Officials Evaluate Simulated Amoco Explosion Drill
Beech Island and surrounding officials conducted a simulated Amoco Plastics disaster with 250 participants and 57 mock casualties. Observers will critique the drill at University Hospital Augusta and note communications as the primary challenge while praising intercounty cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beech Island — Rescue
Richmond
Aiken
Amoco Plastics
Aiken County
Civil Defense
L. C. Greene
Beech Island
Greene
University Hospital
Augusta
Beiruts Skyscraper Siege Rages As Phalange Holdouts Fortify
In Beirut the fighting intensifies as Moslem militiamen besiege Christian defenders in high rise hotels and the Starco building. Explosions rock the city with fires at key fortresses including the Holiday Inn where Phalange forces repel attacks on their supply line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starco
Christian Phalange Party
U N condemnation in Angola collapses after dispute
The United Nations General Assembly failed to condemn foreign intervention in Angola after a tense debate. African nations were split over the move. Chinese delegate Lai Yaz-l accused Soviet leaders of propagandistic aims and likened them to Nazi figures in a blistering exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
United Nations General Assembly
Angola
Lai Yaz-l
Jacob Malik
Joseph Goebbels
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Hitler
Goebbels
Wheat Harvest Reaches 7.4 Billion Value Despite Low Prices
The USDA reports a record 1975 US wheat crop of over 2.1 billion bushels, up 19 percent from 1974, yielding a farm value near 7.4 billion despite sagging prices. Final numbers closely match prior estimates, with a slight drop from October forecasts.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Crop Reporting Board
Oil Operators Drain Investors in Texas and Nearby States
SEC official Richard Hewitt told officials from 15 states that Schedule D oil and gas firms in Texas and surrounding areas may earn up to 100 million dollars this year. He warned that lack of regulation has allowed unscrupulous operators to prey on investors, creating a national securities scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Securities and Exchange Commission
Richard Hewitt
Hewitt
Truckers Start Nationwide Pay Talks With Teamsters
The Teamsters and truckers open nationwide contract negotiations with a 35 percent pay hike demand for 450000 drivers. CNN internal warnings about possible congressional probes into union links with organized crime could complicate bargaining. The three year pay demand totals $2.50 an hour above current averages of $7.11. Leader Frank E. Fitzsimmons to present the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Ford may cut Christmas ski vacation over tax cuts
President Ford faces unsettled tax cut and spending talks with Congress. White House aides say he will spend only a week in Vail Colorado from December 23 to 29, shortening a planned two week holiday. He will salute Congress at a White House Christmas ball for senators and representatives invited.
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Washington
Ford
Colorado
Congress
White House
Vail
Colo
Senate
House
Aiken Band Calendars Fund Trip to Florida
Aiken residents buy calendars from the Aiken High Band showing purchasers birthdays to raise funds for the band’s Florida trip. Some calendars can omit birthdays, but no one has requested this yet. The piece also notes a fire at Mitchell Shopping Center Big Star where orange juice cans reportedly helped extinguish flames.
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Anita Bryant
Mitchell
Big Star
Arkenites
Panel Moves To Free USC Aiken Bond Funds
The House Ways and Means Committee drafted legislation to temporarily lift a five percent cap on 185 million in bonds, including 1.9 million for USC Aiken construction. Gov Edwards notes flexibility while Budget Board seeks fiscal integrity after Supreme Court rulings tied to prior bond authorizations.
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Columbia
House
Ways and Means Committee
Usc - Aiken
General Assembly
State Budget and Control Board
James B. Edwards
Budget and Control Board
Supreme Court
Salvation Army and Jaycees Raise $4892 for Aiken Families
Salvation Army and the Jaycees report donations totaling 4892.64 from Aiken residents with two weeks until Christmas. The funds will aid 140 local families including an elderly woman living on 76 dollars monthly plus 48 dollars in food stamps. Donations may be sent to Salvation Army P.O. Box 439 Aiken.
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Salvation Army
The
Jaycees
Aiken
Aiken County
P.O
Aiken TEC Receives Full Accreditation By SACS
Aiken Technical Education Center was notified that it is fully accredited as a two year college by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Ashley J. Little announced the decision following a delegate assembly vote.
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Aiken Technical Education Center
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
SACS
Ashley J. Little
Aiken Tec
Association
Aiken
Atlanta
South Carolina
Expected Veto May Be Overridden
In Washington Democrats press for an override of President Ford's expected veto on a tax cut bill. The Senate Finance Committee approved a six month extension to avoid a veto fight, sending the measure to the full Senate with a possible desk arrival by midweek. The House version would extend some cuts for a year while the Senate favors longer relief and a work bonus provision for poor families.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Democratic
Finance Committee
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Senate Budget Committee
Christmas Parade in Graniteville Returns This Saturday
The Graniteville Vaucluse Warrenville Volunteer Fire Department hosts a 63 unit Christmas parade Saturday at 4 30 p m led by Robert P Timmerman Graniteville Company president. State and local dignitaries and three area high school bands attend as Santa Claus and Smokey the Bear appear. The route runs from Leavelle McCampbell High School to Huber Clay Company Warrenville.
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Graniteville
Graniteville - Vaucluse - Warrenville Volunteer Fire Department
Robert P. Timmerman
Graniteville Company
Santa Claus
Smokey the Bear
Leavelle - McCampbell High School
Huber Clay Company
Warrenville
Weather forecast for cool, dry night and mixed weekend
Tonight will be in the mid 30s after last night’s mid 20s. Tomorrow’s high near 60 with near zero rain. A partly cloudy three day outlook calls for cool weather with rain possible Saturday and scattered showers Sunday and Monday.
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Beech Island Fire Department
Amoco
Murry Sill
Skyscrapers
Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
Squeaky
Henry Warneke
Warneke
Panel
USCA
USC Aiken
William C. Casper
Americas Legion Auxiliary Post
Eckardt Owens Corning Fiberglas
Thomas Cleaners
Holmes Jewelers
PB Huffman
William H
LE Kieterman
Howard A Larson
Michael and Patrick Haves
Bruce Brown
Frank T Galardi
WB Bates
James W
Wilson Jones
Sarah Cunning
Robert McDanie
Mildred
Emil Sudunka
Charles W Jones Jr
Fred L Baker
Bath
Tarver Wallenberg
Drver Jr
Taycees
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