Apollo 14 Heads Toward Moon Orbit And Landing
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard Jr and Edgar Mitchell checked the lunar module Antares as they approach lunar orbit in a mission watched from Mission Control. They detailed systems and TV footage while preparing for a Fra Mauro highlands landing Friday after a 34 hour moon stay with two surface walks planned.
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Stuart A. Roosa
Mitchell
Moon
Mission Control
Roosa
Shepard
Er Shepard
Earth
Lunar
Antares
Fra Mauro
Ocean
Harrington Named Headmaster at Aiken Preparatory School
Robert J Harrington will become headmaster of Aiken Preparatory School succeeding Harold A Fletcher who retires this year The appointment announced to students and faculty by Northrup R Knox Board chairman Harrington to assume duties June 1 He has served as assistant headmaster for 10 years and led Aiken Day School for eight years.
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Harold A. Fletcher
Robert J. Harrington
Aiken Preparatory School
Harrington
Fletcher
Raffield
Northrup R. Knox
Aiken Day School
Harvard University
Albert Receives Heart of the Year Award
Rep. Carl B. Albert the new Speaker of the House received the American Heart Association's Heart of the Year award at a White House ceremony with President Nixon. Albert, an Oklahoma Democrat, survived a heart attack in September 1967 and returned to his duties after seven weeks.
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Washington
Carl B. Albert
House
American Heart Association
Nixon
White House
Albert
Oklahoma
Crat
Association
Creedence Clearwater Revival loses Fogerty to leave band as trio
Rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty quits Creedence Clearwater Revival in Berkeley. He cites desire to stop touring, spend time with his wife and four children, and pursue his own recording project. Brother John Fogerty remains lead singer and primary songwriter.
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Berkeley
Calif
Tom Fogerty
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Fogerty
Tom
John
Creedence
Movie Producer In Trouble
Samuel Bronston faces up to five years in prison after a federal perjury conviction for denying Swiss bank accounts in a bankruptcy case. The 62 year old producer of El Cid King of Kings and The Fall of the Roman Empire was released on bail and awaits sentencing March 16. He was cleared on a separate charge of perjury over an interest in Spanish Symphony.
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New York
Samuel Bronston
Bronston
el Cid
Spain
Samuel Bronston Productions Inc
Indians Protest at Pakistan High Commission Over Airliner Attack
Several hundred Indians protested in New Delhi stoning the Pakistan High Commission after Kashmiri hijackers destroyed an Indian airliner in West Pakistan. In Jammu protests shut shops and schools as police used tear gas and India banned Pakistani military flights.
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New Delhi
Pakistan High Commission
West
Pakistan
High Commission
India
Stumper Contest Entries Near Deadline At Aiken
The Standard Stumper question prompts readers to guess who will win the $440 prize. Entries fill before noon as competitors rush to complete fills and submit before the deadline.
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Aiken
Chamber Honors Hardwick As Aiken's Top Citizen
About 300 Aiken residents and officials lauded Michael Hardwick at the Chamber of Commerce banquet for being named Aiken's Outstanding Citizen for 1970. Hardwick, Owens-Corning Fiber Glass plant manager, plans a move to become division planning manager at a Toledo plant.
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Greater Aiken
John M. Hunter
Chamber
Hardwick
America
Incumbents Defeated In Aiken County School Board Race
Incumbents C Tom Marsh of Aiken and Gene N Daniels of North Augusta lost their bids for re election to the Aiken County Board of Education. Marsh was defeated by Olin Osbon 3637 to 3331 in Administrative Area One. Daniels fell to Dr Car J Shealy 3997 to 2982 in North Augusta Jackson Beach Island area. Lewis W Taylor retained his seat with 4606 votes over Harry R Huxford 2345. Ben C Rusche won the at large seat, defeating Dr Henry D Wyman by 24 votes.
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C. Tom Marsh
Aiken
Gene N. Daniels
North Augusta
Aiken County
North Augusta - Jackson Beach Island
Shealy
Daniels
Lewis W. Taylor
Graniteville
Harry R. Huxford
Clearwater
Ben C. Rusche
Henry D. Wyman
Wyman
Rusche
SRP
Aiken County School Board Election Returns
Board Chairman J. P Kneece announced results showing Rusche 2402, Wyman 2378, Douglas Clawson 2191. Reginald Boylston won 6691 votes in area four, the largest for any school board candidate. The election marks all members chosen at large following a court ruling.
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Reginald Boylston
Area Four
Wagener - Salley-Monetta
Aiken County
Luxury Theater Plans Announced in Aiken
A new luxury motion picture theater named Mark I will be built on Newberry Street beside Aiken Tennis Club by Winyah Bay Theatres Inc. Easley. A. Foster McKissick and Fred S. Curtis announce cutting edge design with rocking chair seats wrap around stereo sound and Ultra Vision. Construction starts in spring with opening planned for June and Curtis says Ultra Vision will reduce distortion and improve depth in the screen.
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Aiken
Newberry Street
Aiken Tennis Club
A. Foster McKissick
Fred S. Curtis
Winyah Bay Theatres, Inc
Easley
Curtis
U.S
Invasion rumors swirl over Laos border operations
Washington officials, led by President Nixon, face Senate pressure as rumors spread of a U S South Vietnamese raid near the Laotian border with air support and 25 000 South Vietnamese ground troops massed nearby. Officials deny U S troops crossing into Laos.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Laos
William P. Rogers
Melvin R. Laird
Thomas Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry Kissinger
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington Post
Rogers
Indochina
South Vietnam
Laotian Panhandle
Cambodia
Saigon
Clean Up Plan For Aiken Spring Event Moves Forward
Aiken plans a spring clean up with tentative dates of March 20 and March 27 tied to visitors for the Masters Golf Tournament. John Elliott proposes student and city employee participation while addressing a junk car disposal issue halted by the State Pollution Control Authority.
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Aiken
John Elliott
Elliott
State Pollution Control Authority
Lexington County
Air Pollution Control Bureau
Pollution Control Authority
Howard Lawton
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Red Cross
Crippled Children
Rotary
United Fund
Tom Haggai
High Point
N.C
Dr. Haggai
J. P Kneece
State Board of Education
Douglas Clawson
Ridge Spring
Sive
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Laird
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