Pete the county auditor’s office cat appears in confusing column
The column describes Pete the county auditor’s office cat resting under cars behind the courthouse, and notes other local items including Roberto Riera the Venezuela exchange student visiting the Winters with his wife Nini, plus local police range practice and Detective Carroll Heath’s hobby flying. Chief Busbee orders Heath to obtain a shooting certificate for marksmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
County Auditor's Office
Roberto Riera
Aiken High School
Venezuela
Aiken
William Winter
Nini
Carroll Heath
J.C. Busbee
Heath
Agnew Testimony Expected as Grand Jury Opens
A special Maryland grand jury was to begin hearing testimony today on bribery and kickback allegations involving Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. Justice Department officials confirmed Atty. Gen. Elliot Richardson met Agnew privately on Aug. 6 to discuss the investigation status. Records show subpoenas tracing to Agnew’s terms as Baltimore County executive and Maryland governor. The Times reported prosecutors have statements from more than 20 Maryland businessmen who said they paid cash to Agnew associates for state contracts.
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Baltimore
Spiro T. Agnew
Justice Department
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Agnew
Department
Horace Webb
Baltimore County
Maryland
New York Times
Richardson
Beirut Airport Hijack Report Sparks Overnight Alarm
An unnamed Beirut airport informant said a Middle East Airlines Boeing 707 with 110 passengers aboard was hijacked on a Beirut bound leg from Benghazi Libya. No official confirmation followed.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Middle East Airlines
Benghazi
Libya
Japan Air Lines
Amsterdam
Oil Price Freeze Extended Amid Incomplete Regulations
Washington AP report says Phase 4 oil industry rules are not ready and the oil price freeze may be extended a second time. The petroleum freeze was kept until August 19 while regulations are finalized, with officials citing likely delays and uncertainty about a Friday release.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Council
Skylab 2 Astronauts Plan Record Sun Observation
At SPACE CENTER Houston AP Skylab 2 astronauts set 84 hours of sun observation in their orbiting lab using an eight telescope assembly costing 121.2 million dollars. Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma will rotate at the telescope console with Garriott expected to lead about seven hours. They requested more solar work after finishing their normal schedule early and growing bored in space.
Aiken Forecast Promises Warm Skies and Scattered Thunderstorms
The Aiken vicinity forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and hot temperatures with a 30 percent chance of rain today and tomorrow, and 20 percent tonight. Overnight lows near 70, highs in the low 90s, with an extended outlook of partly cloudy skies and widely scattered afternoon thundershowers through Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Tomor
Nixon urges courts to decide Watergate guilt
President Nixon appeals to the nation to let courts determine the guilt or innocence of Watergate defendants. He accepts responsibility for abuses during his administration and campaign, defends not turning over tape recordings, and notes the Senate committee failed to show proof of his involvement.
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Washington
Nixon
Watergate Prosecutor
Senate Committee
Senate Watergate Committee
Cion
Goldwater
George Bush
Republican National Committee
Group to Submit Recommendations on Aiken Hospital Issue
Dr. George A. Poda announced the Aiken County Hospital Board will send a document of recommendations to the County Board of Commissioners within days. The review covers Hewitt and Roger, American Medicarp and Extend care, Inc. reports and will be mailed by Friday or Saturday.
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Aiken County Hospital
County Board of Commissioners
George A. Poda
Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees
Hewitt and Roger, American Medicarp and Extendicare, Inc
Poda
Wade Brodie
17 Year Old Steven Williams Found Dead in Aiken
Aiken County Coroner J L Gregory said the 17 year old, Steven Louis Williams of east Aiken, was found hanged from a tree near New Ellenton. He noted no marks beyond strangulation and autopsy results pending. The death is treated as a possible suicide though under investigation.
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Aiken County
J.L. Gregory
New Ellenton
Steven Louis Williams
East Ai
Gregory
Four Stockade Escapees At Large From Aiken County Stockade
Four inmates remain at large after two more escaped from the Aiken County Stockade. The escapees are Danny Toole 19 serving for grand larceny Luther Dunbar 28 with five years for larceny Eddie Lee Mavins Lexington resident 20 years for rape and Charles Henry Gantt 90 days for failing to stop for a blue light. Mavins escaped July 5 and is not captured. The two new escapees fled yesterday by breaking glass bending bars and crawling from a bathroom.
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Aiken County Stockades
Cording
George Wooten
Danny Toole
Luther Dunbar
Wooten
Charles Henry Gantt
Eddie Lee Mavins
Lexington
Mavins
Toole and
Dunbar
Apportionment Plan Would Split Counties
In Columbia a 35 minute executive session was called by Chairman Sen. L Marion Gressette at the South Carolina Joint Reapportionment Committee to discuss legal matters. The committee unanimously voted to hold the session. The Supreme Court overturned the current House plan in June and the federal government questions minority fairness in Senate apportionment. The panel has not addressed Senate reapportionment after the court ruling.
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Columbia
Sen. L. Marion Gressette
South Carolina
Gressette
Supreme Court
U.S. Justice Department
Senate
Federal District Court
Washington
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S.L. Williams
Hewitt
Roger
Gilbert McMillan
Michael Laughlin
C. Marshall Cain
Cecil L. Collins
Zack G. Fulmer
Irene Rudnick
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Sam Nesbit
Joe Graziano
Albert B. Miles
Nesbit
H.D. Wyman
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