State Will Seek Death Penalty in Koon Case
South Carolina to seek the death penalty against Paul F. Koon charged in the Sept. 6 kidnapping and murder of Valerie White Newsome in Georgia. The case will advance after a 30 day notice period. competency and legal steps are outlined with court appointments and investigative details.
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South Carolina
Columbia County
Sylvia W. Westerdahl
Second Circuit
Paul F. Koon
Koon
Valerie White Newsome
Newsome
Augusta
Robert J. Harte
Not Guilty Plea Shocks Club Recognition Moment
At a club recognition Monday President Ray Hydrick asked members to stand. Dr. F A Kennedy rose and declared Not guilty in a sudden, terse interruption.
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Ray Hydrick
Kosygin Dies at 76 Amid Soviet Power Shifts
Former Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin, age 76, reportedly died Thursday night. He rose from 1917 Bolshevik era youth to deputy premier under Stalin and later premier, surviving purges and shifting power dynamics before stepping down in 1980s due to illness. He remained a public figure alongside Brezhnev in the later era.
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Alexei Kosygin
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Josef Stalin
Buhlin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Nikita Khrushchev
Troika
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Podgorny
Former Chamber President Bigby Takes New Jersey Position
Luther Bigby, area manager for Southern Bell and former president of the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce, accepts a rotational assignment with AT&T in Parsippany New Jersey. He will be district manager in basic exchange and leaves Aiken with his family during the holidays.
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Luther Bigby
Southern Bell
Greater Aiken
Budget Questions Still Unanswered In Aiken County finances
Aiken County faces a tight midyear budget with a possible $200 000 operating shortfall. New council members in January will review a revised budget while an in depth analysis by County Administrator L C Greene and an external 12 month audit by Wade Whitehurst Griffin are due in January. Estimates place the carryover at about 68000 and the tax digest possibly overstated by 75000, with officials hoping funds suffice through the year.
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Carrol H. Warner
Aiken County
L. C. Greene
Wade, Whitehurst and Griffin
Nal
Warner
Aiken
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New Jersey
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University of South Carolina
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