City Councilman Olsen’s Jacket Sparks Comment At Luncheon
City Councilman Lloyd Olsen wore a red and pink checkered jacket to a Salvation Army Advisory Board luncheon drawing remarks. He recounts being cross-examined by U S Customs on re entry from Hong Kong and showing a Laurens Street haberdashery label. Inter school programs spread countywide as schools host assemblies. In history 1808 coal first used at Wilkes Barre. Thought for today mocks self control with a peanut. Hubert Green, Palm Desert golf winner and Masters player, is Rubye Ratchford’s nephew and visits Aiken regularly.
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Lloyd Olsen
Salvation Army Advisory Board
U. S
Hong Kong
Laurens Street
Wilkes-Barre
Hubert Green
Palm Desert
Calif
Health Plan Debate Faces Washington Fight
President Nixon’s health plan promises higher medical standards nationwide without new taxes per HEW Secretary Caspar Weinberger. Senator Edward Kennedy counters that the administration proposal fails to guarantee quality health as a right and calls for adjustments in delivery and affordability.
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Washington
Nixon
Health, Education and Welfare
Caspar Weinberger
Edward M. Kennedy
Congress
Controversy Over Redskins Tickets In Congress
A Democratic congressman says he arranged for 35 to 40 scarce Washington Redskins season tickets for colleagues and aides after helping pass a bill to increase stadium seating. Rep Kenneth J Gray confirmed the arrangement in a telephone interview. Nancy Vitali and Richard Sullivan each cited 60 tickets.
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Washington
Washington Redskins
Redskins
Kenneth J. Gray
D-Ill
House
Nancy Vitali
Subcommittee
Richard Sullivan
Public Works Committee
Gray
Impeachment Doubt Favors Nixon in Senate Vote
Washington AP reports both supporters and critics doubt a two thirds Senate conviction for Nixon is likely. With House action months away, many senators refuse to commit, making prediction nearly impossible and some favor resignation while hoping not to vote on impeachment.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
House
Sup
Syrians Blast Israeli Settlements in Golan Front
The Damascus command reported devastating blows against eight para military settlements and three missile bases in the Golan Heights. It said fifteen Israeli artillery batteries were silenced as a three hour clash along the 40 mile truce line ended with Syria claiming direct hits on an Israeli tank concentration. The clash began at 7 15 a m on the northern sector and spread to the central sector. The Tel Aviv command reported four wounded from Sunday’s clashes.
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Associated Press
Golan Heights
Damascus
Golan
Tel Aviv
Sunny, Cold Forecast for Next Few Days
The outlook calls for mostly sunny and cold today and tomorrow with lows in the mid 30s. Highs reach upper 50s tomorrow, near zero rain chance, then a warming trend brings a chance of showers Thursday and Friday. Lows Wednesday in the 30s warming to the 40s by Friday. highs mainly in the 60s.
Thurmond Substitutes For Speaker At North Augusta Banquet
North Augusta honors John L. Hixon staff member as Citizen of the Year during a Greater North Augusta Chamber banquet. Sen Strom Thurmond substituted for the Snowbound guest speaker Anne Armstrong delivering an impromptu address. Local women praised for their progress, with Carrie Mays and Ellen Smith noted among attendees.
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North Augusta
Strom Thurmond
Greater North Augusta
Sam Woodring
Sen
John L. Hixon
Sen. Thurmond
Blind Pekingese Cinder Missing From Crosland Park Yard
Cinder a blind Pekingese with eyelids sewn shut vanished from a fenced yard of Randy two and Ferry eight, sons of Mr and Mrs Guy Snell of 1015 Alfred Street Crosland Park. The family searches woods behind the home amid briars hoping for the lost pet.
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Cinder
Randy
Ferry
Guy Snell
Alfred Street
Crosland Park
Snell
Board To Meet Tomorrow At USCA
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners will hold a meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. in room 107 on the University of South Carolina Aiken campus. They will revisit the proposal to hire a financial director after previously rejecting Ronald A. La Couture’s reorganization plan and will consider Commissioner Jo Ann Price’s ordinance to establish a financial director.
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Carroll Allen
Aiken
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
University of South Carolina
Ronald A. LaCouture
Jo Ann Price
Gardening Feature for Novices at Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard will run a gardening feature on Wednesday for novices with basics to start spring and summer crops and tips to cut bakeries use. The report also covers a bond remittance issue involving former Beech Island Magistrate W Keith Hood and several county matters including refuse containers and hospital board appointments.
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Mary
Beech Island
W. Keith Hood
Williston youth inmate infected. deputies and prisoners inoculated
Lexington County Health officials inoculated three deputies and several prisoners after a Williston youth inmate, Leonard Crosby, diagnosed with infectious hepatitis. Crosby, 20, previously president of USC Aiken student body, was serving five months on a drug charge. He is being treated at Lexington County Hospital. the health official noted the disease is not highly contagious but requires prophylactic measures for close contacts.
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Lexington County
Williston
A.L. McCarty
Crosby
Rt. 1
University of South Carolina Aiken
Robbery and Kidnapping Probe Ties to Aiken Youth Incident
Aiken City Police report a robbery and kidnapping probe alongside 14 Schofield School students charged with disorderly conduct after a Friday morning arrest spree stemming from a Thursday altercation. Police say no injuries occurred. Anthony Fulmer, 20, reported two men pushing a car near the city dump.
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Schofield
Aiken City
Public Safety
J.C. Busbee
Schofield School
Busbee
Aiken
Anthony Fulmer
Magnolia
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Aiken Cage
Thurmond
John L. Hixons
America
Augusta
Carrie Mays
N.A
Ellen Smith
Hixon
Judy Rich
Hunt
Columbia
Tom Harris
Heath Manning
Wendell Hall
USCA
Gardening
Hospital Board of Trustees
South Carolina Electric and Gas
Tilbury
Airport
FMC Corp
CPA
Len Gilbert
McMillan
Rocky Springs Creek
USC
Leonard Crosby
McCarty
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