Pony Bitpress Lives On In Aiken Locals Report
Aiken residents share light local notes including Mark Watford delivering papers atop a horse, Liz Bancroft planning a fall trip to the Orient, and Roland Thurlow finishing summer training in the Virgin Islands before joining the Peace Corps in Africa. Frances Larkin Flynn Mims earned a PhD from the University of South Carolina and taught Latin French and English at Aiken High School.
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Aiken
Mark Watford
Liz Bancroft
Orient
Roland Thurlow
Bill Thurlow
Virgin Islands
Peace Corps
Africa
Frances Larkin Flynn Mims
University of South Carolina
Aiken High School
South Vietnamese Drive Aims to Block North Vietnamese Advance
South Vietnamese forces began a large mobile operation to block a North Vietnamese division from moving out of the Que Son Valley toward Da Nang and the coastal lowlands. U S airmen said North Vietnamese 130 mm guns and tanks were in the area and F4 Phantoms destroyed three guns and two tanks.
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Saigon
Que Son
South Vietnam
da Nang
Air Force
Copernicus Satellite Launch Sets Record for U S Science
At Cape Kennedy Florida the Copernicus satellite launched to study stellar evolution and deep space X rays. Weighing 4900 pounds the six telescope observatory cost 81.6 million dollars and is the heaviest most expensive U S scientific satellite yet orbited.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
United States
Nixon Leads McGovern 57 to 31 in Gallup Poll
Nixon holds a 26 point edge over George McGovern in the latest Gallup Poll taken August 4 to 6. McGovern slips one percent from the prior poll amid Eagleton’s resignation and Shriver’s selection as running mate.
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Princeton
Nixon
George McGovern
McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Sen
Thomas F. Eagleton
Eagleton
IRA Chiefs Order New Terrorism in Belfast and Londonderry
Provisional IRA leaders call for intensified intimidation of Catholics to block cooperation with British forces occupying Catholic districts in Belfast and Londonderry. They threaten harsh treatment for fraternizers and say informers will be shot. The group claims responsibility for a Protestant factory owner's murder and notes a 516th death in three years of sectarian violence.
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Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Diehard Provisional Wing
Provo
Londonderry
Provos
James Neill
Northern Ireland
Flood Death Toll Tops 368 in South Korea
The confirmed death toll from South Korea's heavy rain rose to 368 with 66 missing after floods and landslides in the northern central region. Seoul suffered the worst impacts as officials counted 66 bodies in the capital. rains exceeded 17 inches, raising fears of approaching 1925 record.
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Seoul
South Korea
British Dock Workers Return to Work After Strike
Britain's 42 000 stevedores resume work today after a three week stoppage though local labor unrest disrupts two ports causing continued disruption to loading and shipping operations.
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London
Britain
Justice Department Ruling Postponed in Aiken County Seat Case
The U S Justice Department delayed ruling on the Aiken County Home Rule Bill seating clause until late this week. If ruled against numbered seats for county commissioners, both parties face ballot changes and all candidates may run at large. Primary is August 29 with potential election turmoil.
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U.S. Justic Department
Aiken County
Justice Department
Board of Commissioners
Alro
Justice Sectional
Department
House of Representatives
Costs Rise At Aiken County Hospital As Care Grows
Hospital costs climb nationwide with Aiken County Hospital showing higher bills for common procedures. Appendectomy rose from 244 in 1957 to 398 today for six day stays, maternity from 98 for three days to 298, and T A E removal from 128 for three days to 207 two days. Administrator Sam J Nesbit cites payrolls and rising wages, expanded staff, and newer equipment as primary causes. The ICU now a four bed, $15 000 unit, reflecting broader medical inflation.
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Aiken County Hospital
Rain Eases Heat With Isolated Showers This Week
Forecast calls for isolated showers that may cut daytime highs from 90 to around 90 as cooler air moves in. Rain chances rise to about 60 percent Tuesday with lighter winds shifting from east to southeast. Wednesday to Friday look partly cloudy with scattered showers and nightly lows near 70.
Floor Fight Looms Over 76 Delegates
Republicans opened the 1972 convention in Miami Beach with Nixon renomination planned for Tuesday night and Agnew for Wednesday. The sole floor fight likely concerns delegate allocation for the 1976 convention, while protests outside the Fon tainebleau drew attention with minor scuffles and police.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Spiro T. Agnew
Margaret Heckler
Massachusetts
Fontainebleau Hotel
George McGovern
Robert Dole
Kansas
South Dakota
Indochina
Man Shot At Local Nightspot In Aiken Police Probe
Aiken officers investigated a Saturday 12:53 a.m. shooting in the Top of Tower parking lot injuring Ernest Patterson with a .22 caliber bullet to the throat. Patterson was taken to Aiken County Hospital. Investigators Lt. Danny Marchant and Sgt. Barney Eagerton led the case.
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Aiken
Ernest Patterson
Patterson
Busbee
Tower
York
N.E
Aiken County Hospital
Danny Marchant
Barney Eagerton
York and
Abbeville Avenue
Bobby Isaac
Ravenel St
Isaac
J.H. Cushman
Rt 1
Batesburg
Six Traffic Signals To Be Installed At By-Pass Intersections
W W Bradley announced the state highway department will install stop and go signals within a month at six intersections on the Aiken by pass including Trolleyline Road Vaucluse and Camellia Drive plus U S Route 1 north and south where Route 118 intersects and S C Highway 19 The project follows an inspection tour with district engineers present and is prompted by recent accidents The total cost is estimated between 10000 and 15000 dollars.
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W.W. Bradley
Aiken
Bradley
Trolleyline Road
Vaucluse
Camellia Drive
U.S. 1
S.C. Highway 19
William T. Young
John Gilreath
McRamney Fulmer
S.C
Aiken By-Pass
Protesters confront Thurmond outside Miami Beach hotel
Senator Strom Thurmond and Republicans faced an antiwar crowd outside the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach as demonstrators blocked the street. Thurmond left his car and stood his ground beside a picket line before police dispersed the crowd with riot sticks.
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Sen
Strom Thurmond
Rs.c
Miami Beach
Thurmond
Fountainbleau
Florida
Sen. Thurmond
Soap Box Champion Heads to National Akron Derby
Augusta soap box champion Woody Bates of Aiken leaves for Akron Ohio with chaperone Don Neal for the national finals. Bates will stay in Derby Town camp with 250 champions from around the world as eighty five elimination heats prune the field for the Saturday race. A $7500 scholarship awaits the winner and Bates’s father was runner up in 1947.
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Augusta
Woody Bates
Aiken
Akron
Ohio
Bowdre Bates
Alpine Dr
Don Neal
Liamsburg
Bates
Derby
Mr. Bates
Woody
Roger Neal
Ricky Hawkins
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IRA
Sam J. Nesbit
Nesbit
Miami
Fountainbleau Hotel
Jean Johnson
Chesterfield St
Busy Bee
Edward Hixon
Hampton Ave
N.W
Thelves
Leola Dicks
Edgefield Ave
Edgefield and
Morgan
Grand Theft Auto
State Highway Department
James C. Brinkley Jr
Gilbert McMillan
Zack Fulmer
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