Snowbound Sumter dances thaw winter storm
In Sumter South Carolina a National Guard Armory crowd of 6 to 60 danced to a volunteer band playing By the Time I Get to Phoenix as a week end blizzard kept travelers stranded. Snow piles and teens temperatures framed the scene with 16 000 stranded statewide and motorists finding refuge indoors.
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Sumter
Phoenix
National Guard Armory
South Carolina
Florida
S. Sgt. R. J. Robertson
South Carolina National Guard
Hunter
Robertson
Mustang
Oklahoma Cow Country
Disaster Struck Counties Battle Snow and Cold Wreckage
Rescue helicopters and air ambulances aided motorists and medical patients while food and supplies reached shelters. Heavy traffic blockages eased as roads opened across a wide swath from Dillon to Charleston and Florence to Columbia. Thirteen deaths attributed to exposure and roof collapses were reported across Williamsburg Sumter Orangeburg Berkeley and other counties. Schools remained closed and curfews for Williamsburg County continued as authorities cited dangerous conditions.
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Williamsburg County
Sumter County
Orangeburg County
Berkeley County
Aiken County
West
Abbeville
Aiken
Allendale
Bamberg
Barnwell
Beaufort
Berkeley
Calhoun
Charleston
Chesterfield
Clarendon
Colleton
Darlington
Dillon
Dorchester
Edgefield
Florence
Georgetown
Greenwood
Hampton
Horry
Jasper, Lee
Lexington
McCormick
Marion
Orangeburg
Richland
Saluda
Sumter
Williamsburg
Markets mostly closed as dollar devaluation ripples global
Worldwide currency markets stayed shut as governments weigh the dollar devaluation. West Germany welcomed Washington but will not revalue the mark upward. The yen floats to market forces. Tokyo Paris and Frankfurt set to reopen midweek. The British pound rose to 2.48 dollars, then eased to 2.45.
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Washington
Kiichi Aichi
London
Tokyo
Paris
Frankfurt
Goren on Bridge by Charles H. Goren 1978
In this bridge column Goren analyzes a North South vulnerable deal from Chicago Tribune. South opens spade, two hearts overcall, resulting in a three spade game after a strategic sequence. East holds two aces and a singleton, but misdefense yields South eight tricks then a potential alternate set of defensive lines.
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Charles H. Goren
The
Chicago Tribune
South West North East
King of West
Fense
South
West
North
East
Declarer
Nixon Devalues U.S. Dollar by Ten Percent
President Nixon and Treasury Secretary Shultz announce a 10 percent devaluation aimed at stabilizing world money markets. The move, the second in 14 months, raises import costs but lowers export prices and shifts currency values as Japan floats its yen and other nations adjust monetary policy.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Workingman
Japan
Tokyo
Finance Ministry
Bank of Japan
West Germany
Canada
Great Britain
John Turner
International Monetary Fund
United States
Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Treasurys
Paul A. Volcker
Volcker
Crime Trends Show Mixed Declines and Sharp Increases in 1972
City police report 1972 saw fewer vandalism and burglary cases but large rises in liquor law violations and drug offenses. Drunkenness fell to a five year low while traffic offenses and accidents climbed, with juvenile arrests also declining to a record low. Police praise staff training and community involvement.
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Busbee
Seniors save on boat rentals at Peconic Bay
In Southold New York on light days seniors pay half price for boat and motor rentals at the Southold Fishing Station. An 18 foot boat with motor drops from 17.50 to 8.75 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If a senior already has a motor the boat rental costs 4.50.
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Southold, N.Y
Peconic Bay
Mary Morris
Southold
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Associated Press
Sumter Area
George Saunders
West Newton
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Miami
Ben Hays
Cape
Kenny
Chuck Deal
Mary
Ft. George Meade, Md
Tallahassee, Fla
Deal
Virginia Mueller
Cincinnati
Ohio
Michele
Mrs. Mueller
John
Fort Pierce, Fla
John West
Santee
Columbia
North Carolina Line
Ronnie Hewitt
National Ballet
Strong
First Baptist Church
Jacksonville
Fla
Kingstree
Goren
KQJ
Bob Leminick
Sominick’s
Richiancg Ave
Raymond Kaplan
Laurens St. S.W
Holley Fuel Co
Union N.E
Financial House
Richland Ave. E
Interstate Securities Company
John J. Public
the Security Savings People
Security
Yeoungs
F.S.C.J.C. Corner
Richland & Laurens
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