. Agnew Spent $250000 On Golf Trips As VP
. Baltimore Sun reports Spiro T. Agnew used at least $250000 of taxpayers funds for golfing vacations while vice president. The Sun’s Washington bureau notes 23 trips to Palm Springs over 40 years, including nine direct Washington departures.
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Agnew
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Calif
the Sun
Washington
Julie Nixon May Return Home After Surgery
Julie Nixon Eisenhower could go home Thursday from Indiana University Medical Center after removal of a bleeding ovarian cyst. Doctors say she still needs at least three weeks of convalescence, with Dr William Lukash assisting.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
William Lukash
White House
Indiana University Medical Center
Nixon Poll Rating Improves in Early February
Public approval of President Nixon rose two points to 28 percent in early February per Gallup poll. Disapproval declined five points to 59 percent, the lowest in over two months.
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Princeton
N.J
Nixon
Rare Disease Kills 4 Children in Chicago Area
Four children died and three more are in critical condition from a rare noncontagious disease doctors identify as Reye's syndrome. Hospital records show about 120 global cases. six other children have been treated in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Madison, Wis
Cuban Refugees March in Miami Protest
More than 4 000 Cuban refugees demonstrated peacefully in downtown Miami on Sunday to oppose any thaw in U S Cuba relations. They carried signs saying We do not want liberty with dishonor and Cuba will not be a pawn of big world powers.
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Miami
Cuba
Wallace Welcomes Nixon Today in Huntsville Event
Gov George C Wallace welcomes President Nixon on arrival for Honor America Day in Huntsville Alabama Nixon flies from Key Biscayne Florida to Redstone Arsenal then drives to Big Springs International Park for a 20 minute address near downtown Huntsville The event centers on a brief speech planned at the park by Nixon.
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Huntsville
Ala
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Key
Pompidou to visit Soviet Union for Brezhnev meeting
Tass reports French President Georges Pompidou will travel to Moscow early next month for talks with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. The official agency notes the high level meeting amid Cold War diplomacy.
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Moscow
Georges Pompidou
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Tass
A Home For The Vice President
Rep. Gilbert Gude and Rep. John Moss will introduce a bill to provide up to 750000 dollars for an official vice presidential home. Congress approved a Navy Observatory site in 1966 but funded none. The measure aims to reduce ongoing security costs at private VP residences.
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Washington
Gilbert Gude
R-Md
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Congress
Navy Observatory
Gude
Moss
U.S
Yale May Invite Solzhenitsyn
Yale University considers inviting Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn for a professorship. Ebert L. Jackson said the language department hopes to contact Solzhenitsyn, then exiled in Switzerland after publishing the Gulag Archipelago. Six Yale students petitioned Brewster to invite him.
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New Haven, Conn
Alexan Solzhenitsyn
Yale University
Ebert L. Jackson
Hiss
Sol
Zhenitsyn
Switzerland
Yale
University
Kingman Brewster Jr
Solzhenitsyn
Pump-Out Threat Eased by Regional Plan in Pacific Northwest
Oregon and Washington service stations backed a 60 day test allowing 70 percent of gas to general public with 30 percent for special users regular customers and priority groups after 10 hours of talks in Seattle. The plan requires federal approval and follows a protest against the preferential treatment ban.
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Associated Press
Oregon
Washington
Seattle
Federal Energy Office
FEC
Washington, D.C
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
William E. Simon
Greenwich
Conn
Port Chester
N.Y
Eckardt C. Beck
Connecticut
Greenwich Area
Temperatures Rising Once Again In Aiken County
Aiken Countians enjoyed sunny skies as temperatures rose into the upper 60s today and a milder night with lows in the upper 40s. Tomorrow forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and highs in the 70s with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Aiken County Commissioner Farmer Considers Resignation
Commissioner Edwin E. Farmer said he will meet with the Board of Commissioners tonight to decide whether to resign. He indicated the decision will be made after discussions and noted the commissioners had arranged this plan in a telephone interview.
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Carroll Allen
Aiken County
Edwin E. Farmer
Board of Commissioners
Farmer
Miss Medlock and Miss Willing Crowned Queen of Hearts
Bonnie Willing won the junior high queen title and Sharon Medlock the senior high crown at the Queen of Hearts Fashion Show. The event, chaired by Ed Bryant and Steve White, awarded runners up Nell McElmurray Betsy Wilson Terri Lawrence Duvall Platt and Shelby Rutland. About $1000 was raised for the heart fund.
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Sharon Medlock
Bonnie Willing
Wendell Hall
Miss Medlock
Miss Willing
Lloyd Willing
Ed Bryant
Aiken County Heart Board
G. A. Medlock
Steve White
Heart Board
Terri Lawrence
Duvall Platt
Shelby Rutland
Odd Numbers Go Tomorrow in Statewide Gas Rationing
If all goes as expected a voluntary gasoline rationing plan will begin in South Carolina on Tuesday. Officials have watched Charleston where a rationing plan started last week to gauge statewide impact.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
Charleston
Gas Station Break-Ins Spark Local Crime Wave
Exxon and Boylston Bros. stations reported break-ins with stolen cash and valuables including a car and electronics. Aiken and North Augusta police seen busy with larceny and disorderly conduct cases while fire crews tackled Kitchen and Winn-Dixie blazes. The article also notes proposed odd-even gas purchase rules and a seven-day-a-week sale plan to ease lines and panic buying.
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Leroy Carver
Williamsburg St
Boylston Bros. Soc
Richland Ave
RCA
Bronzell Hicks
Democrats Set Nominees for New Ellenton Mayor and Council
New Ellenton Democrats will pick mayor and four council nominees in tomorrow's primary at the Civic Center from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Winners face Republican opponents in the March 26 city election. Unexpired council seat and several four year terms are contested by a slate including J M Eubanks Gene Rollins Wilbur Maddox Lillian Hammack Don Jarrett Earl Martin WA Russell Gene Whitman Eleanor Upchurch Jesse Cook T W Temple and water commissioner W J Hill.
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Democrats
New Ellenton Civic Center
Republican Party
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J.M. Eubanks
Gene Rollins
Wilbur Maddox
Lillian Hammack
Don Jarrett
Earl Martin
WA. Russell
Gene Whitman
Langley
Eleanor Upchurch
Jesse
Cook
T W. Temple
W.J. Hill
Polo Match Rescheduled Between Aiken and Columbia at Powderhouse Field
The Aiken vs Columbia polo match, postponed due to wet grounds, will now be held Wednesday at 3 30 p m at Powderhouse Field. Aiken lineup set with Lave Widner and Tom Biddle Paul Rizzo Pete Bostwick. Columbia counters with Terry Young Heath Manning Tom Harris and Don Boyd. General admission costs 1 50.
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Columbia
Powderhouse Field
Lave Wid
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Tom Biddle
Paul Rizzo
Pete Bostwick
Terry Young
Heath Manning
Tom Harris
Don Boyd
Fire injures Msgr. Smith during morning service
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. George Lewis Smith’s garments caught fire near a candle at 9:30 a.m. Sunday services but he was not seriously harmed. Aiken Standard photographer Sara Molen helped extinguish the flames as bystanders watched.
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George Lewis Smith
Aiken Standard
Sara Molen
Msgr. Smith
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