Savannah River water declared safe for mercury levels
South Carolina Board of Health tests show Savannah River water safe to drink regarding mercury contamination. After Augusta to the sea closed to fishing due to pollution, water samples tested with mercury at about half a pound per billion pounds, below unsafe levels for humans, while fish exceeded the barely safe one half of one part per million in their systems.
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Columbia
South Carolina Board of Health
Savannah
Augusta
Thurmond and Hollings Back Safeguard Votes in Senate
South Carolina Senators Strom Thurmond and Ernest Hollings joined the majority on two Safeguard antimissile roll calls. They opposed Hughes amendment to cap Safeguard spending to research and development and supported Cooper Hart proposal to block $322 million for expanding the system to two new sites.
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Washington
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
Ernest Hollings
Harold Hughes
D-Iown
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Snake Hidden In Mouth At Denver Hospital
National Jewish Hospital nurse inserted a thermometer into a 15 year old patient’s mouth then found a small green snake that had been concealed there by the youth during a field trip. The hospital did not identify the patient or nurse.
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Denver
National Jewish Hospital
Coca Cola Plans Wage Increases for Florida Citrus Workers
Coca Cola announced wage and benefit improvements for 300 full time citrus workers in Florida, averaging a 23 percent rise or about $17 weekly. The company also plans a pilot training program to convert migrant farm workers to full time status with hourly pay and incentives.
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Atlanta, Ga
Coca-Cola Co
Florida
J. Lucian Smith
S Foods
Stumper Jackpot Reaches Two Hundred Dollars
The Stumper prize climbs to 200 dollars as a new puzzle edition promises a bigger reward. Readers have struggled with past two weeks of clues while several names showed near wins but no correct solution. The paper notes that tomorrow brings another Standard Stumper with the chance to claim the prize.
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Ernest Curry
R.B. Brown
Linda Moore
Priority Effort Sought By AEC
United Nations AP reports a U S Atomic Energy Commission member urged a priority effort to study the environmental effects of both nuclear and fossil fuel power plants.
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AEC
United Nations, N.Y
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Adams Heads Advertising Department at Aiken Standard
Ernest R. Adams is appointed advertising director of the Aiken Standard by Samuel A. Cothran. Adams comes from Charleston where he managed classified ads for The News and Courier and Charleston Evening Post, and he has attended major advertising seminars and a Marine veteran. He is an Anderson native and former Anderson Boys' High School student. The article also notes a U.N.-U.S. symposium on nuclear power plant environmental impacts with remarks by James T. Ramey and calls for broader public input in power site decisions.
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Ernest R. Adams
Aiken Standard
Samuel A. Cothran
Adams
Anderson
Aiken
Charleston
News and Courier
Charleston Evening Post
American Press Institute
Columbia University
American Newspaper Publishers Assoc
Sterling Forest
N.Y
Anderson Boys’ High School
College of Charleston
U.S. Marine
Meters Net 21 Cents A Day In Downtown Aiken
A 1969-70 city estimate shows 240 Laurens Street meters in the central shopping district bring about 16000 dollars yearly. Each meter averages roughly 1.28 dollars weekly or about 21 cents per shopping day across six days. No area-specific records exist. figures derive from a citywide percentage assumption.
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Aiken
Laurens Street
Laurens
Nixon and House Clash Over Education and Housing Funds
President Nixon and the House faced off over 22.4 billion dollars in funds for education government agencies veterans hospitals and small town environmental programs. House Democrats sought GOP support to override the president’s vetoes on the Education and Housing department measures with votes set as first orders of business.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Office of Education
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Herbert G. Klein
Klein
Land of the Ozarks
Remote Radar Facility Planned For Aiken Area
The Federal Aeronautics Administration plans a remote radar site near Aiken at the Municipal Airport on Aiken Air Force Station. Cost about 2 200 000 with civilian operated staff. Construction funds await appropriation while towers are already going up. It will provide enroute coverage between Atlanta Jacksonville and Richmond and feed data to computer centers. The range exceeds 200 miles and uses modern electronics. No opening date announced.
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Federal Aeronautics Administration
Aiken
Aiken Air Force Station
FAA
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Richmond
North Vietnamese Launch Offensive In Lowlands
Heavy fighting reported with more than 250 North Vietnamese killed as they aim to disrupt pacification in Quang Tri and Thua Thien provinces. Maj. Nguyen Van Van of Fire Base O'Reilly died in a mortar attack. 17 South Vietnamese soldiers killed and 44 wounded. American air strikes were heavy while U.S. ground forces conducted blocking actions. The battle centered along the coastal strip ten miles southeast of Quang Tri City near the famed Street without Joy.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van van
O'Reilly
U.S
Quang
Tri
Thua Thien
Quang Tri City
Integration effect on South Carolina teachers questioned
South Carolina faces integration in public schools with unclear impact on teacher departures. Officials cite no firm statistics, but Columbia reports 39 resignations, about 2 percent of its 1,900 teachers, linked to the integration that begins in three weeks.
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Columbia
South Carolina
H. H. Wiessen
The
South Carolina Education Association
Wiessen
Zreed
Wies
Columbia City
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U.N
United States
International Atomic Energy Agency
Ramey
Rayney
Slont
People's Counsel
Susan Peckinpaugh
Spiro Agnew
Spiro Agnude
Agnew
Carl Vinson
Vinson
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UPI
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