Final Aiken County Council meeting spurs raise for clerk Newsome
Tempers flare at the last regular council session over a $800 raise for county clerk Mrs. E. H. Newsome, retroactive to Nov 18, aimed at persuading her to stay after resignation. Judge Howard K Williamson questions justification citing staff losses and higher salaries offered elsewhere. Councillor Lucas Ray defends Newsome’s faultless performance amid dispute.
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Lin Smithwick
Aiken County
E. H
Jean) Newsome
Family Court
Howard K Williamson
Council
Lucas Ray
Williamson
Daley Funeral Draws Guests Amid Freezing Morning
Mourners braved 18 degree weather outside the Church of the Nativity of Our Lord in Chicago to honor May or Richard J. Daley. President-elect Carter and other dignitaries were due to attend the 9:30 a.m. mass, with Rockefeller and Kennedy among the confirmed attendees. About 300 private invitees accompanied a public seating allotment for the remaining 1,200 seats.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Carter
Church of the Nativity of Our Lord
Daley
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Carter postpones cabinet plan to attend Daley funeral
President elect Carter delays final cabinet appointment to travel from Plains Georgia to Albany to Chicago for funeral services of Mayor Richard J. Daley. Daley died Monday after backing Carter with Illinois electoral votes. Carter planned a quick round trip flight for the funeral mass.
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Illinois
Carter
Albany
Plains
Chicago
Seas Hinder Coast Guard Sinking Of Split Tanker
Seas and winds hampered Coast Guard crews as they attempt to sink the front half of the Liberian tanker Argo Merchant broken apart off Nantucket. Fifteen foot waves drove oil toward Georges Bank fishing grounds, in one of history’s worst oil spills.
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Nantucket
Mass
Coast Guard
Argo
Georges Bank
County Council Echoes in Quip About A Yo Yo Fix
During a County Council session Charles W. Prosser joked about needing a yo yo. A neighbor sent a broken chair to Bill Beasley's wife to prompt repairs, and Bill promptly fixed it then learned he could take the chair back home since it was his.
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Bill Beasley
Bill
Cold Night As Aiken Sees 16 Degree Low And Snow Delay
Temperatures dipped to 16 degrees in Aiken with forecasts calling for a cold night and a rise to near 50 by tomorrow. Snow is not in sight for Christmas and conditions vary across the nation with lows ranging into the single digits in several regions.
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Aiken
Santa Claus
North Atlantic States
Great Lakes
Middle Atlantic States
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Florida
Alamosa
Colo
Hijacker Surrenders After 15 Hour DC8 Standoff
A United Airlines mechanic, 37, took two hostages and hijacked a DC8 in San Francisco. After roughly 15 hours he released one hostage and surrendered to FBI agents. One hostage, Richard Funk, was injured. the other, Jerry Dusenberry, was released unharmed. The hijacker cited grievances over sick leave and restraint.
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San Francisco
Palm J. Hinnant
Richard Funk
Peninsula Hospital
United Airlines
Hinnant
Jerry Dusenberry
Lincoln Jones
Charles Bates
FBI
Jones
Clarence Hamlet
United
Dusenberry
Funk
Aiken County Votes to Create Indigent Care Department
Aiken County Council approves an ordinance to form a Department of Indigent Care and Health Services with a nine member Commission for Indigent and Health Care and an Indigent Health Director. The panel would manage funds for indigent care, follow FOIA, and oversee current trusts like the Mattie Hall Fund. Members are county residents with staggered terms. the director appointed by the council.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Mattie Hall
Detention Facility Must Be Provided for Juveniles
Aiken County Council was told by Judge Howard K. Williamson that state law requires a detention facility for juveniles. He urged immediate use of former county hospital nurses quarters as a holding site, stressing it is not a jail and federal grant funds may support the project through Helping Hands Inc. page 16 reference.
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Aiken
Howard K. Williamson
Williamson
Council
Helping Hands Inc
Salvation Army Christmas Fund Exceeds $9,000 Goal
The Salvation Army in Aiken South Carolina surpasses its $9,000 goal with a total of $9,556.30 in donations from the public to aid needy families during Christmas. Donations can continue to be sent to P O Box 439, Aiken SC 29801, as more families may benefit this holiday season.
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Salvation Army
Aiken
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