Trains Collide Near Buenos Aires Killing Over 100
A speeding cross country express plowed into the rear of a halted suburban train near Buenos Aires killing and injuring hundreds. Officials estimate more than 150 dead and 400 injured as a missing cause remains unexplained. The two trains involved were the General Mitre Line, with about 1090 on the local car and 400 on the express.
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Buenos Aires
Argentine Railways Co
San Miguel de Tucuman
Pampa
Mitre
Danish Workers On Strike In Major 24 Hour Action
About 100000 Danish workers in shipyards breweries and engineering works walked off today in a 24 hour wildcat strike against belt tightening policies. Parliament sought to soften a 200 million budget surplus reducing a 400 million balance of payments deficit amid opposition and unions labeling the action harmful.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Mass Transit Aid Bill Moves Toward Debate
Senate opens debate on a $3.1 billion mass transit bill to aid cities. The plan allows contracts up to $3.1 billion but tighter outlay limits cap yearly spending, with two thirds government financing and a schedule through five years.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Rail Negotiations Aim to Avert Nationwide Shutdown
Government officials work to settle the 14 month rail dispute and prevent a nationwide strike before the court ordered cooling off period ends. Talks with unions led by Winpisinger and railroads under Hiltz show little progress. Assistant Secretary Usery arranged new bargaining and urged meetings called by the government.
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Washington
Washington, D.C
Union Pacific Railroad
U.S
John J. Sirica
Labor Department
W. J. Usery
William P. Winpisinger
John P. Hiltz
Marriage By Telephone Lets Atlanta Woman Wed Soldier
An Atlanta woman and a Vietnam stationed North Carolina soldier planned a marriage by telephone. Phyllis Sheets, 36, would marry S. Sgt. Paul D. Hales, 28, despite time differences and weather affecting calls. The ceremony was to occur at Judge Neil Leach’s office, with the call routed via Ft McPherson.
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Atlanta
North Carolina
Vietnam
Phyllis Sheets
Paul D. Hales
Ft. McPherson
Battle rages along Golan Heights as forces clash
Israeli and Syrian tanks artillery and air power clash along the occupied Golan Heights for a fourth day. Israel says it knocked out two Syrian tanks and bombed artillery positions. Syria reports antiaircraft fire downed an Israeli jet and claims another was shot down in dog fight. Israel denies any planes were hit.
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Tel Aviv
Golan Heights
Israel
Syria
Cast Selected For Tricentennial Play In Aiken
A cast of over 50 will perform Drums Along the Savannah February 12 to 14 at 8 p.m. at Aiken Junior High School. Dorothy MacDowell’s historical pageant traces Silver Bluff from 1540 DeSoto to 1740 Galphin to Revolutionary War Fort Galphin with Parker Deans directing and William Slaughter directing music.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
Savannah
Dorothy MacDowell
Aiken
Parker Deans
Aiken Community Playhouse
William T. Slaughter
Cecil Etherredge II
Silver Bluff
DeSoto
Savannah River
Cofitachiqui
George Galphin
Galphin
Fort Galphin
Deans
Fred Horton
George Tice Jr
Jaan Anesco
Jane Duckett
Bob Beyers
Carlisle McNair
William Dunbar
Johannes Tobler
Marta Tobler
George Gilmer
Cheryl Olliff
Larry Page
Capt
O'Neal
Weekend battles claim 521 enemy dead in six months highpoint
Allied forces report more than 500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed over the weekend in the heaviest fighting in six months. Twenty Americans and twenty South Vietnamese died, with hundreds more wounded as enemy rocket mortar and ground attacks expanded near Da Nang and in the Central Highlands amid Tet tensions.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Vietnamese Communist Party
Critics In Congress Are Already At Work
President Nixon unveiled a 200.8 billion dollar fiscal 1971 budget he says will balance and curb inflation. Congress critics call it inadequate to stem price rises and pursue deeper defense cuts while Mansfield questions the claimed reductions and lawmakers seek details of spending plans.
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Congress
Washington
Nixon
Sen
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
House Economic Committee
Proxmire
Mansfield
Rutland
Sorge
Wade
$6.3 Billion To Fight Crime Budget Set for 1971
Nixon administration earmarked 63 billion dollars for crime prevention enforcement and reform in fiscal 1971. LEAA leads with 368 million, plus boosts for FBI 10.1 million and Bureau of Prisons 14 million. Other rises target crime research and juvenile delinquency programs.
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Washington
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Justice Department
LEAA
FBI
Bureau of Prisons
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
FBI National Academy
Aiken Junior Miss crown goes to Susan Stallworth
Susan Stallworth daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Stallworth Jr of Williams Drive was crowned Aiken new Junior Miss Friday at the Aiken Junior High School auditorium The event featured 19 juniors with Keith Morris named first runner up Laura Verenes second runner up and Webby McMillan chosen Miss Personality Preliminary honors went to Amy Payne scholastic achievement Keith Morris for poise and appearance Laura Verenes youth fitness and Susan Howard talent In the South Carolina Junior Miss Pageant Vicki Moss of Blacksburg was crowned state Junior Miss Miss Moss 17 will compete in Amercias Junior Miss Pageant in Mobile Alabama in March Moss daughter of Winfred Moss sang I Enjoy Being A Girl for talent.
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Suzanne Stephens
Susan Stallworth
W. H. Stallworth Jr
Williams Drive
Aiken
Busch
Aiken High School
Keith Morris
Laura Verenes
Webby McMillan
Amy Payne
Susan Howard
South Carolina
Peggy Hamrick
Greenwood
Suzanne _ Stephens
Miss Mason
Barbara Bullard
Belvedere
Miss Stephens
Miss Moss
Jeanne Miller
Aiken County to elect two school board members
Four at large candidates compete for the at large seat once held by Mrs. John M. Weibel as the county chooses two school board members in a 8 am to 7 pm election. North Augusta Jackson area seat rivals include Gene N Daniels and Dr Robert L Folger.
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Aiken County
John M. Weibel
Gene N. Daniels
Robert L Folger
North Augusta-Jackson
William H. Sorge
North Augusta
Robert S Worrell
Wagener
A. J. Rutland
Francis C. Wade
Aiken
Aiken County Services Council Meets Tomorrow
The Aiken County Community Services Council will meet at 2 p.m. tomorrow at St. John's United Methodist Church, Newberry Street, Aiken. Sheriff Paul Grant will lead a discussion on the Navy film Trip to Where and present a survey on the effects of drugs.
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Aiken County
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