Aiken Rotary announces Dorcey Lybrand retirement
The Rotary newsletter notes Dorcey Lybrand of Aiken plans retirement after a long legal career to devote more time to golf. Mrs Gary Bray attends the American Nuclear Society Convention in Myrtle Beach with her husband and endures a hotel elevator incident. Mothers anticipate school system takeover in three weeks to ease mornings.
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Rotary
Aiken
Dorcey Lybrand
Gary Bray
American Nuclear Society
Myrtle Beach
Ocean Forest
Eight Bodies Found in Houston Serial Case
Police say more victims are likely in shallow graves found after a 17 year old led officers to eight nude bodies believed to be teens killed in a sexual perversion. Officer Breck Porter predicts further discoveries in a rented boat stall as investigations unfold.
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Houston
Breck Porter
Dean Allen Corll
Pasadena
Corll
More Mistaken Bombings Reported Near Phnom Penh
Cambodian military command said two more U S accidental bombings occurred within 12 days. At Prey Bang on July 29 three Cambodian soldiers were killed ten wounded and four missing. At Setho on July 30 eight soldiers and eight army dependents were wounded with four missing. The authority blamed American jets though no aircraft were identified.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Prey Bang
Setho
Setbo
Proposes Mandatory Fuel Allocation Plan in Washington
The Nixon administration, via energy aide John A. Love, proposed a mandatory petroleum allocation program to ensure fair distribution amid short supplies. Love said it aims for equitable treatment of independent refiners wholesalers and marketers but warned such programs risk reducing overall fuel availability.
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Washington
Nixon
John A. Love
Dollar Surges as Gold Prices Fall Sharply Across Europe
In London and Zurich gold opened at 109 per ounce and fell to 106.50 in Zurich and 104 in London by midday, the steepest decline since June. The US dollar strengthened in London Paris Zurich and Frankfurt with the pound at 2.4880 per, mark at midday and the franc and Swiss franc also higher against the dollar.
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London
Europe
Zurich
Paris
Frankfurt
Arabella the space spider spins a normal web in weightlessness
Arabella the space going spider aboard Skylab 2 has learned to spin a normal circular web without gravity. Astronauts Dr. Owen Garriott Captain Alan Bean and Jack Lousma report a forthcoming photo survey of earth resources over western Canada and the eastern United States with cameras and sensors.
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United States
Space Station
British Columbia
North Dakota
Minnesota
Ohio
Cape Hatteras
Garriott
Stakeouts Net 2 Arrests in Vending Machine Break-ins
North Augusta police arrested two Hephzibah youths after a stakeout. A 15-year-old and an 18-year-old face 16 counts of breaking into area vending machines, eight counts each, with about $25.10 missing. Suspects were identified as Joseph Monroe Scarboro and an unnamed 15-year-old. Police listed officers G W Taylor E B Sanders and W J Adams as participants.
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North Augusta
Hephzibah
Public Safety
Walter Newman
Joseph Monroe Scarboro
Newman
G.W. Taylor
E.B. Sanders
W.J. Adams
Smith Decked During Game Post 26 Leads Series in State Championship
Aiken County Public Library Smith takes a 2 0 lead in the best of seven American Legion State Championship after a win. The clubs have a day off before traveling to Charleston for games on Friday Saturday and Sunday.
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Post 26
American Legion
Charleston
Agnew Denies Kickback Claims Vows No Resignation
Vice President Spiro Agnew rejects reports of weekly $1000 kickbacks as Maryland governor and a $50000 payment from a contractor after becoming VP. He held a brief news conference to defend himself and insist he will not resign.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Maryland
Atty George Beall
Baltimore
Baltimore County
Weather Forecast Aiken area Turns Hot And Dry
The Aiken vicinity foresees sunny skies with highs in the lower 90s today and tomorrow with a 10 percent chance of rain today and tonight and 30 percent tomorrow. Overnight lows around 70 tonight and in the lower 70s through Monday with upper 80s to lower 90s highs later.
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Aiken
Magistrates Briefed On Trivial Laws
Professor Neal Forney of the University of South Carolina spoke to Aiken County magistrates about South Carolina law. He described three kinds of law including statute law from the General Assembly and case law from the Supreme Court, with a tongue in cheek example about spitting.
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Neal Forney
Judicial Education Department
University of South Carolina
South Carolina
Forney
Aiken County
John Jones
Jack Smith
Jones
General Assembly
Columbia
Supreme Court
Quarantine on Fire Ants Expands Across Seven States
The U S Department of Agriculture says fire ants are now found in seven southern states. Quarantine restrictions will be strictly enforced on soil and plant movement, requiring inspection and treatment if needed before transfer in Mississippi Georgia Florida Arkansas Texas and the Carolinas.
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Ing
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Arkansas
Texas
North
South Carolina
USDA
Vietnam Veterans Monument to Cost 1150 in Aiken County
The Vietnam Veterans Monument Fund chaired by Burrel Whitley aims to unveil the granite memorial in October between the old Post Office and Farmers and Merchants Bank. Names of local fallen soldiers are inscribed, with 18 listed plus others. $755 remains to cover the $1,150 cost, and delivery is expected in about two months with Georgia granite and Georgia Marble Co. handling the work.
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Aiken County
Burrel Whitley
Monument Fund
Whitley
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Vietnam
Dwane Adams
Aiken
Joseph Adams
Wayne Boyd
Linnell Butler
Wagener
Clifton Callahan
Allen Clark
James Douse
Alonzo Garrett
Belvedere
James Gay
North Augusta
Jack Gell
Montmorenci
Anthony Golson
Salley
Kenneth Hatcher
Warrenville
Williams Kilburn
Harold Leaphart
Roy Matthews
Jacob McKie
Ramon Moreno
Caesar Murray
Charles Parks Jr
Franklin Penn
Isaiah Samuels
Donald Sizemore
Langley
R.J. Smith
Michael Tuten
Roy Weatherford Jr
Melvin White
Windsor
Calvin Williams
Vietnam Veterans Monument Fund
Georgia Granite
Georgia Marble Co
Tate
Public statement promised after Aiken sterilization probe
The South Carolina Department of Social Services said a comprehensive public statement would follow the investigation into alleged sterilizations of Medicaid mothers with three or more children in Aiken County. Commissioner Dr. R. Archie Ellis said no conclusions or actions will occur until the probe is complete. Virginia M. Smyth noted regional concern from Atlanta, referring readers to continued coverage.
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Baltimore
Agnew
Baltimore County
South Carolina
R. Archie Ellis
Virginia M. Smyth
Social and Rehabilitation Services
Atlanta
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