coach at Wardlaw Academy after a career blending teaching and coaching in North Mecklenburg High School. He praises foreman Paul Gughier as he notes the facility improved from near closure to one of the top three landfills in the state.
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Harvey L. Ergle
Aiken County
Ergle
Wardlaw Academy
Johnston
University of South Carolina
Siren Flashback Tells City Police Tale In Aiken
Detective Charles Edwards reports a sleep disturbance when thieves siphoned gas from a car and activated its siren, waking neighbors. Marsha Rial, traveling by boat from Venice to Athens, met Beth Culler of UC Berkeley who spent the summer of 1968 in Aiken teaching at Schofield in a summer program.
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Aiken
Charles Edwards
Edwards
Small World
Marsha Rial
Venice
Athens
Greece
Beth Culler
University of California At Berkeley
Culler
Schofield
The
Rials
Marsha
Fifth Form May Be Unconstitutional By ERIC HIGGS
A report notes the fifth form of home rule government may be unconstitutional and not on the fall ballot. The Justice Department reviews the Home Rule Act while legislators fear a conflict with the act’s spirit and power balance.
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Eric Higgs
U.S. Justice Department
Justice Department
General Assembly
Irene K. Rudnick
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Senate
Gilbert E. McMillan
McMillan
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