Think Jaws Was Scary Look At These Sea Serpent Sighting Tales
Editor notes survey of verified sitings of sea serpents and unexplained marine beasts. Accounts span 19th and early 20th centuries from Caribbean waters off Africa to Gloucester Harbor with witness lists and Royal Navy sightings.
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Walter Szykitka
Robert J. Durant
Caribbean
Africa
New England
Gloucester Harbor
Linnean Society of Boston
Royal Navy
Admiralty
Vance Seeks Breakthrough in U S Israel Talks
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance resumed talks with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem to mend a rift over Palestinian participation in Mideast peace negotiations. Prime Minister Begin resisted U S efforts to include the PLO. In Plains Georgia President Carter returns to the White House after a five day vacation with family.
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Menahem Begin
U.S
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Plains, Ga
Carter
White House
Weekend Heat and Clouds Forecast for Aiken County
Forecast calls for partly cloudy to mostly hot weather in Aiken County with a mid 90s high tomorrow and muggy conditions through the weekend. A 20 percent chance of showers tonight and 30 percent tomorrow, with daily showers possible through Sunday.
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Aiken County
Aiken county survey hints city info from mayor’s wife
A Clemson University poll in Aiken County draws attention with a respondent saying city information comes from the mayor’s wife. The piece notes birthday celebrations for three officials and comments from local figures on health and aging.
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Aiken
Clemson University
H. Odell Weeks
Aiken County
Steve Green
Jean Newsome
Cleve Edmunds
ERDA and AGNS Officials Discuss $14 Million Plan
ERDA and AGNS leaders met near Barnwell to map use of the $14 million approved by President Carter for AGNS. Dennis Spurgeon and Richard Chitwood led ERDA talks with AGNS executives, local ERDA officials, and Savannah River Office reps to set fiscal 1978 program goals and possible alternate uses including fuel cycles and safeguard studies.
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Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Allied General Nuclear Services
AGNS
Barnwell
Carter
Washington
Dennis Spurgeon
Richard Chitwood
Savannah River
Thomas Hindman
Charles Simpson
David M. Peek
Peek
Carter to ask Congress defer funding for Russell Dam
President Carter signaled a request to defer funding for the 276 million Richard B. Russell Dam on the Savannah River as a White House official promised a forthcoming plan. Senate backing for completion prompts continued opposition from Sen Hollings and Derrick’s group, with a key vote needed in both houses.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Wall Street Journal
Savannah River
South Carolina
Georgia
White House
Butler C. Derrick Jr
Russe
Cart
Derrick
Senate
Greenwood
Ernest F. Hollings
Democrat
Russell Dam
Hollings
School Board Reverses Pay Increase in Line with Attorney General
Aiken County Board of Education voted unanimously to revoke a $3,000 regular member and $4,000 chairman salary plan approved June 28 1977 78 budget. An assistant attorney general Karen Henderson ruled the salary switch illegal and said compensation must be per diem plus mileage.
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Aiken
Mixed reactions to 70 retirement age bill in Aiken County
Aiken County weighs a House bill to delay mandatory retirement to 70. An Aiken Standard poll shows nine in favor, nine opposed, six undecided among retirees. Employers vary in reaction as social security, aging workforce, and youth job prospects color the debate.
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U.S
House of Representatives
Aiken County
Claude Pepper
D.fla
Aiken
Frank F. McCrossen
Congress
A. Duane Day
Social Security
Social Security Administration
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Amy
Faye Daughenbaugh
Six Flags
Frampton
Durban
Laurens Street
Leo Pearson
England
Jack
Pebble Beach
Fiedler
William DuChessi
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
House
Roanoke Rapids
N.C
DuChessi
J.P. Stevens
R.D. Bennett
South Caroline Electric Cooperatives Association
John Sharkey
Ruth Walker
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