Brezhnev Egypt Trip Delayed Over Arab-Israeli Talks
Brezhnev postponed his planned visit to Egypt and other Arab states due to ongoing disagreements with Egypt over military and political issues. Egyptian officials said Ismail Fahmy and Abdel Ghany Gamasy met Soviet leaders in Moscow and agreed to delay the trip via a message from the Soviet party chief. Syria and Iraq were informed of the postponement.
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Brezhnev
Ismail Fahmy
Abdel Ghany Gamasy
Moscow
Viet Communist Party
Syria
Iraq
Cuba and Venezuela resume diplomatic and trade ties
Venezuela and Cuba agreed to resume formal relations and trade, with diplomats at the United Nations saying oil would be exchanged for sugar. Ambassadors signed the pact promising unbreakable friendship and mutual respect as Caracas planned a detailed announcement.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Cuba
United Nations
Textile industry faces hopeful stabilization by 1975
Maurice Winger Jr of the North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association says there is hope the industry will stabilize by the second quarter of 1975. In North Carolina, Thomas Moore, a federal bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District, cites about 65 bankruptcy cases monthly. Chevron Oil Co. of Kentucky has optioned about 7,000 acres in Jasper County South Carolina for a possible refinery site and will wait on energy policy developments.
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Charlotte
N.C
North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association
Maurice Winger Jr
Thomas Moore
North Carolina
Columbia
Chevron Oil Co
Kentucky
Jasper County
S.C
Chevron
Fires Decline Deaths Rise in 1974 NFPA Report
The National Fire Protection Association reports 11,600 fire deaths in 1974, down 100 from 1973, while property damage jumped 22 percent to 3.7 billion. Notable fires included a Port Chester discotheque tragedy that killed 24 and a Cloudcroft forest fire costing 32 million.
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Boston
National Fire Protection Association
Port Chester
Cloudcroft
N.M
Decatur
U S Farm Exports Reach New Record Value
The Agriculture Department reports the fiscal year ending June 30 saw farm exports totaling 21.3 billion dollars, a record high, up from 12.9 billion the prior year. Imports of agricultural products rose to nearly 9.6 billion dollars. The ERS notes exports equaled about 23 percent of marketings and covered nearly one third of harvested cropland. The U S remains the world's largest farm exporter, driving large shares of soybeans, feed grains, wheat and flour, tobacco, rice and cotton.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Department
Economic Research Service
United States
King Faisal Named Time Man of the Year 1974
Time magazine names King Faisal of Saudi Arabia Man of the Year for 1974. The piece notes his global influence over oil prices and his role as a symbol of rising oil powers, citing his power to impact prices worldwide.
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Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Time Magazine
The
Charles Lindbergh
Time
KKK Plans Inquiry Into School Textbooks
Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard James R. Venable says a KKK delegation will visit Charleston West Virginia to investigate school boards and textbook publishers for alleged communist influence on American children. The group will hire attorneys to probe the corporate structure of textbook companies.
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Stone Mountain, Ga
KKK
James R. Venable
Imperial Wizard
The
National Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Charleston
West Val
Klan
Early riders get treats at Aiken training track
At about 8 a.m. on mornings at the Aiken training track horse lovers watch horses exercised. Jack Osbon of the Aiken Standard press room brings his three week old grandmother’s puppy to work to ensure it is fed, despite it not being Be Kind To Animals Week.
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Aiken
Jack Osbon
The
Aiken Standard
Jack
Residents Organize to Fight Aiken County Road Plan
About 40 residents formed the Concerned Citizens group in Aiken to oppose a proposed Laurens Street to Whiskey Road connector as part of the AKATS plan. Officers include George R. Kierspe as chairman and Foster Bradley as vice chair. The group aims to protect Aiken’s environment and homes while protesting all phases of the Whiskey Road improvements and related AKATS projects.
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Whiskey Road
Aiken Area
Coker Spring Road
Berrie Road
Dupree Place
AKATS
Ed George R. Kierspe
Foster Bradley
Sue Hayes
Elric C. Pinckney
Citizens Group
Vivion Drive
Hitchcock Parkway
Hitchcock Woods
Palmetto Golf Course
Evans Road
Vivian Drive
Woods
Melvyn Haas
Julian B. Salley
Salley
Judge Denies Petition to Nullify HCA Certificate
Judge Frank Eppes rejected a petition by R A Brooks H L Shepherd Dr Robert O Lipe and Mildred J Karraker seeking judicial review of the State Board of Health and Environmental Control certificate of need for Hospital Corporation of America to build and operate a hospital in Aiken County The decision surprised petitioners who may pursue higher authorities or work with HCA despite the ruling
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R. A. Brooks
Aiken
H. Lawson Shepherd
Jackson
Robert O. Lipe
Mildred J. Karraker
Aiken T
State Board of Health and Environmental Control
Eppes Dismisses Citizens Appeal Over Hospital Certificate
Judge Frank Eppes in the 2nd Judicial Court dismissed a petition by four Aiken County residents R A Brooks Mildred J Karraker H Lawson Shepherd and R O Lipe seeking to nullify the state Board of Health and Environmental Control certificate of need granted to Hospital Corporation of America for a new hospital in Aiken County. The Nov 19 hearing had been led by attorney Mildred J Kossinski and M Burt Poston.
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Hospital Corporation of America
Aiken County
Frank Eppes
2Nd Judicial Court
R.A Brooks
Mildred J. Karraker
H. Lawson Shepherd
R. O. Lipe
Mildred J. Kosinski
M. Burt Poston
Eppes
State Board of Health and Environmental Control
HCA
Weather Lightens Then Rain Forecast For Aiken County
The forecast calls for a sunny start with cool upper 60s today and a 30 percent chance of rain tonight. Showers are likely tomorrow with a high near 62 and a 60 percent rain probability. Winds will shift from variable to southeast ahead of the system. In a separate ruling, Judge Eppes sided with the board, finding no procedural irregularities in the HCA certificate of need appeal and upholding the Lower Savannah council review as non binding. The decision emphasized that the HCA project could improve future health care despite current facility limits.
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Weather Bureau
Series on Heart Attacks Begins Today on Aiken Page
A five part series starts today titled I Think I m Having A Heart Attack. Author Jerry Bishop a twenty year Wall Street Journal veteran and senior science and medicine reporter leads the coverage. Reprinted from Dow Jones Books Princeton N J.
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Aiken County
Jerry Bishop
Wall Street Journal
Dow Jones Books
Princeton, N.J
Mills Plans to Remain in Congress Despite Illness
Rep. Wilbur Mills announced he will stay in Congress despite a diagnosed acute alcoholism. He described his condition, praised recovery efforts, and said total abstinence is essential. Mills spoke from Bethesda Naval Hospital where he has been treated after recent public incidents.
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Congress
Washington
Wilbur Mills
Congress of
United States
Arkansas Democrat
Bethesda Naval
House
Ways and Means
Boston
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