Thurmond's changing image and race remarks in 1971 SC contest
In early 1971 South Carolina discussed a potential bid by Gov. Robert E. McNair against Strom Thurmond. Dent urged reshaping Thurmond’s stance on race to avoid liberal attacks, while Thurmond denied outside influence and later appointed Black staffers and backed programs for counties.
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South Carolina
Robert E. McNair
Strom Thurmond
United States Senate
Sen. Thurmond
Palmetto
Harry S. Dent
Thurmond
Aiken Standard
Dent
GOP
Washington
Labor Day closures and local notes in 1973
Labor Day will close city and county offices Schools post office banks store and library as staff take the long weekend. Mrs Cassels injured in North Carolina auto crash and Mr Cassels unharmed the couple travels home with help. Barbecue sale at Hut on U S 1 runs from 11 a m until sold out.
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Louis Cassels
North Carolina
Cassels
Barbara
Charles Chapan
Aycees of
Aiken
U.S. 1
Chou En Lai Claims Lin Piao Plot to Kill Mao
Premier Chou En Lai told the 10th Chinese Communist Party congress that Defense Minister Lin Piao attempted to assassinate Mao Tse-tung before dying in a 1971 plane crash. He stated Lin plotted two coups, first in August 1970 and again in March 1971, in his Aug. 24 disclosure.
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Tokyo
Chou En-lai
Communist Party Congress
Lin Piao
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Cial
Mao
Chou
Lin
9Th
Central Committee
Submariners Trapped as Pisces III Sinks in Atlantic
Two sailors aboard Pisces III lie a quarter mile under the Atlantic with dwindling air as song from their minisub guides rescuers. A Canadian sister submarine Pisces V aided the hunt after voice contact was made, while air dwindled and the minutes ticked by. The Pisces III has been submerged for more than two days with less than 24 hours of air remaining.
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Cork
Ireland
Atlantic
Pisces
Pisces V
Council Proposes Salary Cap for Top Executives
The Cost of Living Council proposed a 5.5 percent limit on salary increases for senior executives. It would require prior approval for higher raises, keeping an option open for exceptions.
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Council
Washington
Cost of Living Council
Weinberger vetoes HEW squash court and sauna plan
HEW Secretary Caspar Weinberger vetoed a proposed squash court and sauna in the $42 million HEW building. Deputy Frank Carlucci said the recreation facility was unnecessary as HEW executives are expected to exercise by running upstairs and chasing absentee welfare fathers.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Caspar W. Weinberger
Frank C. Carlucci
Tax Forms To Change Little in 1973 Revenue Sharing
AP reports minor changes on the IRS forms for 1973 income tax. A single question will replace several, affecting taxpayers and revenue sharing disclosures. The edit streamlines form layout without altering core tax rules.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Canada Acts To End Strike
The House of Commons approved a bill to end the national railway strike by a 192 to 24 vote. Union leaders said the 56,000 workers would not return without a higher pay hike, and NDP leader David Lewis urged increasing the raise.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
National Railway
David Lewis
New Democratic Party
Bomb detonates outside Cumberland Hotel in London
A bomb exploded near the Cumberland Hotel in London's West End wrecking three cars. No injuries were reported. hundreds of guests were moved to other hotels as authorities checked for additional bombs. The blast was attributed to the Irish Republican Army.
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London
Cumberland Hotel
West End
Irish Republican Army
Dorn Seeks End to Controls as Shortages Spark Worries
Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn told Aiken County residents shortages of fuel power food meat and high prices threaten daily life. He said people want supply and demand to prevail and fear gas and meat rationing while insisting the war is no longer the issue.
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William Jennings Bryan Dorn
Aiken County
Greenwood
Rain chances and local tax concerns voiced in Dorn remarks
The Aiken area forecast shows partly cloudy skies, hot temperatures, and a 30 percent chance of rain through tomorrow with possible afternoon and evening thundershowers. Dorn discusses taxes, revenue sharing, and aid for veterans, seniors, and rural electrification, plus energy plans including the Alaska pipeline and nuclear power.
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Aiken
Three Residents Attend Jackson Hospital Hearing in Aiken County
Only Roscoe Hall Edythe McElmurray and Ly man Puette attended the Aiken County Commissioners public hearing on a new hospital at Jackson High School. Officials discussed a proposed 200 bed private hospital by BWG Enterprises tied to Doctor's Hospital in Augusta with an estimated cost of 6.6 million to 10 million dollars depending on timing.
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Jackson Area
Aiken County
Roscoe Hall
North Augusta
St. Joseph's Hospital
Augusta
Aiken County Hospital
Aiken
Graybeal
BWG Enterprises, Inc
Doctor's Hospital
American Medicarp
Hewitt and Roger
Aiken County Leaders Tour Extendicare Hospital Plans
Aiken County Commissioners and Dr. James E. Rountree visited Extendicare in Louisville to review a 13 year old hospital firm eyeing a private hospital for Aiken County. The group toured Suburban Hospital, discussed costs per bed and total square footage, and heard Extendicare’s plans and hospital cost figures.
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Louisville
Aiken County
Extendicare, Inc
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Harold V. Graybeal
Wade M. Brodie
Jo Ann Price
James E. Rountree
Extendicare
Kentucky
Paul Gross
Gross
Medical University
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Strom Thurmonds
Mr. Dent
Watson
McNair
L. Mendel Rivers
Charleston
Rivers
Voorhees College
Denmark
Victoria Delee
Sen. Strom Thurmond
Chou i
Sauna
Canada
Dorn
By Susan Schubert
Bill Beecham
Margaret Greenwood
Wendell Hall
Allendale
Eisenhower Veterans Hospital
Clark Hill
Hartwell
Savannah River
Mideast
Jackson Hospital
Aiken Group
New York Stock Exchange
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