Aiken County Board weighs indigent care fund plan
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners discussed a proposed $300 000 annual indigent care fund to support patients at the new Aiken Community Hospital set to open February 23 The plan would have monthly indigent care calculations with refunds if under 25 000 and withholding if over 25 000 until approved by the commission. The panel also reviewed authority over Teen Town moves and budget shifts including 3 200 from Engineering to Building and Grounds and 3 000 within the Clerk of Court office plus hiring Newsome as county clerk and a landfill compactor purchase considering legal timelines.
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Hospital Corporation of America
HCA
Aiken County
Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken
J Sam Nesbit Jr
Commission
Cleve Edmunds
Charles W. Prosser
Harold V. Graybeal
Lucas Ray
Spartanburg General Hospital
Teen Town
Edmunds
Donnie J. Williams
Williams
E.H. Jean G ) Newsome
North Augusta
Susan Willis
Langley
Mandatory sentences urged by liberal scholars and politicians
A Washington panel urges mandatory prison terms for violent offenders and the end of parole. The four year study argues punishment should reflect desert rather than rehabilitation with longer sentences limited to the most vicious criminals. Charles Goodell chaired the committee formed after the 1971 Attica riot, financed by Field and New World Foundations.
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Washington
Committee For the Study of
Crim
New York
Charles Goodell
Attica
Field Foundation
New World Foundation
63 Savings And Loans Troubled In 1975
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board listed 63 savings and loan institutions as problem banks at year end 1975. Fifteen were in the most serious category likely needing government aid without drastic changes. Total assets of the 63 were about 5.6 billion, 1.7 percent of insured institutions' 330.3 billion. The 15 troubled firms held about 688 million in assets.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings and Loan
Alabama Probe Reopens Sixteenth Street Church Bombing Case
Birmingham reports Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley reopened the 1963 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing probe. The edition cites sources and mentions former FBI informer Gary Rowe Jr. giving names before a U.S. Senate appearance last December.
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Birmingham
Ala
Aim News
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Saidey
FBI
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Baxley
Rowe
U.S. Senate
Lebanon seeks 1.5 billion loan package for postwar economy
Economy Minister Adel Osseiran says Lebanon will request 1.5 billion in loans from the United States, Europe and Arab oil states to aid economic reconstruction. He notes preliminary damage estimates range from 3.5 to 4.4 billion dollars, with higher figures possible.
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Beirut
Lebanon
United States
Europe
Adel Osseiran
Morgan Stands by FBI Critique After White House Meeting
Sen. Robert Morgan refuses to back down from accusing the FBI of being rotten to the core while noting the remark targets headquarters not field agents. He seeks checks and balances to curb police state type tactics without external approval, after a Tuesday meeting with FBI Director Clarence Kelley.
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Washington
Robert Morgan
D-N.c
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Kelley
Europeans Worry About Ally
Europeans fear the postwar alliance with the United States may crumble as AP finds Europeans question U S leadership amid White House Congress rifts and domestic turmoil. They worry Ford era policies may not counter Soviet threats and that distrust could extend to future administrations.
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London
United States
White House
Congress
Ford
Texas Boys Choir Enjoys Reception at South Africa Presbyterian Church
The Texas Boys Choir delighted in a post concert reception at South Africa Presbyterian Church and were interviewed by the press for the first time. F M Buddy Vann drew envy at the Wives Appreciation banquet as he banged the gavel to remove his wife from order, drawing applause from the audience.
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Texas Boys Choir
South Airica Presbyterian Church
F. M
Vann
Ford Plans Curbs on Domestic Surveillance
President Ford’s intelligence plan would bar the CSA and the National Security Agency from eavesdropping on conversations to from or inside the United States. Guidelines to be issued would ban infiltration of domestic organizations except those composed of non US persons believed to act for foreign powers. The plan also prohibits physical surveillance inside the United States of most individuals, allowed only for agency employees with classified access and with agency head approval. Domestic break ins would be outlawed entirely.
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Washington
CSA
National Security Agency
United States
Ford
Administration
Associated Press
Internal Revenue Service
FBI
Justice Department
CIA
George Bush
NSA
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Lyn Notziger
Ter Reagan
Fords
North Augusta Council sets April 27 election for 3 seats
The North Augusta City Council set April 27 for an election of three council seats with March 9 noon filing and March 30 first primary. if needed, a second primary would be held on April 6. Major items included traffic signal design costs near $9,000 and HUD funds totaling $200,000 for priorities like a fire substation and Riverview Park improvements.
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North Augusta City Council
Martintown Road
Westibou - Bunting
Council
Henry R. McKenney
North Augusta
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Citizens Advisory Committee
Riverview Park
Weekend Forecast Drops Rain Chance After Warm Day
A spring thundershower is possible this afternoon or tonight with a 10 percent chance of rain overnight. Lows near 48 degrees tonight and a high around 72 degrees Thursday.
Juvenile arrests halt basketball game at Aiken High
Aiken City Police arrested two juveniles after a scuffle at an Aiken High School game between Aiken Junior High and Jefferson Junior High forced referees to stop play with the score 47 22. An adult suspect is being sought.
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Aiken City
Aiken Junior High School
Jefferson Junior High School
Bath
Aiken High School
Aiken
OW Ray
Lke Lewis
Three Outstanding Young Men of South Carolina Named
Harvey Mike of Aiken Scott McPherson of North Augusta and Rodney A Peeples of Barnwell will be recognized by the State Jaycees as the Three Outstanding Young Men of South Carolina at the Winter Board meeting in Charleston. The trio were selected from local Distinguished Service Award winners and advance to national consideration. Harvey earned his DSA in January for his work with Helping Hands a home for neglect.
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Aiken County
Barnwell
Jaycees
South Carolina
Charleston
Mike Harvey
Aiken
Scott McPherson
North Augusta
Rodney A. Peeples
Jaycee Chapter
DSA
Harvey
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Harold C. Asher
Concerned Citizens For Canine Control
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Connaughton
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