Gawkers at Roxbury Drive upset Beverly Hills stars
Beverly Hills residents including Lucille Ball Jimmy Stewart and Glenn Ford complain about buses of touring crowds camped out on Roxbury Drive. Attorneys report up to 64 buses in an eight hour period with security fears rising after an incident where Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme chased away a man threatening a rifle return.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Lucille Ball
Jimmy Stewart
Glenn Ford
Roxbury Drive
Bernard Greenburg
Steve Lawrence
Eydie Gorme
Miss Gorme
Soviet Moon Ship Returns With Moon Soil Sample
Moscow Radio reports the Luna 24 mission has collected moon soil and is returning to earth. The unmanned craft lifted from the moon at 8 25 am and is expected to land Sunday. Earlier Soviet capsules brought lunar samples in 1970 and 1972.
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Moscow
Earth
Moscow Radio
Viking 2 Heads For Utopia on Mars Landing Plan
In Pasadena, scientists move Viking 2 toward a Martian Utopia after two landing sites proved hazardous with craters and channels. the team rejects the original site and an alternative, aiming for a Sept. 3 touchdown around 1 p.m. EDT in northern Mars region Utopia, about 4000 miles from Viking 1’s location.
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Pasadena
Calif
Utopia
Mars
Viking 1
James Martin
Viking 2
Tropical Storm Candice Weakens as It Moves North
Tropical Storm Candice weakened early today moving north into colder Atlantic waters. It lingered near Key West with heavy rains in South Florida and western Cuba as a tropical low strengthened, centered about 350 miles north of Bermuda with winds 50 to 60 mph.
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Miami
Candice
Atlantic
Florida
Cuba
Key West
Bermuda
Nonaligned Movement Faces Identity Crisis
At the nonaligned summit in Colombo Sri Lanka Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore warns the movement is in turmoil asking who they unite with for what aims and against whom He says conservative leaders fear radicals seeking liberation from their own states.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
Lee Kuan Yew
Singapore
Lee
Beirut Shelling Kills Noncombatants Across Front
Random shelling killed scores of civilians in Beirut as Christian and Moslem fighters clashed along the confrontation line. Hundreds of shells struck apartment buildings in the Ashrafiyeh Christian quarter, forcing residents into shelters, while shells from east Beirut hit moslem west Beirut neighborhoods.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Ashrafiyeh
Helms Support Vote Sought at Republican Convention
Kansas City North Carolina delegates weigh backing Sen. Jesse Helms for vice president as Tom Ellis says the probe is nonpolitical and urged a principled, nonpartisan vote at the convention. Helms calls the probe unserious while remaining open to consideration.
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Kansas City
N.C
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Helms
Tom Ellis
North Carolina
Ash Spews From Soufriere Volcano In Caribbean
Ash drifts from the Soufriere volcano as seismographs show subsidence of internal turbulence. French officials say 73,500 residents evacuated on Guadeloupe’s twin islands must stay out for at least two weeks while government records are revived from Basse Terre, evacuated since Sunday.
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Pointe-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
Caribbean
Basse Terre
Time spoof and local notices mix in Carter era chatter
The column jokes about Time magazine spoofing Southern speech while a local scene notes Houndslake Country Club serving a Chinese dinner with familiar old favorites. It highlights the Bethmann family with two sons at or considering the Naval Academy and a daughter headed to Emanuel College in Boston.
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Jimmy Carter
Time Magazine
Houndslake Country Club
Harry K. Bethmann
Naval Academy
Bethmann
Emanuel College
Boston
Aiken County Council Sparks Battle Over Administrator Williams
Four county Democrats seek to oust County Administrator Donnie J. Williams amid a string of letters and apologies. A public hearing was requested with petitions supporting Williams arriving before a tentative council resolution to grant a hearing on August 31.
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Aiken County
Donnie J. Williams
Williams
Cleve Edmunds
Forest L. Kirby
L.V. Davis
Charles W. Prosser
Edmunds
Kirby
Davis
Prosser
Usc-A
Arthur B. Emrich Jr
Ford Picks Robert Dole To Be His Running Mate
The 1976 Republican convention in Kansas City ended with Ford as the party nominee after a tense showdown. North Augusta delegate Doris H. Jones expressed strong support for Ford while noting Reagan backers faced a shift as delegates prepared for future moves. She said Reagan may not accept a vice presidential slot, and delegation members planned to invite alternates to join on the convention floor as it concluded.
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Ford
Robert Dole
Kansas City
Repewcan Party
Doris H. Jones
South Carolina
Reagan
Jones
Richard M. Nixon
Ford names Dole as Republican vice president nominee
Kansas Senator Robert J. Dole was chosen by President Ford for the Republican vice presidential nomination. Delegates from 19 states sought to draft Ronald Reagan for a second spot as Ford asked the convention to ratify the choice tonight. Reagan vowed to campaign for Ford after their late-night unity meeting, following Ford's clinching of the nomination.
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Ronald Reagan
Ford
Kansas City
Reagan
Commerce
Elliot Richardson
Dry Weather In Store For Weekend
Dry conditions expected over the weekend with no rain tonight or tomorrow. It will be fair and cool tonight with lows in the 60s and tomorrow’s high near the upper 80s.
Aiken County Hires 120 New School Staff For Back-To-School Season
Aiken County schools add 120 new teachers principals and administrators as students return. J J Boyd notes high turnover among 2000 employees and ongoing need for math teachers. New hires include Randy Davidson public relations director and specialty consultants.
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Aiken County
J.J. Boyd
Randy Davidson
Geraldine Gallman
Margaret Lee
Melissa Warner
Robert Grant
Cecil Atchley
I. James A. Taylor
Aiken High School
William Price
Aiken High
Cecil S. Atchley, Jr
Donald E. DuPee Jr
Leon Wilson Plunkett Jr
Martha E. Worrell
Adria A. Singletary
Marilyn Floyd
Hattie C. Prescott
Freddie M. Neel
Kenneth A. Weaver
Christine C. Angelos
Randall W Stowe
Aiken Junior
Two Aiken County Republicans Withdraw From Races
Franklin F. White resigns from House of Representatives district 85 and Clint Cowart quits county council seat six amid recent GOP exits. RS Perry Jr. says filings will reopen later. Thomas Freeman filed for House seat previously. Democrat Marvin Dunbar runs unopposed for council seat three.
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Lin Smithwick
Aiken County
Franklin F. White
House of Representatives
Clint Cowart
Skipper
Perry Jr
White
Irene K. Rudnick
C Marshall Cain
Cowart
Homer L. McGee
Lonnie Barton
James R. Rhoden
Thomas R. Freeman
Freeman
Marion D. McGowan
Marvin E. Dunbar
Perry
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