Aiken Trials and Races Across Multiple Events
The thirtieth annual program features thoroughbred races at the Aiken Training Track. Harness races mark the second annual program for trotters and pacers. Events include a cancer society benefit at Jefferson-Aiken Training Center, steeplechase races, a hunt meet on turf and over hurdles, and a hospital benefit in Aiken County.
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Aiken
Aiken Training Track
Pacers
Aiken Cancer Society
Jeferson-Aiken Training Center
Berrigan Brothers Among 45 Nominees For Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Institute director August Schou announced 45 candidates for 1972 Nobel Peace Prize. Among them are American antiwar priests Philip and Daniel Berrigan, now in federal prison for destroying draft records. Also named are Dr Elise Ottesen Jensen and Brazilian Archbishop Dom Helder Camara.
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Oslo
Berrigan Brothers
August Schou
Nobel Institute
Philip
Daniel Berrigan
Elise Ottesen-Jensen
Dom Helder Camara
Willy Brandt
Velasco Ibarra Placed Under House Arrest Near Guayaquil
The Ecuadorian Army ordered President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, 77, confined to his residence near Guayaquil after a history of five elections and three prior ousters. The move was reported by UPI Telephoto.
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Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Guayaquil
Ibarra
UPI Telephoto
ILWU Hopes Rise After Tentative Coast Contract
Longshore leaders recommended ratification of a tentative contract to end a 131 day West Coast dock strike. Delegates will send the agreement to 13,000 union members at 240 ports from Seattle to San Diego, with a Sunday return to work possible if the vote favors it.
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San Francisco
Seattle
San Diego
Sidney Roger
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
Harry Bridges
Mrs Irving Plans Surrender For Arraignment
Mrs Clifford Irving wife of the author of the Howard Hughes auto biography faces a Swiss warrant charging counterfeiting forgery embezzlement and theft larceny She plans to surrender for arraignment today per her lawyers U S Magistrate Martin D Jacobs issued the warrant dubbing her a fugitive from justice of the confederation of Switzerland.
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New York
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
U.S
Martin D
Jacobs
Irving
Justice of the Confederation of Switzerland
Sadat Hints Soviet Arms to Aid Egyptian Raids
President Anwar Sadat told the Arab Socialist Union congress that the Soviet Union will supply advanced weapons to Egypt for deep raids on Israeli cities. He said efforts to master new arms are imperative after the United States supplied Israel with more Phantom fighters.
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Beirut
Anwar Sadat
Soviet Union
Egypt
National Congress of the Arab Socialist Union
U.S
Israel
Sadat
Congress
Nixon Presses Plans for China Trip From Camp David
President Nixon and aides work through the night at Camp David and the White House preparing for a 20 395 mile 13 day journey to China. Secret Service security logistics schooling children champagne blood supply and media arrangements are organized for the trip to Peking with 87 correspondents and 15 soundproof booths.
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Washington
Maryland
White House
Nixon
China
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
Henry Kissinger
National Security Council
United States
Dent
Peking
Secret Service
Peking Press Center
Minibottle tax and sales rules spark South Carolina protests
The South Carolina Senate neared final approval of a minibottle liquor by the drink plan with a 25 cent tax per minibottle and 50 seat selling rules. Critics from salons warned the provisions burden the poor, while lawmakers urged strict controls to ensure passage amid anticipated filibuster risks.
Senate votes 36 to 8 to submit liquor by the drink amendment
The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment to allow liquor by the drink. The roll showed 36 Ayes and 8 Nays with 2 absent, listing lawmakers Bristow Brockington Brown Carter Chapman Dennis Dooley Drummond Floyd Garrett Garrett Gressette Grimes Harelson Harris Holland Laughlin Lindsay Martin McMillan Moore Morris Owens Rentiers Richardson Riley Roddey Rubin Scarborough Horace Smith Stephen Stevens Waddell Wallace Williams Zeigler and Nays Bonner Garrison Lake Long McDonald Schumacher Harris Smith Wofford.
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Thomas Wofford
Greenville
S.C. Senate
Gilbert McMillan
Aiken
Center
Claymon Grimes
Georgetown
Senate
Columbia
South Carolina
Bristow
Brockington
Brown
Carter
Chapman
Dennis
Dooley
Drummond
Floyd
Charles Garrett
Gordon Garrett
Gressette
Grimes
Harelson
Harris
Hol
Land
Laughlin
Lindsay
Martin
McMillan
Moore
Morris Owens
Rentiers
Richardson Riley
Roddey
Rubin
Scarborough
Horace Smith
Stephen
Stevens
Waddell
Wallace
Williams
Zeigler
Carter Calls Georgia-Wide Boycott Over Desegregation Bus
Gov. Jimmy Carter backs a statewide boycott of Georgia schools to protest the federal desegregation busing order affecting Richmond County in Augusta. He urges legal action and a constitutional convention to prohibit race based school assignments, while Rep. Fletcher Thompson endorses the Feb. 28 boycott.
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Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Carter
Richmond County
Augusta
Fletcher Thompson
Rga
Sheriff Sees New Arrest In School Bus Cutting
Aiken County Sheriff Paul Grant said another arrest could be made today in a Monday bus cutting incident. Moses Hall, 16, was injured requiring neck stitches from a razor blade during the clash at 8 15 a m near the Highway 78 215 intersection on the bus to Schofield School. One 16 year old is already charged with assault and battery with intent to kill.
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Aiken
Paul Grant
Aiken Standard
Moses Hall
E.H. Boyd
W.J. Ray
Schofield School
Kleindienst Chosen for Mitchells Post Senate poised to approve
President Nixon nominates Richard G. Kleindienst 48 as attorney general to replace Mitchell. Senators split on policy issues but expect confirmation. Judiciary hearings begin next Tuesday with one senator opposing citing surveillance stance and civil liberties concerns.
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Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
John N. Mitchell
Kleindienst
Justice Department
Phillip A. Hart
D-Mich
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Fairfield
Richard Riley
John Drummond
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U.S. District Court
Alexander A. Lawrence
Thompson
Atlanta
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Bayh
Judiciary Committee
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Richard Kleindienst
Saigon
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Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Ese
U.S. Command
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