FHA 235 program to end September 5 changes housing aid
The FHA 235 program will be suspended Sept. 5 as President Nixon plans a new housing proposal to Congress on Sept. 7. Since 1968, more than 16 000 FHA 235 homes have been insured in South Carolina with 6 to 10 percent foreclosure averages. In Aiken County HUD holds 105 insured or foreclosed properties, about 11.2 percent of 936 total. Repairs average 3200 per home, with vandalism and wear during occupancy.
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Federal Housing Authority
Nixon
Columbia Office
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Ron Rush
Congress
South Carolina
Columbia
Rash
Aiken County
Sterilization Debate Roils Aiken County Delegation
A Columbia State report shows Aiken County lawmakers split on sterilization legislation tied to welfare reform. Senators McMillan and Fulmer and Rep. Collins back petitions for limits, while others urge caution or research. Pierce's actions spark questions on consent and state authority.
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Columbia
Aiken County
Gilbert E. McMillan
Zack G. Fulmer
Aiken
Cecil L. Collins
North Augusta
Michael L. Laughlin
Clovis H. Pierce
Rep
C. Marshall Cain
U.S. Senate
Body Search Begins Again In Houston
Galveston County sheriff plans another beach search for graves of victims in a mass murder case. He aims to cover about one mile of beach with a road grader weather permitting, to honor missing boys while no specific burial sites are known. Meanwhile a judge refused an immediate psychiatric exam for Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, amid charges in the killings.
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Houston
Galveston County
J. B. Kline
Chambers
Jefferson
Lake Sam Rayburn
Kline
State District Court
William Hatten
Elmer Wayne Henley
Harris County Dist. Atty
Carol Vance
Vance
Bethel Baptists Set To Begin Clean Up After Cave In
Pastor Carl Hayes says Bethel Baptist Church will start cleanup next week to rebuild after last week’s cave in. He notes the concrete brick-wall collapse followed roof truss failure with unknown cause and estimates losses at 30 to 40 thousand dollars. Insurance exists but coverage is unclear for the accident and construction error. Engineering firms investigate the incident and the main contractor Pope Turner is named with Augusta Sash and Door Co. as truss builders.
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Bethel Baptist Church
Carl Hayes
Hayes
Pope Turner
Pre Registration Underway At TEC
Final stage of preregistration for Aiken TECs fall quarter is underway. Applications are still accepted through August and the first week of September. Several diploma programs near capacity while vacancies remain in Nuclear Engineering Industrial Engineering and Textile Management. Final registration starts September 4.
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Aiken Tec
TEC
Roger Rahl
Rahl
TEC Sets Graduation at Aiken Technical Education Center
Aiken TEC schedules graduation for its one year diploma students on August 30 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the new center on the Aiken Augusta highway. Diplomas will be awarded to graduates in Industrial Electronics Machine Shop Plant Mechanics Technical Secretary and Welding after completing requirements. Further details to be released later.
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Aiken Technical Education Center
TEC
Aiken-Augusta
Aiken Tec
Ervin Appeals For Release Of Nixon Tapes In Gaston County
Senator Sam Ervin, chair of the Watergate committee, urged President Nixon to release the tapes of conversations with aides including John W. Dean. He told Gaston County Chamber of Commerce that Nixon can help finish the investigation and called Dean a liar yet noted liars can tell truth. Ervin warned Nixon’s refusal obstructs the inquiry.
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Gastonia
N.C
Sam Ervin
Senate
Watergate Committee
Nixon
White House
John W. Deanel
United States
North Carolina
Gaston County
Dean
John Dean
Ervin
Dove Field Near U S Forest Service Opens Sept. 8
Wildlife biologists Oscar Stewart of the Forest Service and Bob Gooding of the South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department inspect a dove field transferred to the Forest Service by AEC. The field lies 3.5 miles southwest of U S 278 and SC 19, next to SRP 1, and will open for dove hunting on September 8.
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Oscar Stewart
U.S. Forest Service
Bob Gooding
S.C. Wildlife and Marine Resources Department
U.S.F.S
AEC
U.S. 278
South Carolina 19
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Cain
Bethel Baptists
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Dodge
Teele Germee
Pendleton Street
S.W
S.C
Dodge Boys
Commerce
Crossroads
the Lord
Jesus
Solu
Kolmia Hill Chapel
Gregg Hwy
Crestview
Richland Ave
Aiken, S.C
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