Aiken Trials and Races Highlight Annual Event
The thirtieth annual program at Aiken Training Track features thoroughbred races and a second annual harness racing program for trotters and pacers. Events include a Cancer Society benefit at Jefferson-Aiken Training Center and a Hunt Meet with turf and hurdle races benefiting Aiken County Hospital.
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Aiken Training Track
Aiken Cancer Society
Jefferson-Aiken Training Center
Aiken Hunt
Aiken County Hospital
Ford 1971 profits hit 657 million in second best year
Ford Motor Co reports 1971 profits of 657 million, per share 6.18, second only to 1965’s 703 million, as Ford joins peers in posting higher auto earnings. report follows other big three gains. An escaped prisoner and informant Robert Earl Barnes is jailed on burglary charges in Media Pennsylvania after using a false ID. AP Wirephoto.
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Ford Motor Co
Ford
U.S
Robert Earl Barnes
Media
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la Tuna
Tex
Nixon Gets Valentine From Wife During Luncheon
Pat Nixon disclosed at a Washington Heart Association luncheon and fashion show that she gave President a 15-cent Valentine card bearing the inscription I love you. The event was hosted by the Women’s Board of the Washington Heart Association.
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Washington
Pat Nixon
Womens Board
The
Washington Heart Association
Singer Dean Martin Seeks Divorce After 22 Years
Hollywood AP report notes Dean Martin 54 files for divorce from Jeanne Rieggers Martin after 22 years of marriage. Petition filed in Superior Court cites irreconcilable differences amid past statements announcing separation in 1969.
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Hollywood
Dean Martin
Superior Court
Jeanne Rieggers Martin
Four new assistants attorneys general sworn in
FBI director J Edgar Hoover applauded at a Justice Department ceremony yesterday as four assistant attorneys general were sworn in Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist administered the oaths including one to Ralph E Erickson who succeeded him as chief of the office of legal counsel UPI Telephoto
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J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Ralph E. Erickson
Office of Legal Counsel
UPI
Escape Attempt Fails at Brushy Mountain Prison
James Earl Ray, condemned for the King assassination, made a second unsuccessful escape attempt at Brushy Mountain Prison in Tennessee. Officials said he was found Feb. 7 trying to reach an area in the gymnasium ceiling.
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Tenn
James Earl Ray
Brushy Mountain
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Timmerman Highlights Graniteville Co Growth Through Marketing
Graniteville Company under Robert P. Timmerman has shifted from production to market focus. He cites the Gregg Division as the United States' largest heavy weight finishing plant capable of dyeing vast fabric amounts. The 126 year old firm employed 300 to 5800 workers, used 264000 bales of fiber in 1971 costing over 38 million dollars and billed 135 million dollars in goods and services.
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Gregg Division
United States
Timmerman
State Department
Soviet Arrested On Espionage Charge
Valery I. Markelov a 32 year old UN translator was arrested in a Long Island diner after receiving documents from a Grumman engineer. FBI said he met the engineer 11 times since fall 1970 and offered a copying machine and camera to obtain classified F14A data. Markelov born in Russia arrived in 1967 lives with wife and daughter in New York City. Maximum penalty for espionage is 10 years and a $10,000 fine.
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New York
United Nations
Navy
Valery I. Markelov
Long Island
Grumman Aerospace Corp
FBI
Markelov
U.N. Secretariat
Federal House of Detention
U.S
Max Schiffman
Grumman
Bethpage
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Russia
United States
New York City
USC Gamecock staff refuses to name Mr X in drug case
Four members of The Gamecock staff at the University of South Carolina stand by not revealing the instructor linked to drugs after a grand jury hearing. Editor Glenda Miller and others refused to identify the source, citing secrecy laws. Grand Jury proceedings were held to probe illegal drug traffic on campus. no action was reported.
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Richland County Grand Jury
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Glenda Miller
Charles Fellenbaum
Robert Robinson
John Gash
Gamecock
Fifth Circuit
John Foard
Grand Jury
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Miss Miller
Testi
Crecy
Nixon Lowers Barrier For Red China Trade
President Nixon broadens U S trade with China by placing it on the same footing as the Soviet bloc and Eastern Europe. He will visit China with a two stage briefing from Andre Malraux and a schedule including meetings with Communist leaders banquets and sightseeing at the Great Wall. The plan adds locomotives construction equipment industrial chemicals and engines to general licenses for export to China. The trip includes use of Chinese limousines and non U S aircraft during travel before reaching Shanghai on Monday.
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Andre Malraux
White House
Nixon
China
Great Wall
Malraux
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Soviet Union
U.S
State Department
Washington
Hawaii
Guam
Shanghai
Aiken High Student Injured In Cycle Mishap
A 16 year old Aiken High student was hurt in a motorcycle car crash in the school parking lot. He was treated and released at Aiken County Hospital. Police continue to investigate the morning incident at the Highways 78 and 215 intersection amid multiple related reports and charges.
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Aiken
Scott Warther
Saratoga
Aiken County
Charles Edwards
Moses Hall
Sheriff's Department
VJ. Ray
E.H. Boyd
Schofield School
Hall
USCA Literary Festival Opens Tonight At 8
USCA launches its Second Annual Literary Festival with excerpts from Shakespeare to Beckett in a program at the Aiken campus tonight at 8 p.m. Cynthia Gilliam directs and performs in Montage, the opening workshop theater.
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Cynthia Gilliam
USCA
Aiken
Beckett
Boycott Of Augusta Schools Continues Into Second Day
In Augusta Georgia parents protest a court ordered busing plan for Richmond County schools. Rep. Fletcher Thompson planned to address protesting parents at John Milledge Elementary as white parent support grows to keep children at local schools.
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Augusta
John Milledge
Thompson
Richard Anderson
U.S
Alexander A. Lawrence
Chamber Offers Base Price Forms in Aiken
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce announced a limited supply of base price information signs and base price information forms required under the Phase II Economic Act for re.
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Greater Aiken
Simons Named Assistant Recorder In Aiken
Charles E Simons III was named assistant recorder by the Aiken City Council. He will preside over city court in the absence of Recorder Marion Powell. The council also approved a $3 678 fencing contract for a new ball field, granted S C Electric and Gas Co rights to install lines at the Aiken Airport Industrial Park, discussed a five year franchise for Aiken Cablevision, and received annual reports from public safety public works recreation housing and the authority.
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Charles E
Chuck) Simons III
Aiken
Simons
Lybrand, Rich, Cain and Simons
Charles E Simons Jr
Marion Powell
Council
S.C. Electric and Gas Co
Aiken Airport
Public Safety, Public Works and Recreation Departments
Housing Authority
Aiken Cablevision
Eustis Park
Enloe Aluminum Products Co
Lloyd Olsen
Hastings Wyman
Sce&g
Faciola
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Aiken Public Housing Authority
Ervin E. Koon
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Graniteville Company
Judy Rich
Robert P. Timmerman
Graniteville Com
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Mr. X
AHS
J. Todd
Sheriff's Office
Montmorenci Rd
Usca Literary Festival
Matthew Bruccoli
C.E. Frazer Clark Jr
Fred Chappell
University of North Carolina- Greensboro
Chappell
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