Primary races widen in Aiken county and Senate district
Five Democrats and one Republican seek the Aiken County supervisor post in the January 5 primary while five Republicans and one Democrat enter the District 7 four county state senate race. Filing closed with notable names including M C Kaney, Al bet Dooley and a slate of Lexington County contenders. The primary is January 5, with a special election February 23.
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Aiken County
GOP
L. A. Warner
Kaney
Aiken
Paul D. Grant
W. C. Burgess
J. Z
Billie) Addie
Gloverville
Raymond A
Sonny Boy) Holley
Graniteville
Frank Mills
Gene Rollins
New Ellenton
Mackey Scott
Albert J. Dooley
Saluda
Lexington
Edgefield
John H. Hydrick Jr
Cooper Jr
Cooper
S.C
House of Representatives
Hydrick
Lexington County
Carlton Truax
R. B. Antley
Charles B. Parnell
Ray Harris to resign as South Carolina GOP chair
Ray Harris will resign as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party effective January 9. The Columbia State reports he confirmed plans to step down amid GOP criticism over the party’s tactics in the November elections. The move follows unanimous Republican support and comes as Democratic leader John Hagins Jr. also departs.
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Columbia
Ray Harris
South Carolina
Republican Party
Harris
Republican Executive Committee
John A. Hagins Jr
State Democratic Party
Greenville
First Reno Christmas traffic warning given to woman driver
Police officer Fred Boutson issued Reno traffic department Christmas warnings to a woman clocked at 37 mph in a 25 mph zone. The driver kissed Boutson as he prepared to leave, and he said he forgot her name.
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Reno, New
Fred Boutson
Reno
Boutson
Jogging Helps Judge Nab Purse Thief in Chicago
Municipal Court Judge Raymond G. Hall 47 chased a teenager who grabbed a purse from 72 year old Gertrude T. Caley on a shopping trip. He pursued five blocks into an alley and wrestled the youth to the ground. Hall attributes the catch to his jogging habit of about a year.
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Chicago
Raymond G. Hall
Gertrude T. Caley
Hall
Christmas Fund Drives Raise Support for Elderly Lady
An elderly woman who raises chickens after a barn fire is targeted for Christmas aid by the Salvation Army with a $6,000 goal. The campaign has $3,950.38 pledged so far from anonymous and named donors, while funds from the Jaycee shopping tour total $1,369.10.
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Salvation Army
The
Gayle St
Aiken
S.C
Time Has Run Out For $380 Stumper
The Aiken Standard announces the end of entries for the Standard Stumper with the big question whether a winner will be chosen. An even chance was offered to all participants with three free words, as many entries have been submitted and the waiting period begins.
Planets Mars Venus and Jupiter Align Like Bethlehem Star
Boston AP reports an early Christmas morning planetary alignment of Venus Jupiter and Mars near the crescent moon. Walter Webb of the Boston Museum of Science notes a similar event occurred in 7 B.C. The trio may have inspired ancient interpretations of the Star of Bethlehem for Wise Men travelers from Mesopotamia.
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Boston
Bethlehem
Christ
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
Walter N. Webb
Charles Hayden Planetarium
Boston Museum of Science
Webb
Jesus
Ai ken Standard Closed For Christmas Observance
All departments of the Ai ken Standard will be closed Friday for Christmas Day observance. The switch board closes at noon Christmas Eve and normal publication deadlines resume Monday.
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Aiken Standard
Rivers’ Condition Remains Serious After Heart Surgery
Rep L Mendel Rivers 65 is in serious condition at University Hospital with slight improvement after open heart surgery on Dec 1 to replace a faulty valve. He was alert and responsive, kidneys improving slowly, son Mendel Rivers Jr reports.
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Birmingham
Ala
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
University
Rivers
Mendel Rivers Jr
Administration criticizes Hanoi list of POWs
U S officials say Hanoi's POW list is old and incomplete, naming 339 Americans held, 20 dead, nine released. Washington questions completeness while Paris diplomats hand the document to U S lawmakers, marking a rare official Hanoi accounting amid differing views on total captives.
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Washington
Hanoi
U.S
William P Rogers
Paris
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Man J.W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bombers called in as Saigon paratroopers clash with North Vietnam
South Vietnamese paratroopers probing Cambodia ran into a North Vietnamese force at dawn and called in jet bombers and artillery. Cambodia reports says 26 NVA dead and 9 weapons and 20 mortar rounds captured ten miles northwest of Kompong Cham. Tankers delivering fuel to Phnom Penh used Mekong River routes after Route 4 closures.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Kompong Cham
Phnom Penh
Route 4
South Vietnam
Mekong River
Solution Offered For Alcohol Abuse
Columbia AP The South Carolina Commission on Alcoholism favors liquor by the drink to curb abuse. Director W J McCord argues mixed drinks would reduce consumption and that food slows alcohol absorption. He credits the brown bag law for addiction risk and notes beer wine and liquor gains from 1960 to 1968.
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Columbia
South Carolina
McCord
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