Volcano monitors evacuated as Soufriere shows activity
Fifteen French volcanologists led by Dr. Robert Brousse are evacuated from the danger zone near La Soufriere after an explosion and tremor felt 20 miles away. A helicopter mission to penetrate the ash cloud is planned as ash and fumes continue to issue from the 4813 foot peak. Some 72,000 residents, over 20 percent of Guadaloupe’s population, were moved last weekend.
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Pointe-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
Soufriere
Robert Brousse
University of Paris
la Soufriere
Basse Terre Island
Robbers Strike Paris Safe Deposits After Nice Heist
Thieves used the same tunneling method from a sewer to raid 191 safe deposit boxes at Societe Generale on Ile Saint Louis Paris. No loss estimate given for Paris raid. prior Nice heist yielded about 8 million dollars from 305 boxes with no recoveries or arrests.
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Paris
Nice
Societe Generale
France
Ile Saint-Louis
Nice Bank
Applegate Named to Replace Hays on November Ballot
State Senator Douglas Applegate was chosen by 18th District Democratic leaders to replace Wayne Hays on the November ballot. The Steubenville resident, 45, has served as a state senator since 1968 after four Ohio House terms and was one of three finalists considered on Monday night.
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Lisbon
Ohio
Douglas Applegate
Wayne Hays
Steubenville
Hays
Applegate
Ohio House
Legionnaires Disease Probe Expands in Philadelphia
Federal health investigators will widen the search for the Legionnaires disease outbreak in Philadelphia. Three officials from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will study downtown construction and demolition sites for up to two days to identify environmental factors such as air pollution and weather patterns that may have contributed to the deaths.
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Philadelphia
Liam Felsing
Felsing
Military Court Hears Appeals In Cadet Cheating Case
The U.S. Court of Military Appeals heard arguments to halt disciplinary action against 180 cadets involved in the United States Military Academy cheating scandal. The civilian panel questioned both sides for about two hours as cadets and lawyers attended the session. One attorney urged reinstatement for all cadets with the stain wiped from the academy, noting future courts-martial could still occur.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
James D. Earl of
Ridgefield, Conn
North Korea Says U.S. Has 1000 Nuclear Warheads in Korea
North Korean Premier Pak Sung Chul, at the nonaligned summit in Colombo, claimed the United States possesses 1000 nuclear warheads and 400000 troops in South Korea and pressed for the withdrawal of all American forces. President Tito backed calls for withdrawal and criticized Middle East tensions as the era's hottest crisis.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
Pak Sung Chul
United States
South Korea
Pak
Korea
Tito
Yugoslavia
Middle East
Israel
U.S
Washington
State Department to Probe Favoritism in Diplomatic Contracts
The State Department will investigate charges of official favoritism in awarding construction and real estate contracts for American diplomatic facilities abroad. Secretary Kissinger has ordered Robert M. Sayre to conduct the probe, with findings to be made public.
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Washington
State Department
Henry A
Kissinger
Robert M. Sayre
The
Foreign Service
Sayre
Rain Hit Aiken County Briefly Then Drier Weather Returns
Aiken County residents received a brief thundershower last night with little chance of more rain this week. Tonight's low near 60 and tomorrow's highs in the 80s. mild weather continues until Saturday when hot weather returns.
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Aiken County
Grits Haircut Debuts Across Georgia Coiffure Scene
Local report notes two Georgia stylists unveiling a new women’s haircut called Grits styled after Jimmy Carter’s hair. The column also mentions possible GOP female reactions if Gerald Ford secures the nomination and a light aside about pet show plans by the Recreation Department. Shorty Bishop plays golf with a broken wooden leg after Saturday’s mishap. Kin Purvis bags a 231-pound velvet deer near Orangeburg the season’s first day, 155 field points, record above 130.
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Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Kin Purvis
Aiken
Orangeburg
South Carolina Delegation Faces Seating Battle Over Delegates
A political rift in South Carolina over seating delegates to a Kansas City convention escalates as Rep. Norma Russell seeks credentials amid opposition from Mrs. Russell and Dr. Inez Eddings. Gov. Edwards initially reversed and then reopened seating, aiming for unity between Ford and Reagan factions.
