Indefinite Hold On Aiken Street Widening Sparks Debate
Street improvement plans on Chesterfield Street and South Boundary in Aiken are paused indefinitely awaiting state highway input. Negotiations continue over a 4 lane South Boundary project with heavy traffic at Whiskey Road as residents voice mixed opinions while trees protests and a council fight influence decisions.
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Augusta
Chesterfield Street
Arland Carroll
Sam Finley, Inc
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Rockefeller Seen Ford Veepposition Front Runner
Detroit Free Press reports advisers consider former New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller as the inside track for the vice presidency with George Bush and Howard Baker Jr. falling back. The piece cites internal White House discussions and identifies Bush and Baker as other leading contenders.
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Ford
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Detroit Free Press
Washington
GOP
George Bush
Howard H. Baker Jr
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Episcopal bishops deny women priests after ordinations
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church ruled that 11 women ordained in a controversial ceremony about two weeks earlier are not priests and cannot perform priestly duties. The resolution, approved overwhelmingly at a two day special session, interprets church doctrine to restrict their status.
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Chicago
Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
FDA Doctors Charge Agency Unfair Practices
Eleven FDA staff doctors testified to a Senate panel that the agency suppresses adverse drug reports and disciplines reporters. They cited cases where their reports were overturned, they were reassigned off a case, and the drug later received approval.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Senate
Nixon subpoena marks first volley in new legal battles
In Washington on Thursday a subpoena was filed by attorneys for John Ehrlichman demanding Nixon testify as a defense witness in Ehrlichman’s forthcoming conspiracy trial linked to the Watergate cover up. The move follows Nixon shedding White House protections as his legal exposure grows.
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White House
Richard M. Nixon
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Ehrlichman
Cease-Fire Set On Cyprus Amid Turkish Offensive
Turkish forces on Cyprus will cease fire at 6 p.m. today after a two hour Ankara cabinet meeting. Bulent Ecevit said objectives aim to carve a Turkish sector in the island’s north, with Famagusta and Lefka in reach before the deadline. Greek precautions halted reinforcement as fighting continued around Nicosia and Famagusta.
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Greece
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Nicosia
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Paphos
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New York
SCE&G seeks 19.4 percent rate hike with hearings set
SCE&G filed for a 19.4 percent rate increase to take effect Sept. 14 under bond with 6.75 percent interest. The Public Service Commission will hold hearings next spring on this and other utility requests, with the Carolina Power & Light and Duke Power cases also due. Local officials warned of inflation and potential brownouts if the hike is disapproved.
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Duke Power Co
L. Rogers Miller
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Aiken
Chaplin
Arthur M. Williams Jr
Rudnick
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Greece D echoes NATO withdrawal talks without pulling troops
Greece says it told its military reps at NATO commands to leave posts within 24 hours but shows no sign of departing and keeps ambassadors and staff at Brussels and Mons. Greek Foreign Minister Mavros notes U.S. forces remain in Greece under special agreements and actions involve no major troop movements.
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Greece
North Atlantic Council
Alliance
Brussels
Allied
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
U.S
George Mavros
Recount Planned in Salley As Salley Edges Sharpe by One Vote
A recount will be held Monday in Salley to determine the winner of a city council seat after incumbent P G Sharpe edged challenger Carl Salley by one vote. Sharpe 64 Salley 63. Incumbent Glenn Young won one of two seats with 102 votes. Mayor Jack Able ran unopposed and was reelected to a fourth term in the town of 540 population.
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Glenn Young
Jack Able
Ford Inflation Agency Receives Bipartisan Backing in Congress
Congress moves to create a White House inflation agency with no enforcement power but authority to monitor wages prices productivity shortages and other economic factors. House panel 27 7 Senate voice vote approve. Ford and advisers meet to discuss strategies as oil prices and gold policy also feature in the day’s economic developments.
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Congress
Ford
Nixon
White House
House
Senate
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Sen
Ate
Wright Patman
Dtex
House Committee
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NATO Move Seen as Pressure on US and Turks over Cyprus
Greece withdrew from the NATO command in a move officials say was likely meant to pressure the United States and its allies to side with Greece against Turkey on Cyprus. Publicly NATO spokesmen avoid downplaying the action while privately some officials view it as a diplomatic maneuver with limited practical effect.
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Belgium
Greece
North Atlantic
United States
Cyprus
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NATO
Clouds Hold Across Aiken Area With Warm Humidity
The Aiken forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with warm humid air today tonight and Saturday. Thunderstorms are likely today with rain possible tonight and Saturday. Highs near 90 and overnight lows around 70s. Rain chances 70 percent today 3 percent tonight and 50 percent Saturday. A $100 Sizzler prize may hinge on warmer temperatures later this month.
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