Months of Work Behind Aiken County Council Bill
A bipartisan 12 member Aiken County Government Study Committee formed on March 31 1969 to craft a county council bill. The panel studied current government structures reviewed other counties including Charleston and obtained input from university researchers and county officials. The proposal aims to place a budget setting and administrative officer under a county council governing body with the referendum set for November 3.
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Aiken County
Robert H. Stoudemire
University of South Carolina
Bureau of Governmental Research
Stoudemire
Aiken’s
Council
Charleston County
Aiken
Charleston
Bahamian Leader Condemns U S Nerve Gas Dump
Acting Prime Minister Arthur D. Hanna accused the United States of planning to dump nerve gas in the Atlantic near Bahamian waters and criticized Britain for allowing it. He urged Bahamian independence and said the Bahamas would endure until it governs its own affairs.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Arthur D. Hanna
Bahama Islands
United States
Atlantic
Hanna
Golden Gate Ferry Resumes Service To Sausalito
The Golden Gate District began a new commuter ferry between San Francisco and Sausalito, operating the Golden Gate vessel. After a starboard engine failure near departure, the ship returned to port and passengers switched to buses, with service suspended for several days for repairs.
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San Francisco
Sausalito
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate
Drive-In Church Plans Hit Snag In Kent
In Kent Washington the City Council refused to close a street for a drive in church project. Rev Melvin H Devries of Trinity Reformed church said the plan includes a large parking area and a glass wall so worshippers in cars can watch services via low power radio broadcast. The council may revisit the decision.
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Kent, Wash
Melvin H. Devries
Trinity Reformed Church
Martha Raye Heads Sixth Vietnam Tour as Army Nurse
Actress Martha Raye plans an October departure from Hollywood for a five month tour in Vietnam as Lt. Col. Martha Raye of the Army Nurse Corps Reserve. A surgical nurse, she says surgery has no jokes and she may perform a few songs if soldiers gather in the evenings.
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Hollywood
Martha Raye
Film Capital
Vietnam
Army Nurse Corps
Miss Raye
Green Berets
Bishop Walsh Plans Rome Audience After Release
Roman Catholic Bishop James Walsh, freed after 12 years in a Chinese prison, departs Sunday for an audience with Pope Paul VI in Rome. He will be accompanied by Sister Patricia Fitzmaurice, Maryknoll Hospital surgeon, and after a week in Rome will fly to Cumberland, Maryland for a reunion with five sisters and a brother.
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Hong Kong
James Walsh
Paul VI
Rome
Walsh
Patricia Fitz
Cumberland
Nixon blasts Congress over wasteful spending and sacred cows
President Nixon accuses Congress of an daily $2 million leakage in spending while House Speaker McCormack counters with a claimed $21 million daily saving. The dispute centers on admin cost cut proposals, including veterans benefits, tuberculosis cures, Alaska Railroad ownership, and other federal programs.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
John W. McCormack
Alaska
Inside Today News Briefs and Features
Unclear readable fragments reference sections like Comics Editorial Deaths Sports TV and Women's News. The readable content is insufficient to identify people places events or concrete facts for a proper summary card.
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Tee
Pere Yas
South Vietnamese Repel Night Attack Near Fire Base O'Reilly
More than 100 North Vietnamese attacked a South Vietnamese bivouac eight miles west of Fire Base O'Reilly in northern South Vietnam. South Vietnamese forces repelled the assault, claiming 38 enemy killed and one prisoner captured along with three heavy weapons seven rifles and 300 blocks of TNT. One South Vietnamese defender was wounded.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Total Development Enters High Gear in Aiken
About 120 Aiken business leaders and officials launched Total Community Development with a Heart of Aiken Restaurant meeting. A 18 question questionnaire examined modernization needs in government, housing, schools, crime, traffic, planning, and race relations, ending with a call for personal involvement. A film, A Tale Of Four Cities, followed the session for context.
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Aiken
Greater Aiken
Aiken County
Chamber of Commerce
National Chamber of Commerce
United States
Israelis Upset With U S Over Egyptian Violation Claims
Tel Aviv dailies condemn Washington for not backing Israel onEgypt breach charges and demand proof of missile moves near the Suez Canal within 30 miles. They warn dwindling U S Israel trust could eclipse cease fire supervision and entangle Egypt and Israel again.
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Tel Aviv
Washington
Egypt
United States
Suez Canal
Jerusalem Post
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Jackson Residents Convene Over Savannah River Pollution
More than 150 Jackson residents met Monday to discuss mercury pollution in the Savannah River near Augusta. Mayor Gerald M. Brown urged stricter industry pollution notices before new plants operate, while Dr. Hubert Webb and J A Little explained recent actions lowering mercury levels and processing to make river water drinkable.
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Jackson
Savannah
Augusta
America
Gerald M. Brown
Georgia
South Carolina
Hubert Webb
The
Aiken Police Lt. Charged After Fatal Shooting
Aiken Police Lt. Roger Martin was charged with murder after a coroner's inquest found Harry Lee Williams died from bullet wounds inflicted by Martin. The lieutenant was arrested on a homicide charge, released on $2,000 bail, and due to stand trial in October.
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Aiken
Roger Martin
Harry Lee Williams
Martin
Williams
Julius B. Ness
Bamberg
Court of General Sessions
Sheriff's Department
Robert Johnson
Martin Posey
Robert Platt
Platt
Correction on Caption About County Council Candidacy
The Aiken Standard corrects a page one photo caption mis-stating that John Bodenheimer announced his candidacy. The corrected report states only that Thomas S. Brown of New Ellenton has filed for the council seat, with Bodenheimer referenced in the story.
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Aiken
John Bodenheimer
Aiken County
Bodenheimer
Thomas S. Brown
New Ellenton
Education Bill Given Good Chance
Leaders from both parties expect the Senate to override President Nixon and enact a $4.4 billion education funding bill for the current fiscal year after the House rejected the veto. The measure, opposed as inflationary, would boost Elementary and Secondary Education Act funding by $232 million to aid poor children.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
GOP
Congress
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John T. Bodenheimer
Harold Martin
North Augusta
Edward J. Hennelly
George McElmurray
Beech Island
Troy Nobles
Graniteville
Fred Pitts
Langley
Ronald Royal
Roland Windham
Ben C. Rusche
C.H. Shaw
John C. H. Steele
Robert Worrill
Wagener
Aiken Standard
Bill
Maurice
Maryknoll Hospital
Capitol Hill
J.T. Hair
Julson Fulmer
Junius Reed
Elric S. Pinckney Jr
Kosinski
O'Reilly
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Kompong Thom
Japan
Asahi Shimbun
Norodom Sihanouk
Chou En-lai
Tran van Dong
Webb
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