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South Carolina
James B. Edward
Inez C. Eddings
Edwards
Julius W. McKay
Norma C. Rus
Dr. Eddings
Ford
Reagan
North Augusta Stadium Club Forms Raises 40000
The North Augusta Stadium Club organized to fund a stadium project has already garnered $40,000 in pledges. George W. Parks Jr. chairs the Chamber of Commerce driven effort with John L. Hickson as vice chair and Mrs. Mary Middlebury as secretary treasurer. Cecil L. Collins is fund drive chairman and Richard G Day co-chairman, with a finance committee handling campaign spending.
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Vivian Davis
North Augusta
Stadium Club
Parks
John L. Hickson
Mary Middlebury
Cecil L. Collins
Fund Drive
Richard G
Parks, Collins
Day
Ford Total Nears The Magic Figure
President Ford moved to within three votes of the number needed for the Republican nomination as uncommitted delegates ended months of fence sitting and publicly announced decisions at the convention opening. Ford gained 10 votes in 24 hours, bringing his tally to 1,127. Reagan remained within striking distance with 1,036 votes.
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Kansas City. Mo
Ford
Associated Press
Ronald Reagan
Nuclear group seeks backing for AGNS plant policy
South Carolina Nuclear Advisory Council has recommended endorsement of Allied General Nuclear Services AGNS in Barnwell and related nuclear activities. The five point policy argues BNFP radioactive releases pose no significant health risk and extra equipment to collect isotopes is unnecessary. Continuous monitoring by AGNS and DHEC would detect significant activity and notify NRC for corrective action.
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South Carolina Nuclear Advisory Council
State Budget and Control Board
Allied General Nuclear Services
AGNS
Barnwell
Budget and Control Board
Edward J. Hennelly
Nuclear Advisory Council
Council
BNFP
South Carolina
Hennessy
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Small Town Kansas Girl Becomes North Augusta Council Member
Councilwoman Ellen S. Smith, first and only woman on the North Augusta city council, recounts her journey from Highland Kansas to South Carolina. She shares tales of family roots, marriage to Ivan Smith, and work in education, journalism, and community service across towns including Oak Ridge and Hanford during wartime.
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Vivian Davis
North Augusta
Kansas
Ivan
Ellen S.) Smith
Highland
Kan
Plains
Hanford
Ellen
Property Owner Objects to Plan for Aiken Downtown Revitalization
Mrs. D M Croft Lyon owner of the Croft Building criticizes the Historic Aiken Foundation plan calling benches useless for business and claiming shrubs will cause termites. Foundation president Lonnie A Garvin says the plan offers suggestions not dictates and uses the Croft Building as an example of an early Aiken look.
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D.M
Mary Croft) Lyon
Croft
Foundation
Olivia) Garvin
Historic
Aiken Foundation
Ford gains delegates as uncommitted drop below one tenth
The uncommitted delegates fell to 9 percent for the long primary season. Ford added delegates from Illinois Wyoming Missouri Pennsylvania Virginia Delaware West Virginia South Carolina while losing one in New York. Delta shifts included state senators Ostlund Hughes and several others announcing support after meetings with Ford and Reagan.
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Ford
Illinois
Wyoming
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Louisiana
Delaware
West Virginia
South Carolina
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Reagan
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Recreation Department
Shorty Bishop
New Ellenton Country Club
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Russell
Goomty
Linnie
Lin Smithwick
Ford Total
Norma Russell
Lexington
Nuclear Group
Councilwoman
Smith
N.A
William Skaggs
St. Louis
John Ostlund
Ostlund
Roger Campbell
Bryan Wagner
New Orleans
Richard Harmon
Sherry Martschnik
Charleston, S.C
Mary Garman
Sundance
Wyo
James Crockett
Wytheville, Va
Don Adams
Teddie Inman
Robert Harman
Kingwood, W.va
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