Teams May Switch To Private Cars In Gas Shortage
The South Carolina Board of Education banned state owned buses for January due to a projected 100000 gallon gasoline shortfall. Effective January 2, Aiken County officials anticipate possible school shutdowns as buses are diverted to curricular transport and athletic teams may travel by private cars.
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Aiken Con
South Carolina Board of Education
Ted Willis
Aiken County
Willis
Transportas
County schools weigh bus use ban for athletics
Willis says a ban on buses could affect 85 percent of county students with principals coaches and area superintendents choosing alternatives. Some activities may be curtailed as cars are considered while the policy takes effect in January after a board meeting discussion.
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Ing
Willis
Aiken
Fragments of Wit and Weather in a Quiet Sunday
A collage of quotes on housing, caution in earnings, and media weather forecasts. A humorous nod to a bachelor’s dish and a quip about life’s brevity in chess. Lord Byron is noted as the English poet.
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Lord Byron
Terrorists Seize Rome Airport Planes In Double Hijack
Palestinian commandos assaulted a Rome customs area at Fiumicino, released an incendiary bomb into a Pan Am jet, and hijacked a Lufthansa Boeing 737 with hostages. Police warned of possible mass casualties, with reports of 11 Pan Am passengers among the dead or injured and the Lufthansa crew and six Italian police held aboard for an emergency landing in Beirut.
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Rome
Fiumicino
Pan American World Airlines
New York
Lufthansa
Beirut
Impeachment Support Drops Slightly in Gallup Poll
A Gallup survey conducted Nov 30 to Dec 3 shows 35 percent of Americans favor impeaching President Nixon, down two points from the prior week. A majority opposes impeachment and disapproves of Nixon's handling, occurring after his Operation Candor appearances but before tax return disclosure.
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Princeton
Nixon
Congress To Confirm Saxbe Amid Clean-Up Week
The Senate plans to confirm William B. Saxbe as attorney general as part of a light week before January 21. Also on the agenda is action on a $5.8 billion foreign aid bill passed by the House, including $2.2 billion for Israel after the October war with Egypt and Syria.
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Congress
Senate
Ohio
William B. Saxbe
Nixon
Saxbe
Elliot L. Richardson
Archibald Cox
House
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Getty Kidnapping Case Moves to U.S. Speculation
The mother of J Paul Getty III weighs moving to the United States with her three children amid fears of reprisals from abductors. Sources say Getty warned to avoid police identification. Rome police impose a news blackout as investigators consider Calabrian Mafia links.
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Rome
J. Paul Getty III
United States
Getty
Ail Harris
San
Francisco
Fernando Hasone
Italy
County Board Weighs Garbage Fees at Meeting
Aiken County Board of Commissioners will consider an ordinance setting fees and rates for use of county landfills. The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow at 8 p.m. in University of South Carolina regional campus room 107. The ordinance aims to establish charges payable to Aiken County for landfill use.
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Aiken County Board of Commissioners
University of South Carolina
County of
Aiken
Jaycees and Salvation Army Raise Nearly Five Thousand
Aiken Jaycees Shopping Fund and Salvation Army Christmas Fund have collected 4867.69 dollars to aid needy families this Christmas. Salvation Army total 3996.69 and Jaycees 871.00 so far. funds payable to P O Box 707 Aiken SC 29801 and Salvation Army address 322 Gayle Drive. Aiken County family faced with chronic hardship amid holiday season may benefit if donors contribute.
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Aiken Jaycee Children’s
Salvation Army
Jaycees
Aiken Jaycees Shopping Fund
P.O. Box
Aiken
S.C
Gayle Drive
Two North Augusta sisters die in weekend fire
A fire that engulfed a wooden frame home Sunday killed Loretta Thomas 10 and Brenda 7, daughters of Mr and Mrs James Thomas, as two other children escaped unharmed. Fire officials said the cause was undetermined and the home was a total loss.
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North Augusta
Aiken
Loretta Thomas
Brenda
James Thomas
Pat
Thomas
University Hospital
Gladys Young
Locke Lane
Robert Koon
J.C. Busbee
Busbee
Aiken County Skies Clear After Light Snow Tale
Aiken County escaped a potential snow storm as bright sunshine pushed temperatures to about 40 with a 10 percent precipitation chance. Snow and sleet touched the area last night while North Carolina reports six inches near Boone and five inches in Greensboro.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Richard Huntoons
Sugar Mountain
N.C
North Carolina
Boone
Greensboro
Asheville
Aiken Area Transportation Study projects 50 percent growth
The AKATS committees accepted projections from LSRPDC and the State Highway Department showing 50.25 percent population growth by 1995 and 65.25 percent more dwellings in the Aiken area. Employment, retail sales, labor force and auto registration also rise with ongoing updates planned.
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Aiken Area
Lower Savannah
Tion
Plane Not Repaired After Fatal Miami Crash
An official from a repair firm says he told the aircraft owners the day before the crash that necessary work had not been completed. Eight people died when the cargo plane plowed into a residential area in Miami Florida.
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Miami. Fla
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