Tall Texan named new administrator at Aiken County
Thomas F. Williams, tall Texan and new Aiken County administrator, aims for a low profile and efficient operations. He was elected 5-2 by the county board after serving as director of public works, then acting administrator, and has begun instituting a county equipment control system while pledging to carry out board policies. Williams is a Cumby Texas native and U S Army veteran who studied at Texas A&M and worked for Southern Railway before returning to South Carolina.
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Derby Wendel
Aiken County
Thomas F. Williams
Ronald A. LaCouture
Williams
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Cumby
Texas
Blackjack Grove
Texas A & M
Southern Railway Co
South Carolina
Railroad
Arabs Attack Israeli Settlement Wounding Two
Arab terrorists attacked a farming settlement on the Lebanese border wounding two Israelis. Ten Americans at the kibbutz escaped injury as Israeli troops killed one guerrilla and launched a massive manhunt for the gunmen who fled Rosh Hanikra. Earlier, troops captured two terrorist frogmen approaching Israel with weapons.
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Rosh Haniqra
Israel
UN Charter May Be Revised To End Veto Power
China leads a coalition of about two dozen UN members seeking a revision of the Charter to remove the Big Five veto. The Soviet Union backs the move with the other permanent Security Council members United States Britain and France. Japan also sponsors the proposal as it eyes permanent status on the council.
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United Nations
NYAP
China
U.N
Soviet Union
Security Council
United States
Britain
France
Japan
Tokyo
Big Five
Gold Sale Still Uncertain Amid Economic Warnings
Federal Reserve chairman Arthur F. Burns urged delaying the plan to permit U S citizens to own gold arguing the move could disrupt the economy. He called for pushing back the Jan 1 start by six months while Treasury Secretary William E. Simon noted a plan to auction about 2 million ounces of government gold on Jan 6.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Arthur F. Burns
Burns
Treasury
William E. Simon
Monks Seize U Thant’s Body At Rangoon University
Thousands of students and Buddhist monks seized the body of former United Nations secretary general U Thant in Rangoon today, transferring it to a university convocation hall before the funeral. About 20,000 took part as government ordered all schools closed. Thant died in New York on November 25 at age 65.
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Rangoon
Burma
U Thant
United Nations
Thant
New York
Kwandaw
Ford and Schmidt discuss redirecting oil money in talks
President Ford and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt plan their third and final meeting to decide how to shift oil revenues and curb economic gloom in industrial nations. Schmidt will address the National Press Club and meet with Secretary of State Kissinger before departure.
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Washington
Ford
Helmut Schmidt
Schmidt
National Press Club
Henry A. Kissinger
Watergate Tapes May Be Broadcast and Sold as Records
US District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell opened the way for broadcasting and sale of the Watergate tapes from the cover up trial. The tapes, once so secret they required a Supreme Court order to release, could be available in 1975 at the turn of a switch as a public opportunity to hear them.
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Washington
Supreme Court
White House
Gerhard A. Gesell
Tank production boosted in Detroit
Chrysler Corp will double M60 tank output by 1976, raising daily production from two to four tanks. The program targets Army shortages blamed on the 1973 Middle East conflict. Each tank costs between 400000 and 450000 dollars. General Motors may also resume tank production to aid shortages.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
Mideast
Chrysler
Rainy Weekend Forecast For Aiken County
Aiken County braces for a rainy weekend with cloudy skies today and a 10 percent rain chance. Tonight’s rain risk rises to 30 percent and 50 percent tomorrow with highs in the mid 50s. Tonight’s low near 35 degrees and Saturday winds up to 20 mph.
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Aiken County
Fund Drives Continue In Aiken As Donations Rise
The Salvation Army reports exceeding $2,000 raised in its annual Aiken County drive while the Aiken Jaycees have collected $234 so far. Funds are still needed to support the drive’s aid efforts.
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Aiken Jaycees
Salvation Army
Aiken County
Caper House Bandits Rob Current Bath Store
Two black males armed with a small caliber pistol robbed the Caper House food store on Highway 421 at about 8 15 p m. They forced attendant Sandra Monday to the floor and took her purse before fleeing with about 150 dollars. A second witness described the suspects and the stocking mask was recovered by police.
Unemployment hits 6.5 percent in November
The Labor Department reports the national unemployment rate rising to 6.5 percent in November, with 482,000 more jobless and total unemployed at 5.98 million. Employment drops nearly 800,000 as auto, electrical, textile, and retail sectors shed workers, signaling a worsening economy.
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Washington
Labor Department
Labor Departments
Thurmond to Speak in Aiken This Weekend
Senator Strom Thurmond visits Aiken to address 450th Ordinance Co at the U S Army Reserve Center at 9 a m Saturday. He speaks at the Full Gospel Business Men Fellowship at 7 30 p m in Fellowship Hall at M Johns United Methodist Church. Sunday he and his wife host a reception for Dr Robert L Cate, leaving to teach.
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450Th Ordinance Co
U.S. Army Reserve Center
Aiken
Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International
M. John’s United Methodist Church
Sen. Thurmond
Nancy Moore
Robert L. Cate
First Baptist Church
Cate
Amoco Opens Plastics Plant in Beech Island
A new 150000 square foot Amoco Chemicals plastics plant in Beech Island was dedicated with ribbon cutting led by Mrs. Strom Thurmond and Amoco president Richard M Morrow. Plant makes plastic drinking glasses lids food containers and foam rings.
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Strom Thurmond
Beech Island
Amoco Chemicals Corporation
Richard M Morrow
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Amoco Chemical Corporation
California
Wisconsin
Charles W. Ensor
Amoco
South Carolina
Ensor
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