Aiken Panel weighs county ambulance options coordination plan
Sen. Gilbert E. McMillan led the Aiken County delegation in a meeting on ambulance service options. Officials considered appointing a study committee or hiring a private consultant to study costs and structure. Funeral home directors opposed continued county ambulance service beyond December 31. A consultant estimated annual operating costs up to 200000 with possible county returns from user fees.
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Emily Hindman
Gilbert E. McMillan
Aiken County
Michael Laughlin
Zack Fulmer
Funeral Home
Albert George
George
Henry Pettit
Richland
Lexington
Florence County
Pettit
Aiken
North Augusta
Sen. McMillan
Three Going On Tax Relief On Nixon Agenda
House Ways and Means Committee chair Wilbur Mills says the Nixon economic package should include more individual tax relief. He favors expanding the present law deduction for low income taxpayers, noting the 1972 minimum standard deduction is $1000 and increasing it would put money in the hands of people who will spend it promptly.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Nosey Story Cat Eater Caterpillar Spotted in Backyard
Five year old DeeDee Heikes exclaimed like now as she came nose to nose with a saddlebacked caterpillar in her yard. The insect, about three quarters of an inch long, sports a brown body with a green saddle and ends with green eyes and green dots. it is expected to metamorphose into a moth.
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DeeDee Heikes
UPI
Lairds Image Tarnished as Wage Freeze Clash Stirs Cabinet
Pentagon Secretary Melvin Laird faces a bruised image after a public clash with Treasury Secretary John Connally over wage freezes. Laird, a longtime Nixon confidant, defended the department while Connally's position prevailed on whether military longevity raises could be paid during Nixon's 90 day wage freeze.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Department
Treasury
John B. Connally
Laird
Presi
Dent Nixon
Capitol Hill
Connally
Nixon
Lucky Man Claims Emerald Hoard From North Carolina Field
Tom Adams of Hiddenite North Carolina says he found about 200 emeralds in a public field and seeks one million dollars for the stones. Adams describes the find and plans to continue working while awaiting offers.
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Tom Adams
Adams
Hiddenite
N.C
UPI
Do You Know That Danford Meischen Left on Trip
Danford Meischen departed Wednesday on an around the world trip as part of a U S Army assignment. The Gregg Marvins and Phil Robertsons plan a move to California this weekend. Ben Crickenbruger scuba dives off British Honduras coast. An ATF undercover stakeout car was found stripped of sparkplug wires upon return. James Watts in Nashville to sign Ph D paperwork. Ralph Holley Drew Murphy Stanley Sexton and Terry Robinson returned from the West Coast and opted to skip a $9 horse fee for the Grand Canyon trip, paying $36 per horse for the return path. Holley vows not to repeat the route.
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Danford Meischen
U.S. Army
Gregg Marvins
Phil Robertsons
California
Ben Crickenbruger
British Honduras
ATF
James Watts
Nashville
Ralph Holley
Drew Murphy
Stanley Sexton
Terry Robinson
West Coast
Grand Canyon
Holley
Georgia Residence Debate Drives Salary Transparency Push
Heated debate at the Lower Savannah Region Planning and Development Commission over staff residences and salaries. Delegation member Julian Dunbar pressed for showing all staff salaries, asserting taxpayer access to spending, while a substitute limited disclosure to the Aiken County Delegation.
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Lower Savannah Region
Commission
Julian C. Dunbar Jr
Lsrp&d
South Carolina
Rebels Seize Half of Bolivia as Government Moves
In Bolivia the leftist military government rallies support to counter civil and military rebels who control the eastern half. Five leftist parties form a military staff to defend the regime and plan a meeting with President Juan Jose Torres to seek party and union membership.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Juan Jose Torres
Aiken All-Stars Edge Crew in Dixie Youth World Series
Aiken All-Stars beat Crew Virginia 5 1 in the Dixie Youth Baseball World Series round four. Aiken advances to face Pascagoula in tonight’s matchup with details on Page 6.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Aiken All-Stars
Crew
Aiken
Tanks Battle North Vietnam Front Rages Near Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnamese tanks and infantry clashed with North Vietnamese forces along the demilitarized zone for the eighth day as fighting also spread to eastern Cambodia. Military spokesmen reported 37 North Vietnamese and 17 South Vietnamese soldiers killed with three South Vietnamese wounded.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Cam
Bodia
Calley Life Sentence Cut to Twenty Years at Fort McPherson
Lt. Gen. Albert O. Connor reduced Lt. William L. Calley Jr. life term for the My Lai massacre to 20 years in a review at Ft. McPherson Georgia. The change is the first step in a broader review with President Nixon expected to personally decide the case. Calley remains at Ft. Benning awaiting further action and parole could come after about seven years.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Albert O. Connor
3Rd Army Headquarters
Connor
Calley
Nixon
Ft. Benning
Texas Governor Defies Nixon Wage Freeze
Governor Preston Smith ordered state officials to grant pay raises to teachers and state workers effective Sept 1, defying Nixon's 90 day wage price freeze. White House denounced the defiance, noting the Cost of Living Council ruling extends to state salaries.
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Dallas
Tex
Preston Smith
Nixon
White House
Cost of Living Council
Smith
Treasury
John B. Connally
Labor Revolt Over Nixon Wage-Price-Rent Freeze
AFL-CIO President George Meany led organized labor in a revolt against the freeze saying exemptions render it unfair. He argued the policy halts wage hikes but not inflation and noted price exemptions including eggs fruits and vegetables.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Teamsters
Golden Girl of Madison Avenue Mary Wells Lawrence
Aiken Standard profiles Mary Wells Lawrence, nicknamed Bloody Mary by some and a marvel by others, as she rose to become one of advertising's most successful executives and a defining figure on Madison Avenue.
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Bloody Mary
Mary Wells Lawrence
Madison Avenue
Aiken Standard
Nixon Confident Americans Back His Economic Plan
President Nixon, at the Western White House, voiced confidence that most Americans favor his broad economic program despite dissent from AFL-CIO leader Meany and Texas Governor Preston Smith. He predicted strong public support and planned talks with California Governor Ronald Reagan on welfare reform.
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Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Preston Smith
Texas
California
Ronald Reagan
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