Aiken County Spurs Rift In Reapportionment Plan
A South Carolina Senate reapportionment panel stalled on a residency rule as Sen. Marion Gressette praised a plan that would shift senators across 18 districts. Rep. Marshall Cain argued it would cut Aiken County to one senator while Barnwell and Bamberg gain. Debate over how to balance small and large counties continued as lawmakers eyed a possible Sept. 14 session to approve a final proposal following the 1970 census.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
Marion Gressette
D-Calhoun
Aiken County
Marshall Cain
Aiken
Edgar A. Brown
D. Barnwell
Bamberg
Barn
Richard W. Riley
Greenville
Gressette
Com
Mittee
Southern Wins Freight Rate Dispute Breaks Court Battle
The Interstate Commerce Commission will drop a court fight over freight rates after declaring that eastern and western railroads have not made a sufficient case. The decision ends a 20 year disagreement with Southern railroads over rate shares on shipments between regions.
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Washington
Southern
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Eastern and Western
Stocks Open Higher in Slow New York Trading
In New York the stock market opened higher with gains modest in light volume. On the New York Stock Exchange advances led declines by a narrow margin as trading proceeds.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Partially Mechanical Heart Implanted in Sixty Three Year Old
Sinai Hospital in Detroit announced a team of surgeons implanted a new partially mechanical heart device in a 63 year old man. The operation began at 7 15 p m Tuesday and finished around 5 a m today. The hospital said the surgery was successful and the patient was doing well.
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Detroit
Sinai Hospital
Thurmond
South Carolina
Nancy
Panther Leader Huey Newton Ordered to Stand Trial
Oakland California Huey P Newton Black Panther cofounder was ordered to stand trial for the third time on October 12 in the 1967 fatal police shooting. Superior Court Judge William Hayes set the retrial on manslaughter charges after defense plea for a 90 day continuance.
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Oakland
Superior Court
William Hayes
Newton
Charles Garry
Big Four Ambassadors Hold Berlin Talks Amid Deadlock
The United States, Soviet Union, Britain and France held a second day of talks on Berlin with a Thursday session planned. This marked the 28th meeting since negotiations began in March 1970 as Bonn sources reported renewed activity to push decisive progress. Soviet demands, however, may still be too high for wartime allies.
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Berlin
United States
Soviet Union
Brit
Ain
France
Bonn
Patrick Hillery
Irish Republic
London
Reginald Maudling
Hillery
Belfast
Britain
Northern Ireland
Low-Pollution Cars Debut by GSA in Boston
In Boston a government inspector praised new low-pollution cars for the General Services Administration noting they are about 95 percent emission free and nearly undetectable at close range.
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Boston
Robert W. Kelly
GSA
Soviet Airliner Crash Kills About 100 in Siberia
Travelers report a Aeroflot airliner crashed on landing at Irkutsk airport in Siberia last week. About 100 people were killed. The Soviet government air line operated the plane on a domestic Trans Siberian route.
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Moscow
Irkutsk
Siberia
Aeroflot
Berlin Wall Turns 10 As East West Rift Deepens
Berlin marks the 10th anniversary of the wall that separated East and West. The barrier was built to deter defections and remains a potent symbol as negotiations over Berlin's future continue, with no sign the goal of keeping East Germans at home will fade.
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Berlin
Abortion Rights Advocates Urge Court to Protect Autonomy
Seven women's groups and several prominent women urged the Supreme Court to safeguard reproductive autonomy by allowing medical abortions nationwide in the United States.
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Washington
The
Supreme Court
United States
Furious Battles Erupt In Northern Ireland Killing 20
In Belfast and surrounding cities violent gun battles flare as IRA factions clash with British troops. The four day death toll reaches twenty with over a hundred wounded. Protestant Catholic mobs clash while roundups and internment without trial fuel the unrest.
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N. Ireland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Rioting Convicts High on Drugs at Idaho Penitentiary
About 150 of 245 inmates rioted at the Idaho Penitentiary with 50 inmates reportedly high on drugs. Two inmates stabbed a medical attendant, and two buildings were burned. Warden May defused the riot by promising no punishments and possible clothing rule changes amid extreme heat.
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Boise, Idaho
Idaho Penitentiary
Raymond W. May
May
Ada County
Paul Bright
Bright
David Bortz
Burley
Idaho
Bortz
Life apologizes to Thurmond over family photo
Life magazine issues a formal apology to Senator Strom Thurmond after using his family image in a July Life article titled A Political Charmer in Dixie Diapers. Thurmond criticized the non political flattering framing and questioned the piece’s accuracy while Life editors admitted the use was inadvertent.
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Columbia
Life Magazine
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
GOP
Thurmond
Nancy
Nancy Moore
Life
Sen. Thurmond
Aikenite Robbed By Four In Auto
Johnnie Morgan, 49, of 410 Edgefield Ave, was robbed of 80 dollars by four men in a maroon car with out-of-state tags after leaving a downtown bank. They grabbed his wallet, then released him near Edgefield Avenue and Barnwell Avenue. Police in Aiken are investigating with descriptions provided and photo files checked.
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Aiken
Johnnie Morgan
Edgefield Ave
Aiken City
Morgan
Laurens Street
Richland Avenue
Edgefield Avenue
Barnwell Ave
Hall
Augusta
South Viet Rangers Surprised by Communist Attack
In the Mekong Delta near Saigon a Communist force struck a ranger unit of 100 to 150 men camped 45 miles southwest of Saigon. Thirteen rangers were killed and ten wounded before the attackers withdrew under helicopter gunships and artillery. Five enemy soldiers were reported killed and two captured.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
Stumbling Block for Aiken TEC EDA Funds
Economic Development Administration questions pose delays for Aiken TEC funding. James L Hammond Jr says unless Positive Action Program details are supplied, growth center status and funds may be jeopardized. Four questions focus on housing and the Industrial Air Park project status.
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Economic Development Administration
Lower Savannah
James L. Hammond Jr
Commission
Hammond
Aiken
EDA
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Cain
William J. McLeod
Dillon
UPI
South
Panther
Big Four
General Services Administration
Berlin Wall
Colin Frost
Associated Press
Frank Whitecotton
Williams
Crumlin Road
HMS Mainstone
Brian Faulkner
Dublin
Republic of Ireand
England
the Thurmonds
Magazine
Ralph Graves
Aikenite
TEC
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