McFall HCA Urges ER Overhaul With Consultant
Hospital administrator Larry McFall and ER consultant Dr. William Haeck reviewed Aiken Community Hospital's emergency room. Haeck, president of the American College of Emergency Room Physicians, plans full recommendations after data study, stressing four full time ER physicians and a functional floor plan.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Larry F. McFall
William T. Haeck
McFall
Haeck
Jacksonville
American College of Emergency Room Physicians
Aiken
Hospital Corporation of America
HCA
Debates Set To Begin Amid Legal Uncertainty
Washington AP indicates Ford and Carter aides will work with the League of Women Voters to organize televised debates. The Federal Election Commission plans a meeting over possible violations of campaign finance laws tied to the league's proposed format. Peggy Lampi says the legal questions are the main hurdle.
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Jimmy Carter
League of Women Voters
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Peggy Lampi
Jaworski Questions Nixon Trial Fairness
Houston attorney Leon Jaworski, former Watergate special prosecutor, writes in The Right and Power that he believed Nixon could not have received a prompt fair trial if indicted. He also stated he did not expect Nixon to be deeply involved in Watergate.
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Jaworski
Houston
Nixon
Mayor Young calls for aid to curb Detroit gang violence
Detroit Mayor Coleman Young asked state and federal help to fight juvenile gangs. He urged more judges and long term financial aid, state police on freeways, and federal funds for a civilian police reserve. He also plans a 40 member economic council to spark jobs. He emphasized policing consumes much of his TV address.
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Detroit
Coleman Young
Young
Ford Declares Equality Day Urges ERA Ratification
President Ford designates today as Women s Equality Day and calls on four remaining states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. He notes thirty four states have ratified ERA, four short of the constitutional requirement, with deadline by 1979 to adopt the amendment.
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Vail
Colo
Ford
Zulus Battle With Blacks in Soweto Violent Week
Rampaging mobs of Zulus clashed with black tribespeople in Soweto south of Johannesburg. No fatalities reported yet, but by Wednesday night the week's death toll in the big black ghetto reached 23.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
Johannesurg
Weather forecast predicts showers this weekend
A partly cloudy day with a chance of thundershowers is expected tomorrow with a high near 90 and a 40 percent rain chance. Similar warm, scattered showers are forecast for Saturday and Sunday with tonight's low around 70 and a 20 percent rain chance.
Identification Sought For Body Found Near USC Aiken
A decomposed male body found in a wooded area near the University of South Carolina Aiken is believed by Aiken County authorities to be an Atlanta resident. Sheriff Paul Grant said officials withhold the name until positive identification and relatives can be notified. The man died an estimated three to four weeks ago, and the body is at MUSC Charleston for autopsy. No cause of death has yet been determined. further word was expected from Charleston.
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Aiken
University of South Carolina
Atlanta
Paul Grant
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
Grant
Gallup Poll Shows Ford Gains Narrow Carter Lead
The Associated Press reports a Gallup Poll indicates Ford has reduced Carter's lead to 10 points. Based on 1,016 registered voters surveyed last weekend, Carter leads 49 to 39 percent, a shift from two weeks earlier when Carter led 56 to 33. Ford campaigned in Vail while Carter was in Plains Georgia after a West and Midwest swing.
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Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Organization
Today
Plains
Midwest
Vail
Colo
Work begins soon on reopening Aiken Warrenville railroad line
Preparations to reopen Southern Railway's Aiken Warrenville line will start next month with grading in September or October. The project costs about 1 million dollars. ICC hearings in February backed reopening citing public necessity. The line will run two daily trains six days a week, shortening the Charleston to Augusta route by about 25 miles. Local residents and the city of Aiken opposed for safety and environmental concerns.
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Southern Railway
Aiken
Warrenville
H. H Bradley
Bradley
Charles Margret
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Roland Windham
Windham
Aiken-Warrenville
Southern
Charleston
Augusta
Trenton
Aiken - Warrenville
Westcliff
City of
Aiken County Approves Payment of Indigent Care Bills
The Aiken County Council unanimously passed a third reading of an indigent care ordinance to pay 160,099.59 in overdue bills. Hospital shares total 105,679.70 to Aiken Community Hospital and 54,419.89 to University Hospital for 1,143 and 623 acute care days respectively.
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Aiken County
Aiken Community Hospital
University Hospital
Security and Exchange Commission
Council
Harold W. Graybeal
Aiken County Deputies Commissioned Under Sheriff Grant
Sheriff Paul D. Grant has issued over 200 commissions since taking office. Some recipients perform law enforcement duties while others are ordinary citizens. Read tomorrow's Aiken Standard for the full deputy list.
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Aiken
Rescue squads plead for county funding to continue volunteer service
Aiken County rescue units from Aiken BelvedereNorth Augusta Monetta Wagener appeal to county council after a special meeting begging for financial aid. They pay for gear and training themselves and fear cutting services to the county of 90 000 residents if funds are not provided.
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Aiken County
United Way
Stephens
Aiken and
Belvedere-North Augusta
Ford and Carter clash over embargoes and unity plans
Ford aims to unite party factions with a Friday strategy meeting featuring Dole Rockefeller and Connally. Morton replacement by Baker hints at new campaign steering. Carter defends platform while courting Labor Day prep in Iowa. he says embargo policy to follow farm needs and platform. Dole campaigns in Des Moines after Seattle appearance, pledging no blanket amnesty for Vietnam deserters.
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Robert Dole
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John Connally
Rockefeller
Connally
Rogers C.B. Morton
James Baker III
Carter
Iowa State Fair
U.S
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Kansas City
America
Vail
Dole
Iowa
Des Moines
American Legion
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