Aiken Sertoma Club to send 25 county children to camp
The Aiken Sertoma Club plans a Sunday departure for 25 underprivileged Aiken County children. Volunteers prepare camp clothes and ensure the kids are ready for Camp Sertoma at the old Camp Long site on Highway 1. Donations are being gathered to fund a weeklong camp experience. Franklin Ashley of Aiken writes for Harper's September issue and Jerry Robertson of Lynchburg Va provides photographs. Vacationers report beef shortages affecting Myrtle Beach area restaurants reducing menu options.
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Aiken Sertoma Club
Aiken County
Camp Long
Highway 1
Franklin Ashley
Aiken
Harper’s Magazine
Jerry Robertson
Lynchburg, Va
Myrtle Beach
Cambodian Radio Center Bombed Near Phnom Penh Airport
Insurgents attacked Phnom Penh's main international radio transmission center near the airport and blew up a major part of the installation. A 100-man government defense group fled after insurgents ordered arms laid down. about 30 attackers occupied the building and set charges in radio rooms. Seven troops were wounded. Only the cables to Hong Kong remained intact.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Senate probes alleged target of enemy hospitals by air strikes
Senate Armed Services Committee investigates claims that American warplanes hit enemy hospitals. Gerald Greven a Miami former fighter pilot testifies he saw a Viet Cong hospital struck. Army Chief Gen. Creighton Abrams also set to appear amid questions on covert air operations.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gerald Greven
Miami
Senate
Army
Creighton Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Air Force
Allende May Seat Military
President Salvador Allende faces pressure from opponents to bring military leaders into his cabinet as strikes and violence deepen Chilean turmoil. A reshuffle could occur within days, risking the path to socialism and provoking opposition from the Christian Democrats who deem military inclusion essential for restoring order.
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Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Allende
Christian Democrats
Group claims Athens airport attack linked to Beirut figures
A Palestinian guerrilla group calling itself the Seventh Suicide Squad and the Martyr Abu Yussuf Group says it carried out the Athens airport assault. The claim cites Abu Yussuf Mohammed Yussuf Najjar, slain in Beirut during an Israeli raid last April, and ties the attack to the Bahr el Bakr School bombing in Egypt in 1970.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Abu Yussuf
Athens
An Nahar
Mohammed Yussuf Najjar
al Fatah
Dur
Bahr el Bakr
Egypt
Israel
Hunter Wins Parole From South Carolina Boxing Conviction
Bobby Lee Hunter, a 23 year old South Carolina convict who gained fame as a prizefighter while incarcerated, won parole after a two minute hearing by the State Probation and Parole Board He has served six years of an 18 year manslaughter sentence The board chairman said the parole was for him as a man not as a boxer and noted his Pan Am bronze in 1971.
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Columbia
Bobby Lee Hunter
South Carolina
State Probation and Parole Board
Hunter
Slaughter
Walter D. Tyler
Aiken Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy Warm Days
Cloudy and warm in the Aiken area with highs near 90 both days and upper 70s tonight. Rain chance 20 percent today and tomorrow, near zero tonight, variable to easterly winds. Extended Friday to Sunday calls for partly cloudy skies hot with scattered thundershowers and lows in the 70s.
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Aiken
Soa Still No Decision on Aiken Old Post Office
The Aiken old Post Office on Laurens and Park remains undecided after months of study. The building vacant since 1971 houses Sen. Strom Thurmond offices and faces potential sale if federal needs do not justify occupancy. Local disposal policies would favor turning the property to authorities or selling at market value if surplus.
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Aiken
Laurens and Park
Sen. Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Laurens
Real Property Division
General Services Administration
GSA
Dominick J. Molinari
Public Building Service
Cision
Molinari
U.S. Postal Service
Southern Region
Phil Stroupe
Post Office
Postal Service
University of South Carolina at Aiken Athletics Series
The University of South Carolina at Aiken enters its fourth year of intercollegiate athletics as a three part series by Scott Hunter begins today on page 13 A. The piece will discuss past present and future of the athletic program.
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University of South Carolina At Aiken
Scott Hunter
SRP Receives 8 Million to Study Plutonium Heat Source
The Savannah River Plant SRP has $8 million authorized for two years to produce and supply Plutonium 238 as a heat source for space program power. Final production begins January 1976 after cold runs. Plutonium 238 may aid heart research but SRP will not manufacture pacemakers. it serves as a production center only.
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SRP
Savannah River Plant
LA. Hobbs
Hobbs
Grocers Struggle As Meat Shortage Hits Local Stores
A&P shelves show no beef with ham sausage turkey pork chops and fish available Bi-Lo maintains steady cuts while Big Star restricts beef per purchase Eddie Clarke says there is ample beef at his store with high demand Winn Dixie applies a general limit Piggly Wiggly enforces single beef package limits Across chains buyers switch stores to find beef and overall meat sales rise 30 to 40 percent as first of month demand increases.
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Sara Molen
Mitchell
Bi-Lo
Bi- Lo
Big Star
Eddie Clarke
Winn Dixie
Doyle Brooks
Piggly Wiggly
Acting Title Doesn't Disturb Smoak At State Dept
Marion H. Smoak has served as acting chief of protocol for over a year and says the title does not hinder his duties. He notes the president intends him for confirmation as ambassador, a rank not previously held by an acting chief. A White House spokesman cites precedent for acting leaders across the administration.
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Emily Bull
Marion H. Smoak
Smoak
State Department
White House
EPA Agrees To Study Sewage Tie In Costs In Augusta
NORTH AUGUSTA Mayor Raymond Walters said EPA officials will conduct a required cost study for the Augusta sewage treatment tie-in and report within two weeks. The meeting also explored funding discussions that could save about 200000, with potential 800000 work funded 75 25 and 50 50 splits.
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North Augusta
Raymond Walters
Environmental Protection Agency
Augusta
Walters
EPA
HF. Zimmerman
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Hong Kong
Soa
County Public Library
Skip Seiser
USCA
Jeff Roberts
West Ashley
American Legion
Roberts
Rick Hawkins
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