Cheri Menken and Rick Fromer Wed in Atlanta Park Ceremony
Cheri Menken and Rick Fromer wed in a lakeside park last Sunday in sunny Atlanta as both sets of parents were snowed in in Aiken. A memorial scholarship at Rose Hill Arts Center honors Dr. Raymond Kaplan, a founding member who recently died. Alex Hyslop of Aiken, long resident of wintry West Virginia, recalls heavier snows there and notes the unique Aiken storm thunder and lightning that disrupted his Sunday church routine and spurred talk of moving farther south.
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Cheri Menken
Rick Fromer
Atlanta
Aiken
Rose Hill Arts Center
Raymond Kaplan
Dr. Kaplan
Alex Hyslop
Wintry
West Virginia
Sunny Aiken
Airports Fight Order In Court Set To Block Guards
Airport operators planned to go to court to block a government order requiring immediate posting of security guards at all airplane boarding gates in the battle against hijackers.
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Washington
Saigon Viet Cong prisoner exchange expands at Loc Ninh
The Saigon government and Viet Cong exchanged hundreds of prisoners at Loc Ninh with 27 American captives freed Monday. U S C130s ferried prisoners between Bien Hoa and Loc Ninh while both sides trade ceasefire violation charges. The exchange, ongoing, has seen about 600 government and 500 Communist soldiers swapped since Monday.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Loc Ninh
U.S
Thailand
Bien Hoa
Pollution blankets vast Atlantic area from Cape Cod to Caribbean
NOAA ships found oil and other pollutants covering about 700000 square miles of the Atlantic from the U.S. coast to the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Contamination was estimated at 50 percent of the East Coast survey area, 80 percent in the Caribbean and Gulf, and 90 percent around the Bahamas and West Indies.
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Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Cod
Caribbean
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Atlantic
U.S
Sargasso Sea
Gulf of Mexico
NOAA
Massachusetts
Florida
Bahamas
West Indies
Ford Fined Seven Million Over Antipollution Tests
Ford Motor Co faced a total seven million dollar penalty after admitting to illegally tampering with antipollution test data for 1973 cars. The Justice Department secured a no contest plea to a 350 count criminal charge plus a consent decree in a civil case, with a max three and a half million dollar fine in each action and a prohibition on similar violations. Ford withdrew the applications in May after discovering tests included unauthorized maintenance.
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Washington
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Detroit
Environmental Protection Agency
Nixon Pushes Tough Trade Laws For Fairer Global Shake
President Nixon declared he would seek trade legislation to both lower and raise barriers to secure a fairer U S position abroad. Coming shortly after a 10 percent dollar devaluation he said devaluation is temporary and that trade laws must follow to offset other nations discriminatory policies.
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Washington
Nixon
America
United States
Four Arrested in Gainesville Poker Shooting
Earl Kennedy of Augusta surrendered to Richmond County deputies and is held on murder charges in the slaying of William Durrell Askews, 31, in Gainesville. Pamela Van Ord 18 and Whitfield Thomas 19 were nabbed on brown bagging charges near Seven Lake Golf Course. Douglas McArthur Mundy is held in Richmond County Jail.
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Earl Kennedy
Augusta
Richmond County
Gainesville
Fla
William Durrell Askews
Aiken County
Rtment
Paul Grant
U.S. 1
Seven Lake Golf Course
Pamela van Ord
Whitfield Thomas
Grant
Douglas Ammons
Steve Green
James Lewis
Douglas McArthur Mundy
Hopelands Gardens phase approved amid council row
City Council approved the first phase of Hopelands Gardens work by Wildwood Landscape Contractors Inc. for 147347 dollars. DuSan Group residents demanded a promised Highway Department report on moving the entrance to Whiskey Road, a claim disputed by Mayor Odell Weeks.
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Hopelands Gardens
Hopelands
Wildwood Landscape Contractors Inc
Walterboro
Whiskey Road
State Highway Department
DuSan
Highway Department
Frank Lock
Charles Bailey
du- San
Odell Weeks
Major Highways Now Passable After Snow Storm
Rising temperatures were to finish clearing snow clogged South Carolina highways as 16 000 plus motorists remained stranded. Gov. John C West telegraphed President Nixon declaring a disaster area as 31 of 46 counties reported up to 23 inches of snow. The National Guard Shaw Air Force Base and 200 Fort Bragg personnel aided in rescuing motorists and moving cars to shelter amid widespread disruption.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
John C. West
Nixon
West
State Civil Defense Agency
South Carolina General Assembly
National Guard
Shaw Air Force Base
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Schools To Remain Closed Tomorrow In Aiken County
Aiken County students will have another snow day as hazardous driving persists and temperatures drop. Weather forecasts predict partly cloudy conditions with highs in the 40s and a rising chance of rain tonight and Wednesday. A Belvedere tractor-trailer crash caused $700 damage to a home. the driver is hospitalized in good condition.
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Aiken County
G.T. Myers
S.C. Highway Patrol
Weather Bureau
Belvedere
Mike Osteen
Edgefield Road
Glenn McLendon Trucking Company
University Hospital
S.C Highway Patrol
Meeting Set On Assault in North Augusta
A second meeting with Aiken County Richmond County and Ft Gordon law enforcement will be held to aid arrest of a suspect linked to three attempted assaults on women in North Augusta since December. The North Augusta Department of Public Safety says the meeting is set for Feb. 22 in North Augusta. A spokesman said the first gathering proved helpful and prompted the scheduling.
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North Augusta
Aiken County
Richmond County
Ft. Gordon
Police Department
Aiken Sees Crime Drop 21 Percent in 1972 Report
The Department of Public Safety reports 631 major crimes in 1972, down from 799 in 1971, with fire losses totaling 179 795 across the city and surrounding area. Director J C Busbee credits expanded fire prevention. Crime breakdown includes 4 murders 10 rapes 9 robberies 28 drug arrests 136 grand larceny 192 burglaries with several clearances.
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Aiken
Department of Public Safety
Public Safety
J.C Busbee
Volunteers Aid Amid Snow Storm In Aiken County
In a century’s worst Southeast snow storm, volunteers and organizations delivered aid as tens of stranded motorists were reached by a single jeep crew led by Center Community Fire Department Chief Terry Smith. The report highlights neighborly acts and duty before the county’s widespread disruption.
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Aiken County
Terry Smith
Center Community (Volunteer) Fire Department
Rescue Squad Answers Over 200 Calls For Aid
Commander Thomas Reames said the Aiken County Rescue Squad and volunteers handled over 200 calls since Friday including delivering a baby in Vaucluse. Helpers from Columbia North Augusta Windsor and Williston aided many, while costs for gas food diapers and a dented emergency van could total 600 to 1000 dollars.
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Thomas Reames
Vaucluse
Reames
Aiken County
Columbia
North Augusta
Windsor
Williston
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Sumter
U.S. 378
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