South Boundary Widening Sparks Local dispute
Aiken road widening to 44 feet along South Boundary west of Whiskey Road aims to improve safety and traffic flow. City officials defend the project while Friends of the Woods and residents oppose tree removals including eight large hardwoods near Laurens Street. two stone pillars may be removed.
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Whiskey Road
Aikensay Road
Aiken
Ed Dudley
J.C Busbee
Friends of the Woods
Laurens Street
Newberry Street Parkway
South Boundary
Highway Department
Dudley
Chesterfield St
U.S. Studies Soviet Cyprus Conference Proposal
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger says the United States is examining the Soviet plan for an 18 nation conference to determine Cyprus fate. Western diplomats at the United Nations dismiss the move as propaganda and unlikely to advance.
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Associated Press
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Cyprus
United Nations
Gas Tax Increase A Considered Anti-Inflation Move
The Ford administration weighs a 10 cent per gallon rise in the federal excise tax on gasoline as a potential anti inflation measure. The tax would lift revenues by about $8 billion and could curb consumption to push oil nations to lower crude prices.
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Washington
Ford Administration
White House
Jerald F. JerHorst
Confrming
the Times
Army says 6000 soldiers misassigned amid downsizing
The Army acknowledges about 6,000 soldiers are in wrong assignments as armed strength is at a 24 year low. Misallocations mean skilled troops may be wasted and could lead to low job satisfaction and poor performance according to an internal Army publication read mainly by enlisted personnel.
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Washington
Army
Ford Urged To Open Staff Circle
AP report says President Ford’s transition team urged shrinking White House staff and expanding domestic adviser roles. It recommends stripping the OMB of policy making, enlarging the adviser circle to about six, and making the Treasury secretary the dominant economic spokesman with the Council of Economic Advisers focusing on analysis.
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Washington (Ap
Ford
Office of Management
OMB
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Council of Economic Advisers
Park cancels decrees amid calls for amnesty in Seoul
Seoul A P reports resident Chung Hee Park won ny canceled two decrees that punished political dissent with death. Opponents urged him to declare amnesty for violators and drop two other emergency edicts.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chung Hee Park Jony
Little Change Expected In Weather
Sunny warm days and mild nights forecast for a summer weekend in Aiken. The weatherman notes 30 percent rain today and tomorrow, 10 percent tonight, but says no rain so far. Local meteorologist G Emmett C Kauffman recalls a 104 degree high on August 20, 1954, praising the weather.
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Aiken
G. Emmett C. Kauffman
Alternate Hospital Plan Debated by County Group
Four Aiken County commissioners discuss forming a Friends of the Hospital committee to draft an alternate plan to the Hospital Corporation of America private facility. They cite rising costs from 8 to 10.8 million and say voters will decide in the November referendum whether the county should own a hospital or rely on a tax-supported option.
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Friends of the Hospital
Aiken County
Hospital Corporation of America
Robert O. Lipe
Board of Commissioners
County Board of Commissioners
Harold V Graybeal
Ralph F Cullinan
HCA
Pital Corporation of America
The
Friends
County Hospital Plan Hinges On Certificate of Need
Dr Don Pennington and eighteen residents join the committee as HCA awaits a South Carolina DHEC certificate of need to start building a 190 bed acute care hospital at an estimated cost of 10.8 million dollars Revenue bonds would be repaid by hospital room charges, risking higher rates if the plan advances without the certificate.
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Lipe
HCA
S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Hospital plans advanced four story Aiken County facility
The four story hospital planned by Hospital Corporation of America for Aiken County includes an emergency room obstetrics isolation rooms and a full suite of support areas. The project uses shelf plans and is in the working drawing stage in Nashville with site on Hudson Street near U S 118.
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Hospital Corporation of America
HCA
Aiken County
Aiken County Hospital
J. Sam Nesbit Jr
Aiken
Nesbit
Nashville
James Henry
Hudson Street
U.S. 118 N
Aiken Bypass
Editorial outlines plan for letter of intent to gain health CO N
Dr Lipe explains a committee will draft an alternate plan and letter of intent to pursue a certificate of need. The Lower Savannah task force and regional planning council will guide the effort. Timelines include 60 days for review, 30 days extra if needed, and up to 7 months for a DHEC decision after final recommendations.
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A. Reginald Pilcher
Lower Savannah
Pilcher
DHEC
Area Wide Planning Council
Hewitt and Rover
Aiken County Hospital
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U.S
Wade M Brodie
Jo Ann Price
Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees
Hos
Harold V. Graybeal
Wade M. Brodie
John M. Hewitt
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