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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1973

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Christmas Answers from Dr. Cate at First Baptist Aiken

The article profiles Dr. Robert L. Cate pastor of First Baptist Church in Aiken, his long career and education background, and presents his Christmas sermon prompts asking not what we will get for Christmas but what we will get from Christmas and the stresses of the season.

Robert L. Cate First Baptist Church Aiken McRae Nashville Cate Vanderbilt University Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Baptist Courier Tift College General Board of South Carolina Baptists Baptist College Presidents’ Tour South Carolina Furman University Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health Center Dorothy Wright Ruth Robert Jr Fred The Aiken Standard David L. Kneece North Aiken Baptist Church Any ,Hart Wayne Leaphart Edward Jeannie Urren Edward Urbanski

Carolers on horseback brighten Sumter Street area

Residents in Aiken enjoyed carolers on horseback and carts Saturday night led by Marilyn Riviere. The Smith Hazel Teen Club plans to bring Christmas toys to the Aiken County Hospital children's ward Monday.

Sumter Street Aiken Marilyn Riviere Smith - Hazel Aiken County Hospital

Congress Ends In Power Struggle With Nixon Impeachment Issue

The 93rd Congress closes amid a shifting clash with President Nixon. He early vetoed and impounded funds, but by year end signed a Health Education Welfare bill about 1 billion over budget and released 1.1 billion impounded funds, marking declining influence.

Washington Congress Nixon Capitol Hill

Bomb blast at Catholic bar kills four in Newry

Police report two attackers and two other men dead after a bomb exploded in a crowded Catholic owned bar in Newry. Fifteen people are injured, many seriously, as Northern Ireland’s death toll climbs to 926 in over four years of violence. The attack marks the worst bombing since June in Coleraine.

Belfast Northern Ireland Newry Coleraine

Christmas Reunion for Ex POW Bagley After Six Years

Air Force Col. Bobby Bagley, a 1967 to 1973 Vietnam POW, spends his first Christmas with family in six years. He and wife Sandy and daughter Vicky exchange seven gifts, six from Hanoi years and one for the current year, chosen from a long Christmas list made for each year he was away.

Sandy Vicky Hanoi Bagley North Vietnam

Kissinger Optimistic About Mid East Peace Talks

President Nixon spoke with Henry Kissinger by telephone about the Geneva Arab Israeli talks. A high US official said Kissinger was reasonably confident Egypt and Israel would reach a separation of forces near the Suez Canal next month.

Washington Nixon Henry A. Kissinger Mideast Camp David Kissinger Geneva U.S Egypt Israel Suez Canal

Art Recovered Stimulates Police Seizure of Four

In Cincinnati Ohio police hold four persons after recovering two stolen Rembrandts and nearly all of a 100000 pound ransom paid for one painting. Lt Col John McLaughlin chief of detectives says charges will be filed today against some of those questioned.

Cincinnati, Ohio John McLaughlin

Court Grants Ballistics Order in Graniteville Shooting Case

Aiken County Sheriff's Office obtained a court order Saturday to compare a bullet removed from a Graniteville man wounded in an armed robbery that killed store operator Johnnie Barton. Suspect Michael Lee, 26, of Graniteville, is charged with armed robbery and murder. The bullet will be sent to SLED for ballistic analysis.

Aiken County Elbert St Graniteville Bowe LaVeun Fox

Teen-Ager Injured In Wreck Near Aiken

Mickey L. Hunt, 16, of Rt. 4, Aiken, remained in critical condition at University Hospital after a Sunday night one car crash on a county dirt road 13 miles north of Aiken. Authorities said the car ran out of control and struck a tree.

Robbery and Beating Probed in Aiken on Sumter Street

Police investigate a Sunday night robbery and beating of Gordon Smallwood of 129 Sumter Street. He suffered the loss of part of a finger and about $30 taken. Authorities also probe a separate break-in at Priester's Liquor Store on Park and Union.

Aiken Sumter Street Gordon Smallwood Priester Park and Union

Higher Oil Prices To Hurt Economies

Western Europe and Japan face hard blows as Persian Gulf governments raise oil taxes and royalties effective Jan 1. The six producers Iran Iraq Saudi Arabia Kuwait Abu Dhabi and Qatar lift posted crude from 5.11 to 11.65 per barrel and tax references from about 3.06 to 7.00. Venezuela plans a tax reference rise next year.

London Europe Japan Persian Gulf Caracas Venezuela United States Iran Iraq Saudi Arabia Kuwait Abu Dhabi Qatar Tehran

Bethlehem Faces Christmas Shortages and Lower Crowds

Christians prepare for Christmas amid gasoline and heating oil shortages and economic uncertainty. Bethlehem expects fewer pilgrims for midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity, with last year’s turnout of 5 000 likely not reached.

Associated Press Bethlehem Jesus Rome Athens Tokyo Paris Berlin Europe United States Rockefeller Center New York City Hall Copenhagen

Aiken Standard Skips Christmas Day Issue

The Aiken Standard will not publish tomorrow Christmas Day to allow employees to celebrate with families. Normal business hours resume Wednesday.

Aiken Standard The

Christmas Weather Forecast Outlook

The forecast predicts near 60 degree highs with a 20 percent rain chance. Skies will be partly cloudy and temperatures stay mild with tonight’s low around 40. Rain possible Wednesday and Thursday as mild conditions continue.

City Council Meeting Canceled In Aiken

The regular meeting of Aiken City Council scheduled for today has been canceled. The next regular meeting will be on Monday January 14 at 8 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

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