Varied Weather Grips Area Christmas Parades
Mild afternoon turns sunny for Christmas parade crowds as 82 units take part in Midland Valley Jaycees event led by Sen. Strom Thurmond as grand marshal. Awards go to Aiken Shrine Rawhiders, Langley Bath Clearwater, North Augusta ROTC, Breezy Hill Church and Adams Garment.
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Midland Valley Jaycee
Midland Valley
Midland Valley Jaycees
Strom Thurmond
Aiken County Shrine Rawhiders
L-B-C
Langley-Bath-Clearwater
North Augusta High School
Breezy Hill Church
Adams Garment
Barry Glover
The
Jaycees
Aiken
Hastings Wyman
Bryan Dorn
Irene Rudnick
Marion McGowan
Mine Workers Set to Strike as Talks Stall
United Mine Workers prepared to call its tenth strike in four decades at midnight as union and Bituminous Coal Operators Association wrap up talks with little progress. About 2,200 miners were idle in Ohio and West Virginia last week with more absentees expected on the final contract day.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Union
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Ohio
West Virginia
Labor Dept proposes axing over 1100 safety rules
The Labor Department backs a plan to scrap more than 1,100 job safety regulations. Provisions like open-front toilet seats and strict extinguisher height limits would be dropped as the deregulation move aims to simplify workplace rules nationwide.
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Washington
Labor Department
Grand Jury Indicts Dr. Gerard in Belmont Horse Switch Case
A Nassau County grand jury indicted Dr. Mark J. Gerard a Nassau County veterinarian who owns property in Muttontown on fraud and related charges related to switching horses Lebon and Cinzano. Investigators say Cinzano ran as Lebon and won $77,920 at Belmont on Sept. 22 while Cinzano later died from injuries at Gerard's farm. The case centers on importation records falsehoods and a false bill of sale with evidence tied to racing outcomes and wagering.
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Nassau County
N.Y
Mark J. Gerard
Nassau County Court
Gerard
Lebon
Cinzano
Muttontown
Belmont Park Race Track
New York
Belmont
Dr. Gerard
Huntington
Meadowlands
New Jersey
Uruguay
County Plans To Accept Audit At Tomorrow Meeting
Aiken County Council will accept the recently completed county audit at tomorrow's 7 p.m. meeting in the county complex on Richland Avenue. Chairman Carrol H. Warner says the audit will be approved by voice vote.
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Aiken
Richland Avenue
Carrol H. Warner
Sanctions Against Sadat Announced
Five Arab opponents of Egyptian peace moves formed a confrontation front against President Anwar Sadat at the Tripoli summit. Iraq walked out, highlighting rifts among Baath wings over Israel and Syria. Iraq invited an anti Sadat meeting in Baghdad next week.
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Libya
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Iraq
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Sadat
Cairo
Soviet Union
Syria
Algeria
South Yemen
Egypt
Arab League
Libyan Peoples’ Palace
Baath Socialist Party
Lebanon
Euphrates
Baghdad
Tripoli Front
Haf Assad
Fund Drives Raise Nearly 2000 For Destitute Aiken Family
Funds collected from local drives total nearly $2,000 to aid a family in Aiken after the father suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized for three weeks. Doctors say he will be totally disabled and the wife and three children face mounting expenses as they await Social Security eligibility. The family relies on food stamps and mother’s work, with the Salvation Army helping only with electricity bills.
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Salvation Army
First Presbyterian Calls Dr Law as New Aiken Pastor
Dalton Georgia minister Dr John H Law is chosen to lead First Presbyterian Church of Aiken contingent on Cherokee and Congaree Presbytery approvals. He will likely move by Jan 1 and preach Jan 8. He has held major roles at Columbia Seminary and Synod of the Southeast and is a King College and Columbia Theological Seminary graduate.
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John H. Law
Dalton
First Presbyterian Church
Aiken
Georgia
Law
Presbyterian Synod of the
Brunswick, Ga
Dr. Law
King College
Bristol, Tenn
Columbia Theological Seminary
Decatur
Presbyterian College
Clinton
LaGrange
West Point Presbyterian Church
West Point Ga
Columbia Seminary
Synod of the Southeast
Synod
Cherokee Presbytery
Weather clears with possible storms and tornado watch
Aiken County remains under a tornado watch until 2 p today as thundering sounds echo and cooler temperatures move in. County Administrator L Greene explains a tornado watch means conditions favor tornadoes and a tornado warning would follow if sighted.
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L. Greene
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