Smoak Eyed by FBI as Rotary Boat Rises in Aiken
In Aiken the FBI questions acting chief of protocol Marion H. Smoak amid speculation he may become chief of protocol. The Gear Rotary Club issue features Miss Bonnie Corder centerfold. Citadel Maj. Gen James W. Duckett doubts Dr. Govan T. Myers of Aiken School Superintendent. Myers jokes about Mo Myers during service days. Fred Coopers plan a September trip to Southern Ireland and England.
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Washington
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South Carolina
Bonnie Corder
James W. Duckett
Citadel
Charleston
Govan T. Myers
Govan
Myers
Gen. Duckett
Mo Myers
Fred Coopers
Ireland
England
Jets Attack Thanh Hoa Area Targets In North Vietnam
The USS Command said Navy jets attacked seven targets in the Thanh Hoa area Monday. It denied bombing a business center or cathedral area and rejected a North Vietnamese claim of 100 civilian casualties. The strikes hit a highway bridge, fuel depots, antiaircraft sites, a gun site, and an army barracks near Thanh Hoa.
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Thanh Hoa
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Hanoi
Liggett & Myers Stock Trading Probed
The New York Stock Exchange is investigating recent Liggett & Myers trading activity to see if insiders or investors used nonpublic information before the company disclosed sharply lower second quarter earnings on July 18. The stock fell $4.75 to 55.25 in the prior session, after trading around 64 the week earlier, and closed Monday at 41.25, down 25 cents.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange Today
Liggett & Myers, Inc
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Liggett & Myers
Jackson Seeks Equal Negotiation Term In SALT Talks
Sen Henry M Jackson gains growing Senate support and White House backing for adding an equality clause to any future strategic arms limitation agreement He counted 27 cosponsors as the Senate debates the five year U S Soviet interim missile pact enters its third day.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Senate
White House
United States
Soviet Union
Jackson
Crash 2nd Worst In History
An East German jetliner carrying vacationers to the Black Sea crashed after takeoff from East Berlin. All 156 aboard were killed, marking the second worst disaster in commercial aviation history. The Soviet-built Ilyushin 62, on a charter flight operated by Interflug, carried no identified Western passengers.
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Black Sea
East Berlin
ADN
Interflug
IRA uses nitrobenzene in bombs in Belfast
A British army spokesman said an Irish Republican Army member, 19, is dying from exposure as IRA bomb factories stock nitrobenzene for two months. The chemical is highly toxic and linked to cancer with no known cure.
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Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Emperor Hirohito Leads Japan in 27th WWII Surrender Anniversary
Emperor Hirohito spoke to about 5000 war dead relatives in a reflection similar to his 1945 surrender announcement. Bells tolled at noon signaling a minute of silent prayer for nearly 3 million Japanese lives lost in World War II.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Japan
Hope For Settlement Of Strike In London Dockyards
Longshoremen delegates vote Wednesday on a plan to end Britain's 18 day old dock strike. One union leader expressed he was fairly hopeful of a settlement.
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London
Britain
Attorney General Threatens May Day Scale Arrests
San Francisco AP: Atty. Gen. Richard G. Kleindienst says the Justice Department would mount mass arrests on a May Day scale if demonstrators disrupt the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach next week.
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San Francisco
Richard G. Kleindienst
Justice Department
Miami Beach
Rep Cain Defends Judicial Reform Amendment
Rep Cain defends a proposed judicial reform amendment against charges it erodes citizen control. Irene Rudnick warned the change could let the General Assembly set how county officers are chosen and paid, but Cain says current law already enables legislative power and vows no abolition of offices. The revision aims to modernize the constitution by clarifying officer duties and eliminating repetitive phrasing.
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Marshall Cain
House
Irene Rudnick
Cain
Columbia
Aiken
General Assembly
Weather outlook supports hot, partly cloudy days ahead
The Aiken area will see partly cloudy conditions with a small chance of rain continuing through tomorrow. Thursday and Friday look mostly fair with scattered showers mainly in the eastern half of the state. Highs near the lower 90s and lows around 70 with light variable winds.
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Aiken
Tomor
First American Woman Gets Nuclear Powered Pacemaker
MIAMI AP reports 53 year old Virginia Recupero of Key West became the first American woman to receive a nuclear powered pacemaker. The device is designed to regulate and stabilize the heartbeat and the grandmother expressed fear of potential danger after the operation.
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Virginia Recupero
America
Recupero
Key West
Fla
French made pacemaker powered by Plutonium 238
Mrs Recupero received a pacemaker using Plutonium 238, manufactured in France, powered by nuclear fuel from Savannah River Plant in Aiken. The Miami surgeon Dr Sol Center performed a local anesthetic implant with no radioactivity hazard expected, and an identification bracelet was advised in case of accident or device damage.
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Savannah River
Aiken
Recupero
Sol Center
Miami
Platform Testimony Urges Spending Curb
The Nixon administration urges continued price and wage controls and non-inflationary policy to prevent inflation and higher taxes. Council members Stein Solomon and Whitman testify before the GOP Platform Committee while backing a 250 billion ceiling on fiscal 1973 outlays and reforms in Congress to curb spending.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Republican Platform
Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Herbert Stein
Ezra Solomon
Marina N. Whitman
Congress
Aiken County to join Metropolitan Council of Governments
Hammond reports Aiken County will join the Metropolitan Council of Governments with LSRC as administrative coordinator. Central Savannah River Area and Development Planning Commission oppose. Aiken's funding share estimated between 300 and 400 dollars. Council to receive the report.
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Aiken County
Metropolitan Council of Governments
Jim Hammond
Lower Savannah
Aiken
Council
LSRC
Central Sa
Vannah River Area and Development Planning Commission
Augusta- Richmond County Planning Commission
Hammond
Roland Windham
Balance of payments deficit improves in Q2
The Commerce Department reports a dramatic improvement in the nations balance of payments deficit for the April to June quarter. Using the official reserve transactions basis the deficit is reduced by 2.5 billion dollars from the first quarter.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Rogers Seeks To Calm COG Foes In Aiken
Wayne Rogers acting director of the Council of Governments of Aiken and Richmond counties visited Aiken to ease fears about joining an Augusta dominated COG. He stressed no debate, only information, while HUD pressures and a proposed dual-director plan sparked tensions between Aiken and the inter state group.
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Council of Governments
Aiken
Richmond Counties
COG
Aiken County
Interstate Council
Board of Realtors
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City of
New Ellenton
Burnettown
North Augusta
Augusta
Richmond County
Federal
Department of Housing and Development
HUD
Richmond
Ning
Georgia
Augusta-Richmond County Planning Commission
Preliminaries On Schedule For Republican National Convention
In Miami Beach officials signal smooth progress as Nixon aides tout administration achievements to the Platform Committee. Cabinet members and the Council meet with subcommittee sessions as potential dissenters attend.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
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