Motorcycle Licenses Required By State Highway Dept
The South Carolina State Highway Department announces a March 31 1971 deadline for motorcycle operators to obtain proper licensing. Sgt W H Harvey of the Highway Patrol in Aiken notes about 16000 state residents ride motorcycles and only 600 have taken the permit exam. The process includes knowledge eye and driving tests with a $2 fee. Endorsements to regular licenses extend four years from issuance. Applicants should schedule at Richland Ave extension driver license office. The rule stems from the 1966 National Highway Safety Act.
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S. C
Richland Ave
Christmas fund drives aid abandoned children in Aiken
Local appeals request contributions for three children under grandparents care with a bedridden grandmother and a grandpa doing most chores. Salvation Army and Jaycee Shopping Tour list gifts and cash gifts totaling $379 and $221.87 respectively, with multiple individuals and groups donating to aid foster families and needy kids.
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Salvation Army
The
Gayle Drive
Aiken
S.C
Jaycee
Elmwood Park
Dorothy G. Thorngate
E. E. Child
Women of Grace Presbyterian Church
J. S. Soage
Wholesale price index edges down in November
The wholesale price index fell one tenth of a percent in November, 177.7 for the month, marking only the second drop in two years. The indicator shows $117.70 per $100 in the 1957-59 base, with the annual rise at 2.6 percent, the smallest in 27 months, and industrial prices flat for the first time in 17 months.
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Washington
Reagan Spends About 3 Million In 1970 Campaign
Gov. Ronald Reagan’s successful 1970 re election campaign cost about 3 million dollars. The Republican incumbent’s contributors included oil billionaire J Paul Getty and entertainers Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope. Challenger Jesse Unruh reported an 873 352 outlay.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
J. Paul Getty
Frank Sinatra and
Bob Hope
Reagan
Jesse Unruh
Fonda Talk Postponed at Texas Christian University
Actress Jane Fonda whose antiwar and social activist work drew attention has her Texas Christian University speaking appearance indefinitely postponed. TCU information director Betty Knox cited lack of sufficient administrative approval for the invitation.
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Fort Worth, Tex
Jane Fonda
Sity
Betty Knox
TCU
Movie Censor Quitting After Sex Film Rants
Sir John Trevelyan, Britain's film censor for 12 years, says he will resign next summer because he is tired of sex movies. He plans to make way for a younger successor and criticizes American German Scandinavian and Italian sex films as entertainment.
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London
Sir John Trevelyan
Britain
Trevelyan
Nobel Winner Solzhenitsyn Faces Prize Pickup Dilemma
Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn must arrange how to receive his Nobel Prize in literature without Swedish Embassy involvement. An embassy spokesman denied handing over the prize in Moscow as the Stockholm ceremony proceeds. He also noted uncertainty over how Solzhenitsyn will obtain the $80,000 prize money given official Soviet disfavor. Solzhenitsyn had planned to attend the Stockholm ceremony but withdrew, fearing he could not return to the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Stockholm
Solzhenitsyn
Soviet Union
Charles says American Revolution was smart thinking by George III
Prince Charles at the Pilgrims Society dinner argues that losing the American colonies was a strategic move by King George III. He says Britain gained more by keeping trade ties with the rebels than by maintaining colonial status.
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London
Prince Charles
George III
Stumper Winners Expected In Thursday Paper
Entries closed for the $360 Standard Stumper with noon deadline. Awaiting results tomorrow to see if a winner emerges while readers await the outcome in the next edition.
Ky Praises Defenders Of Outpost
Saigon reports South Vietnamese militiamen repelled a Viet Cong attack on a government outpost 25 miles southwest of Da Nang with two dead and three wounded. Vice President Ky flew to the scene to commend the defenders. A separate Viet Cong platoon north of Saigon suffered heavy losses to ranger forces aided by helicopter gunships, as Thieu urged crushing the underground to end the war within years.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
Civil Self Defense Forces
Thieu
Vietnam
Board of Education vows to enforce school codes
The Aiken County Board of Education pledged a strong stand against campus disruptions. Chair J. P. Kneece said the board will expel disruptive students and involve law enforcement, ensuring teachers and students have an environment conducive to learning. The seven-member board reiterated support for strict enforcement of state laws.
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Board of Education
Aiken County
Aiken County Delegation Plans County Office Building Schedule
The Aiken County legislative delegation approved a June 1 start for a $2.5 million county office building despite Rep. John Henry Williams objection over the 10 acre site near the highway patrol office citing drainage and industrial concerns. Architect W E Hallman defended area drainage as park avenue related and not site specific, with bidding set April 15 to May 15 and completion by September 1972.
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Aiken County
John Henry Williams
Aiken
Marshall Cain
W. E. Hallman
Michael Laughlin
District
Zack Fulmer
Williams
Highway Patrol
Park and
Richland Avenues
Hallman
Park Avenue
Julian Dunbar
R-Aiken
Cain
Uled
Regional Planning Commission
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Order of Amaranth
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Yvonne Norton
Julian B. Salley Jr
Eulalie Salley & Co
E. M. Royal
C. M. Krick
J. E. Shuler
Margaret Murden
E. L. Caudill Sr
Jaycees
Maybel Lee Bradwell
Mr. and
Mrs. Mandle Suras
Lallah Wyman
Craig Musick
Christian Women's Fellowship
Mrs
B. R. Permen
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Yvonne Morton
Wholesale Price Index
Fonda
Daily Sketch
Pilgrims Society
An An
Los Angeles
Olivia T. Vonner
Lee Spath
Bank of America
William L. Spath
Young Spath
George Foorens
Leroy Coleman
UPI
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