Who's Who Adds Three Aiken Students
Three more Aiken students Lorraine Poole Mark Holmes and Judy Summer are named to Who's Who Among American High School Students. County garbage trucks delayed until October with county needing another month to operate. County Engineer Arthur Courtney recovers at home as Mrs Courtney notes his improved mood.
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Aiken
Lorraine Poole
Mark Holmes
Judy Summer
Graniteville
Arthur Courtney
Pork price surge alarms Nixon officials
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration expresses concern over rising pork costs while ruling out a price freeze. Kenneth Fedor of the Cost of Living Council cites a beef shortage and rising hog prices from 37.31 to 59.13 per hundred pounds, with no plan to restore any pork price freeze after food price controls ease.
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Washington
Nixon
Kenneth Fedor
Cost of Living Council
Fedor
Council
Office of Food Price Monitoring
Swift to Close Three Beef Plants in NC IL and NE
Swift & Co. will shut down beef slaughtering at three plants in Wilson North Carolina Rochelle Illinois and Scottsbluff Nebraska while other departments stay open. The action plus reduced work days will cut production to about one third of normal across seven remaining beef plants. Officials warn closures will last until cattle supplies improve with no known timeline.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Wilson
N.C
Rochelle
Scottsbluff
Neb
Swift Fresh Meats Co
Swift
Cambodians Claim Brilliant Frontline Successes
The Cambodian command reported brilliant successes on all fronts and said troops reopened the highway to Neak Luong, a Mekong naval base 32 miles southeast of Phnom Penh. Government forces also advanced southwest of the capital and linked up with Neak Luong forces at Dei Doh. A reporter by roadblock 13 miles from Phnom Penh heard that Communist troops remained in the area.
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Phnom Penh
Neak Luong
Mekong River
Dei Doh
Mekong
Nixon Signs Farm Bill Aimed at Inflation Control
President Nixon signed the farm bill saying it should help in our battle against inflation by encouraging American farmers to produce at full capacity. He said taxpayer costs of farm payments will be reduced or eliminated during periods of strong demand and high prices, calling it a realistic compromise between Congress and the administration on key economic issues.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Burger Declines Special Supreme Court Term
Chief Justice Warren E Burger refuses to convene a special Supreme Court session to address the U S bombing of Cambodia. Opponents plan another bid to press the issue and gain the court s attention.
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Washington
Warren EF. Burger
Supreme Court
U.S
Cambodia
Aiken Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy and Hot Conditions
The Aiken area expects partly cloudy skies with hot temperatures today through tomorrow. Highs will be in the low 90s, lows in the low 70s, and a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Winds become southwest at 5 to 10 mph. The Sunday to Tuesday outlook shows continued warmth with around 90 degree daytime highs and about 70 degree overnight lows and a scattering of thunder showers.
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Aiken
Bodies Found in Mass Slayings Reach Twenty One
Houston police, aided by 17 year old Elmer Wayne Henley, unearthed two more graves near Broaddus, raising the count of victims in a homosexual procurement ring to 21. Henley predicts at least six more bodies near High Island, as detectives press a widening investigation of Dean Corll’s alleged sex parties.
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Houston
Broaddus
San Augustine
Elmer Wayne Henley
Henley
High Island
Galveston
Pasadena
U.S
Juan Corona
Yuba City
Calif
Corona
Dean Corll
Corll
Area Officials Split Over Federal Crime Report Call
Aiken County officials express concern and mixed views on a federal crime commission report urging states to outlaw civilian handguns and seize existing weapons. Sheriff Paul D. Grant opposes confiscation, warning of a Gestapo-like outcome, while Public Safety Director J.C. Busbee and North Augusta Chief Walter Newman caution against blanket seizure and favor tighter weapon controls. The report also suggests decriminalizing certain acts and rethinking jail sentences for some offenses.
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Aiken County
Federal Crime Commission
Paul D. Grant
Grant
Aiken
Newman
FBI
National Advisory Commission On Criminal Justice
Sheriff Grant
Laws Against Coercion On Books
Washington AP reports HEW guidelines aim to curb coerced sterilizations under federal medical programs. Dr. Carl Shultz says enforcement must improve. protections now apply to minors and mentally incompetent individuals, with longer regulations addressing adult coercion.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Carl Shultz
HEW
Office of Population Affairs
Water Power and Sterilization Debates Highlight Myrtle Beach Meeting
At the American Nuclear Society convention in Myrtle Beach officials discussed future power sources and the Savannah River site’s water advantages. The same issue mentions sterilization guidelines tied to HEW rules, referencing a 1967 1972 act context and a New Ellenton case with a welfare mother and doctors, stressing policing and improved local reporting.
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Myrtle Beach
Atomic Energy Commission
Savannah River
American Nuclear Society
Alabama
HEW
Ellenton
Aiken
Shultz
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Aiken, S. C
Bethel Church
Pope Turner
Turner
Aiken County Hospital
Ing
Carl Hayes
Wendell Hall
Burger
North Augusta
Walter Newman
Susan Schubert
Livingston
West Ashley
American Legion
Charleston
Post 26
Chip Livingston
Hanahan High School
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