Quiet Christmas Weekend In Aiken Shows Few Incidents
Aiken residents returned to normal routines after a quiet Christmas with one traffic fatality on Christmas Eve. Public Safety Director Carroll Busbee cited three minor fires, sparse drunken arrests, and a single domestic squabble. Burglary charges followed a home break on Pendleton Street with 19 year old Marvin Lightsey and 21 year old Gradia Jones charged, and James Edward Green 17 apprehended at the scene.
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Aiken returns to regular trash pickups after holidays
Garbage collection resumes in Aiken today as the Department of Public Works reports operations normalizing by week’s end. Crews focus on tree and shrub debris from the ice storm while delays may occur from holiday build up.
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Edward G Robinson Jr booked on battery charge in West Hollywood
Edward G Robinson Jr 38 was booked after a disturbance report by Sylvia Habush at a West Hollywood apartment. She claimed a bruise from an argument. He faced a warrant for failure to appear in a drunken driving investigation and posted bonds totaling 6 440.
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Butz Urges Senate to Kill Bill Raising Farm Subsidies
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz opposes a Senate bill that would lift wheat and feed grain price support rates by 25 percent. He also rejects cutting the $55 000 per crop subsidy ceiling, arguing it could deter large farms from entering surplus control programs and vows to enforce the limit vigorously.
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Trudeau couple welcome son at Ottawa hospital
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and wife Margaret Sinclair welcomed a son weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces born Christmas night at Ottawa Civic Hospital. The couple, married March 4, are both Canadian leaders in public life.
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McCarthy urges recognizing Castro regime in Cuba talks
Former Senator Eugene McCarthy told a Miami audience that the United States should recognize Fidel Castro's government. He argued that current isolation has failed and that normal relations with Cuba's leadership could improve the situation, which he said cannot get much worse.
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Pope Describes Family Moral Ecology from St Peters Window
Pope Paul VI urged a moral ecology to protect family life. He said society must protect children’s right to a healthy atmosphere free from immoral seductions, noting the family as a small community where Christ grew in wisdom and grace.
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Mao Turns 78 Quietly as China Shows No Birthday Festivities
Mao Tse tung is 78 years old and, despite his past stance, there are no official birthday celebrations in mainland China. Reports say he is in good health and preparing for a potential meeting with President Nixon in February, brushing up on English.
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Peru Airliner Missing With 92 Aboard Reported Down
Military and civilian search planes investigated reports that a missing Peruvian airliner with 92 aboard may have crashed in a lake dotted rainforest. The craft, with five Americans among passengers, departed Lima for Iquitos and last spoke near Pucallpa as it prepared to land.
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Waves Of U S Fighters Bombers Strike Deep In North Vietnam
The Associated Press reports a holiday traffic toll in South Carolina with at least seven fatalities across multiple counties over the long Christmas weekend. Names include Carl Horton of Greer, Henry Nesmith of Brooklyn, Peter Kasperowice of Croton, Tessie Pittman of Greer, Cleveland Wilson of High Point, Cody Pryor of Six Mile, and Emory Boatright of Augusta, with injuries noted in Spartanburg and Marlboro counties.
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High Point
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Augusta
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Reds Claim 3 Planes Shot Down
North Vietnam reported five US F4 Phantom losses as air raids continued around the clock. U.S. officials offered no official tally while informants said Nixon ordered the retaliation for recent US losses.
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Clearwater Woman Held In Fatality
In Augusta South Carolina Emory Boatwright 49 was killed when struck by a car on U S 1 early Friday Investigators say Boatwright ran into the path of a vehicle driven by Helen Lundsford 211 Ambassador Drive North Augusta A murder charge was filed against Carolyn McAllister 41 Barrets Trailer Park Clearwater.
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Marathon Football Marathon Kicks Off at 8 Tonight
Teenagers for the March of Dimes stage a 72 hour flag football marathon at Eustis Park field starting at 8. Over 50 local high school and college students participate with support from community figures led by Ronnie Abney. Weather officials expect generally clear and mild conditions for the event.
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Yule Goose Symbolic Of Christmas Spirit
A Greenville area boy, David Vollmer, aged 12, received a burlap bag gift that ended a three year mystery. After his Easter duck vanished years ago, the family found a grey goose and corn in the same backyard pen, suggesting a guilty conscience or charitable act. The tale ends with a Christmas message of giving and a hopeful, quiet smile.
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Drug Treatment Protest at Travis AFB by Returning Servicemen
Eighteen servicemen and three Vietnam veterans barricaded the second floor of the David Grant Medical Center drug treatment unit at Travis Air Force Base California. They demanded release from the hospital separation from the service civilian medical care and amnesty for military drug users. The group said they were former opium users who had been held as prisoners.
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Blatt predicts substantial pay raise for South Carolina teachers
Solomon Blatt, speaker of the South Carolina House, says the 1972 General Assembly will approve a substantial teachers pay increase, likely well above last year’s 300 dollars. He expects the session to finish by mid May and cites education as the top priority along with state employee raises and possible tax changes.
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Aiken Standard Holiday Closures Ahead of New Year
The business and advertising offices will close at noon next Friday so staff can observe New Year’s Eve with families. Display ads for Thursday due by noon Tuesday and for Friday by 5 30 p m Wednesday December 23. Classified ads due by noon Thursday. The switchboard closes at noon with no interruption to deadlines.
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