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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1972
Page
2
A 25 year old Shirley Mae Miller of Kingstree died after her car left SC 265 near Kingstree in Williamsburg County during a weekend wreck. The other fatality occurred in a separate single vehicle crash reported by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers returned to work today after a walkout lasting over a week at the General Telephone Company of the Southeast. A union spokesman said workers voted to return once the company agreed to open contract talks on Aug. 14. Other southeastern locals await guidance before deciding next steps.
The United Citizens' Party of South Carolina will hold its biennial convention in Columbia on August 26 at the Town and Tourist Motel. Party chairman John R Harper II says delegates will pick candidates for U.S. Congress and state offices and map strategy for the 1972 elections. Filing deadline for UCP nominations was noon today.
A Philadelphia study of 3,300 white children from Philadelphia New York and Wilmington finds obesity at age six in 29 percent of poor girls versus 3 percent of rich girls and 40 percent of poor boys versus 25 percent of rich boys. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania note social pressures may influence upper-class thinness. Obesity trends persist to age 18 with shifting patterns between groups.
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