Aiken Scouts Earn Eagle Awards At Father Son Banquet
Two Aiken Boy Scouts Ben Christensen and David O rear received Eagle Awards at a Father Son Banquet in First Presbyterian Church of Aiken. District and council leaders attended including Bob Jeffcoat and Yamassee District officials. The event featured slides from a 23 day Boy Scout Jamboree trip with Scouts Billy Kirk Jimmy Crabtree and Mike Pekkala.
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Aiken
First Presbyterian Church of
Bob Jeffcoat
Ben Christensen
Frederik B. Christenson
David
Families Seek Damages From Eight Patrolmen Over 1968 Orangeburg Shootings
The families of Delano Middleton Sam Hammond and Henry Smith filed federal civil suits in Columbia seeking 100000 each from eight highway patrolmen for the 1968 Orangeburg State College confrontation that left three dead and 27 wounded amid desegregation tensions.
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Columbia
Orangeburg
Delano Middleton
Sam Hammond
Henry Smith
South Carolina State College
Smith
Marion
S. C
Hammond
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Middleton
Florence
Federal District Court
Silas Pearman
Medical Phenomena Noted In Space
Dr Charles Berry reported Apollo 12 astronauts observed new medical effects in space including light flashes with eyes closed, lung and nasal congestion from lunar dust, facial fullness and reddened eyes from fluid shifts, and skin bacteria surges. He noted Apollo 11 had no irritation and suggested onboard dust control and preflight skin baths.
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San Antonio
Tex
Charles Berry
Charles A. Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Alan L. Bean
Berry
Conrad
Pacific
Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
Thurmond to Address Explorers After Banquet
U S Senator Strom Thurmond will be the main speaker at the Explorer Post 405 banquet to be held at Gregg Park Civic Center at 7 p.m. Saturday. Awards will be presented by Phil Napier and Bill Howard and Thurmond will speak around 8 p.m. at Leavelle McCampbell High School gymnatorium.
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Graniteville
U. S
Strom Thurmond
Gregg Park Civic Center
Phil Napier
Bill Howard
Post
Thurmond
Leavelle McCampbell High School
Gunboat Sale to Israel Traced to Panamanian Firm
Panama City report shows five gunboats sold to Israel traced to Starboat S A registered in Panama last Nov. Six directors mostly from Arias Fabrega and Fabrega law firm held power of attorney for an Oslo based operator. Experts note a growing pattern of offshore companies used for distant deals with little local risk.
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Israel
Panama City
Panama
Cherbourg
Starboard S.A
Starboat
Arias, Fabrega and
Fabrega
Martin Seim
Oslo
Akers Group
Seim
Education Board Will Meet Today in Aiken County
The Aiken County Board of Education meets at 7 30 p m in the Education Center for its regular monthly session. Plans for the 1970 71 school year will be disclosed and the results of electing two new board members will be certified.
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Aiken County Board of Education
Columbia YMCA Ordered Open For Negroes
A federal district judge ordered the Columbia YMCA to open facilities and membership to Negroes. The ruling by Judge Donald Russell ends a three year legal action brought by the Justice Department.
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Columbia
Columbia Ymca
Donald Russell
Justice Department
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Aiken, S.C
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Aiken Electric
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Wagener Rd
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Sea Scouts
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