Aiken's Franklin Ashley Reports on Darlington 500 Girls
Harper's September issue features Aiken's Franklin Ashley article about the girls at the Darlington 500. Ashley hopes for interviews with Tom Wolfe and George Plimpton as plans proceed for other pieces. A poodle aided two installers to pass a line under a house. Clemson Extension Service gives home life tips to the Aiken Standard, mailed to Ed Kenny, editor.
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Harper's
Aiken
Franklin Ashley
James Dickey
Paris Review
Ashley
Tom Wolfe
George Plimpton
Rogues-Pierre
Clemson Extension Service
Ed Kenny
Aiken Standard and Review
Kenny
France Sets Off Third Nuclear Test in Pacific
In Tahiti informed sources report France detonated its third test of the current series at Mururoa Atoll 800 miles southeast of Tahiti with unofficial word of two more planned. New Zealand Prime Minister Norman Kirk said he believed the third bomb had been set off as France girds for a hydrogen device before year’s end.
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Papeete
Tahiti
New Zealand
Mururoa
Atoll
Norman E. Kirk
Dollar weakens across Europe amid early forex trading
The U S dollar fell to 2.47 marks and 4.315 francs in Europe with declines led by Frankfurt and Paris. Gold rose to about 106 to 107 per ounce amid a technical rebound after recent losses in Zurich and London. The pound gained a cent in London as markets opened.
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Paris
Frankfurt
London
Zurich
Londay
Fires Rage Across Northwest Burning 93 000 Acres
Sixteen fires burned out of control across 93 000 acres in the West as the wildfire crisis expands into Northern California. Losses run into millions while Interagency Fire Center in Boise reports 156 735 acres scorched, affecting reserves in Montana and Idaho and timber and range lands in Oregon and Montana.
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Associated Press
Dick Klade
Interagency Fire Center
Boise
Idaho
California
Pacific Northwest
Klade
Montana
Oregon
Nixon Speech Fails to Convince Poll Shows
A Gal lup Poll for the New York Times finds 44 percent of viewers found Nixon's Watergate address not at all convincing and only 2 per cent considered it completely or quite convincing. Half doubt his claim of no involvement with the Watergate scheme.
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NEW York
Gallup
The
New York Times
Nixon
Watergate
Senate Watergate Committee
Keall Has Kickback Diary Linked to Maryland Figures
The New York Daily News reports US Attorney George Keall in Baltimore obtained a diary of kickbacks and payoffs tied to Maryland political figures. The diary, a loose record of payments to Jerome Wolff, Maryland roads commissioner 1966 1968, could implicate figures around Spiro Agnew, though the article does not confirm his involvement. Wolff later became president of Greiner Environmental Systems.
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New York
George Keall
Baltimore
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
New York Daily News
News
Jerome Wolff
Agnew
Wolff
Greiner Environmental Systems, Inc
Kennedy To File Plea On Negligent Driving Charge
Joseph P. Kennedy II plans to plead innocent and stand trial today in Nantucket District Court on a negligent driving charge from a crash that left one girl partially paralyzed. Seven were injured when a Jeep like Toyota overturned on a winding road. maximum penalties include two years in jail and a $200 fine.
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Nantucket
Mass
Joseph P. Kennedy II
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
C. George Anastos
Robert Mooney
Gwinn Embraces City Work as Career and Hobby
Chesley F. Gwinn Jr. becomes Aiken's new administrative assistant to the city manager. He says city management blends career with a hobby and cites aims to improve services, finances, water sewage, police and fire protection, and education while supporting good government.
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Aiken
Chesley F. Gwinn Jr
Roland Windham
Gwinn
Windham
Institute of Government, University of Georgia
Carrollton
Nixon Motorcade Cancelled in New Orleans
President Nixon's motorcade in New Orleans was canceled on Secret Service advice amid a possible conspiracy to assassinate the president during the visit. Edward N. Gaudet alias Puncy, a former policeman, was sought by police as armed and dangerous. The White House blamed the change on a Secret Service FBI and New Orleans Police investigation.
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New Orleans
Nixon
Secret Service
Edward N. Gaudet
White House
FBI
Washington
Jack Warner
Warner
New Orleans International Airport
Rivergate Convention Center
French Quarter
Kansas City
Clarence M. Kelley
California
Henry A. Kissinger
VFW
Spirit of ‘76
Florida
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Ronald L. Ziegler
Patrick J. Buchanan
Shoes stolen from Chesterfield Street resident
Police report a burglary at John Suver of Chesterfield Street where the thief took a pair of blue suede shoes and a pair of blue patent leather shoes. No suspects named. incident described in local crime notes.
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Arkenite
John Suver
Chesterfield Street
Suver
Junkyard Screening Bids Sought in South Carolina
North Augusta junkyard at Schultz Hill among 22 yards in seven counties to be screened under highway beautification projects. Bids due 3 p.m. tomorrow, opened in Columbia. Contracts cover 12 yards in Aiken Kershaw Lexington Richland with 8 and 10 foot fences and redwood pickets. Initiated by 1965 highway beautification act.
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Schultz Hill
North Augusta
Gibbs Auto Wrecking Co
Augusta
South Carolina
Columbia
Aiken
Kershaw
Lexington
Richland
Warm Weather Outlook From Aiken Area
The Aiken vicinity forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures today and tomorrow with highs around 90 degrees. Tonight will be fair with lows in the upper 60s and a near zero chance of rain. Tomorrow has a 20 percent chance of showers and a 10 percent today. The rest of the week from Wednesday to Friday shows increasing chance of showers, warm highs, and moderate overnight lows.
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Aiken
City Hires Animal Control Officer in Aiken
Vernon Davee begins as the new Animal Control Officer as City Manager Windham announces a stray animal program effective today. Residents will call police with complaints, licenses cost 2 dollars for certain pets and 5 dollars for others, licenses run July 1 to June 30, 1974, and rabies shots will be recorded on the tag.
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Vernon Davee
Roland Windham
Windham
Aiken
Davee
County Health Dept
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