School board orders district diploma exam and guidelines
The Aiken County Board of Education unanimously ordered the district superintendent to prepare a reading and mathematics test all students must pass for a high school diploma. They also asked for district wide guidelines for certificates and alternative credentials, plus standardization of diploma requirements across schools. The board approved related actions, including property sales and park lease plans, and heard a poll showing broad public support for a new high school with expected federal funding.
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Ted B Willis
Aiken
Towler
Willis
Lynn T. Hilley
Wagener
C.L. Williamson
Horse Creek Valley
Williamson
Advisory Council
Kissinger Plans Nine Day Western Europe Swing
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger will visit Western Europe for nine days visiting a NATO meeting an energy conference and his Bavarian birthplace. He scrapped tying Moscow to the trip to pursue a breakthrough on nuclear weapons negotiations with Soviet leader Leonid I Brezhnev.
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Washington
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Europe
NATO
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Mrs Sakharov Accepts Nobel Prize For Husband
In Oslo Norway Mrs Sakharov accepted the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of her husband reading a message from him. He said he shared the honor with all prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries as well as with those who fight for liberation.
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Oslo
Norway
Andrei Sakharov
Pris
Soviet Union
Butz Predicts Food Price Hike
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz warned that food prices will rise 4 to 5 percent in the coming year at a Chicago news conference. He cited continued complaints about food costs and criticized AFL-CIO leader George Meany as more powerful than the president.
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Chicago
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Butz
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
United States
Diabetes Could Be Nation’s Third Killer, Commission Says
The National Commission on Diabetes says the disease may be the third-leading killer in the United States. Last year 38,000 died directly, with as many as 300,000 deaths attributed to diabetes and its complications. The commission urges tripling federal funding for diabetes research by 1979.
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Washington
National Commission On Diabetes
Congress
Baby’s Death Sparks London Hospital Inquiry
A five month old girl died after two west London hospitals refused admission amid a doctors’ work slowdown. She died on arrival at a third hospital ten miles away as authorities opened an urgent inquiry. The father said he would like to shoot them for what they have done.
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London
West London
Britain
Woman Kidnapped in Georgia Drives Abductor Near Atlanta
S. C. woman Martha Ann Graham was kidnapped from an Anderson house, forced to drive the suspect to the Atlanta area, and released unharmed at a motel. DeKalb police arrested a man after spotting the abducted 1969 Ford Mustang at LaVista and North Druid Hills Roads.
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Decatur, Ga
Anderson
Atlanta
DeKalb County
Martha
Ann Graham
DeKalb
D. R. Kunz
LaVista Road
North Druid Hills Road
Guests Say Ford Had No Drinking Problem
Three guests at a White House dinner deny any signs that President Ford drank too much. A White House spokesman refused to comment on columnist Jeffrey St. John's televised assertion that Ford has a drinking problem. St John said on ABC Good Morning America that he has confirmed rumors of a problem.
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Washington
White House
Ford
Jeffrey St. John
St. John
Abc-Tv
Christmas stamps may lack postage numbers and risk overseas mail
Betty Furness warns that unnumbered stamps may not be recognized by foreign post offices and could delay or lose overseas Christmas cards. Eustis Park School plans a balloon launch but must obtain FAA permission due to potential air traffic interference.
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Betty Furness
U.S.A
Eustis Park School
FAA
Weekend Dry Spell Extends Into Friday Forecast
The forecast calls for near zero rain through tomorrow with a dry period extended into Friday. Tonight's low drops to 25 degrees with a 60 degree high tomorrow. Weekend highs are expected in the 50s to 60s and overnight lows in the 30s.
Referendum Favored On School Taxes in Aiken County
Four board members back a 14 mill tax referendum to fund education, oppose or undecided members cited delays with the delegation. If approved, vote could be next November. Board discussed letters to Sen McMillan Rep Rudnick and Rep Collins with mixed responses. Budget comparisons showed substantial regional increases over ten years as federal aid declined.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Salvation Army and Jaycees fund drive in Aiken County
Aiken County residents donate to The Salvation Army Christmas Fund and Jaycee Shopping Tour. The Salvation Army has raised 3433.90 to aid needy families while the Jaycees have collected 762.56 for the December 20 shopping tour at Ed wards in Mitchell Shopping Center.
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Aiken County
Salvation Army
Jaycee
Jaycees
Edwards
Mitchell Shopping Center
Child 2 Dies In Fire In Aiken County Mobile Home
Aiken County authorities report two year old Kitty Deanna Tinsley died in a mobile home fire that destroyed the residence. Three children were in bed. the father rescued two others while a third child in a front bedroom could not be reached. The fire began in the kitchen and the cause is undetermined. The blaze was reported by multiple callers.
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Aiken County
Mobile Home Center
Terry Smith
Kitty Deanna Tinsley
Melvin Tinsley
Rt. 3
Box $21
Aiken
Smith
Kisty Deanna Tinsley
Murry Sill
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