Evening and winter grosbeaks visit South Carolina feeder
The writer notes several eastern evening grosbeaks visiting feeders on Jan 30 and over the weekend, along with an immature Baltimore oriole seen on Whit ney Drive. He reflects on vultures declining in number per an AP wire and Interior Department concerns, and shares a humorous family anecdote about a buzzard encounter.
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Whitney Drive
Guatemala
Colombia
South Carolina
Interior Department
Asst
Leslie L. Glasgow
South Carolina Wildlife
S.C. Wildlife Resources Department
Jones Named for SC NCO Academy Training
Sgt T M Jones of 725 Palm Drive Aiken is among 68 South Carolina National Guardsmen selected for the Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Olympia Armory Columbia He serves as a forward observer in Company A 118 Infantry and begins intense classroom training January 31 with monthly sessions over four months covering leadership tactics administration drill and command map reading and training Two Academy sessions are held each year.
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T. M. Jones
Palm Drive
Aiken
South Carolina
National Guardsmen
Olympia Armory
Columbia
Jones
A. 118 Infantry
Retired Persons Chapter 275 Meeting Monday
Aiken County Chapter 275 of the American Association of Retired Persons will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Crosland Park Senior Citizens Club House. All National Retired Teachers Association members are invited. Guest speaker is Duane Day, manager of Aiken's new Social Security office. A drivers improvement program will be sponsored and registration held Monday.
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Aiken County
The
American Association of Retired Persons
Senior Citizens Club
Crosland Park
National Retired Teachers Association
Duane Day
Aiken
Social Security Office
Gov McNair backs Heart Fund volunteers statewide
Gov Robert E McNair endorsed the February Heart Fund campaign and urged support for the South Carolina Heart Association and its volunteers. He cited state health data showing heart and vessel diseases still cause over half of SC deaths and urged modern treatment and rehabilitation to curb the impact.
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Columbia
Heart Fund
Robert E. McNair
South Carolina Heart Association
State Board of Health
South Carolina
Governor Opens Heart Fund Drive Endorsing Stroke Fight
Governor Robert E. McNair with Irving Berry of Wagener promotes the Heart Fund supporting stroke and heart disease fight. Berry, a massive 1968 stroke survivor, credits medical care and rehabilitation, including Dr. Robert Taylor and Dr. Joseph Taber, in a 16 county program backed by the South Carolina Regional Medical Program and the South Carolina Heart Association.
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Robert E. McNair
Irving Berry
Wagener
Heart Fund
South Carolina Heart Association
McNair
Wagner
Lexington County
Columbia
Berry
Robert Taylor
Joseph Taber
South Carolina Regional Medical Program
Wagner Manufacturing Company
Dr. Taylor
Tricentennial Calendar Of Events Highlights Aiken Activities
Aiken County hosts a four day Tricentennial calendar with ribbon cutting at the Old Jail and Drums Along the Savannah performances at Aiken Junior High School Auditorium. Events include tree plantings, home tours, a Pony Club Benefit Show, polo, and an old time religious sing out. Proceeds benefit county students' creative arts prizes. For details contact the Aiken Chamber of Commerce.
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Aiken County Museum
Old Jail
Chesterfield Street
Savannah
Aiken Junior High
Herman Hahn
Robert McNair
Aiken Pony Club
Sleepy Hollow Farm
First Baptist Church
Aiken County
Aiken
County Educators To Meet Tomorrow In Aiken
The Aiken County Education Association sets a 3 p.m. meeting at Aiken Junior High School with ACEA president L. B. Ergle moderating a panel of administrators and counselors. Topics include certification changes budget 1970 71 local supplements and teacher contracts. Schools dismiss at 1 30 p.m. Thursday.
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Aiken County Education Association
Aiken Junior High School
ACEA
L. B. Ergle
Claksrdom
Joanne Stiefel
Teachers Council
University Concert Choir Begins Tour
The University of South Carolina Concert Choir, a 50 member touring group, starts an eight program six day tour through the Metropolitan New York area with stops in Virginia, New York City, Huntington and Levittown Long Island before returning to Columbia. The first concert is at Colonial High School Petersburg Virginia and the following day the choir performs three times in New York City including at Heavenly Rest Day School and Spencer School for Girls. A noon event at the Racquet Club features USC officials and corporate leaders to discuss business administration plans. The tour continues Friday at John F Kennedy High School Levittown and a concert in Huntington Long Island Congregational Church.
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Columbia
University of South Carolina Concert Choir
New York Area
50 Voice
Virginia
New York City
Huntington
Levittown
Long Island
Colonial High School
Petersburg
Heavenly Rest Day School
Spencer School For Girls
Manhattan
Robert McNair
USC
Thomas F. Jones
New York
College of Business Administration
John F. Kennedy High School
Huntingdon, Long Island Congregational Church
Organizational Meeting Set On Children Youth in Aiken County
An organizational meeting of the Aiken County Commission of Children and Youth will be held at 7 30 p m Monday at the Aiken County Health Center Mrs Irene Rudnick has been elected chairman of the steering committee Other steering members include Dr J T Hair Dr C T Myers and Mrs Wilhelmena H Moody and Mrs Virginia L Holley Countywide committees are being formed in all 46 South Carolina counties to study needs of children and youth from birth to age 21 Results will be discussed at the Seventh Decennial White House Conference on Children and Youth December 13 18 in Washington DC Other county members are listed.
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Aiken County
Robert McNair
South Carolina
White House
Courthouse Explosions Injure 15 in Suburban Cleveland
A blast at the Shaker Heights municipal court building and police station injured 15 people. Police say the explosion likely stemmed from a bomb or gas though gas meters remained intact. Central Police Station in Cleveland was heavily guarded amid heightened precautions in nearby departments.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Shaker Heights
Carl R. Longstreet
East Ohio Gas Co
Cleveland
New Ellenton Primary List Grows
Two more candidates join the six seat GOP city council ticket for the New Ellenton primary on February 24. DuPont SRP workers Jack R. Cofer and John L. Skip Snider join Wallace Brock and Ralph Meeler with others expected to file. Democrats also seek council nominations the same day. Incumbent mayor and water commissioner seek renomination.
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New
Ellenton
Jack R. Cofer
John L
Herbert Turner
James M. Eubanks
Wallace F. Alexander
Gene Crawford
I. E. Lankford
Thomas H. Wingo
Wilbur F. Maddox
P. A. Brock
F. E. Rollins
James L. McNeal
D. W. Robinson
C. H. Shaw
Harry Smith
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Helen Mary Fenninger
T.M. Jones
Academy
Sgt
Gov. McNair
Medicé
Association
University Concert Choir
Mass Transportation
Virginia Acres Park
Armour
Washington, D.C
John Bradley
R.L. Coffey
Joanne Steifel
L.B. Ergle
Norman Woodward
Mattie Lee Bonnette
Mary W. Bright
Evelyn Harris
Harold Baston
Robert David Downing
Elizabeth Bradley
Robert Sanders
Ricky Brown
Mike Floyd
Lelia A. Bradley
Idella Bodie
Lois
Hollace L. Fleetwood
Max A. Meek
Paul D. Grant
Thomas Cun
Diff
Mrs
Polly Waddell
New Ellenton
Cofer
SRP
Foreman Memorial Baptist Church
June Reese
Forest Circle
Snider
Warren, Ga
John L. Snider
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