South Carolina weighs stiffer armed robbery penalties
The SC Legislature backs Gov McNair on tougher penalties for armed crime. Senate amendments to a bill would add prison terms or fines for possessing a firearm during robbery rape or assault. Rep Grant proposals seek 10 to 20 year minimums for armed robbery with no parole for repeat offenses.
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Lem Harper
Richland
William Doar
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Aiken
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Grant
Bridal Show Feb 26 Guides Wedding Plans At Aiken Standard
Aiken Standard hosts a bridal show on Thursday February 26 at 8 p m to help couples plan from engagement to wedding and the first days in a new home. Displays offer decor fashion and ceremony tips under candlelight with classical guitar music.
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Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Soviet launches 13th Molniya satellite
Tass reports a new Molniya series satellite has been launched to provide communications between central Russia and remote regions like Siberia. The craft entered a highly eccentric orbit from 303 miles to 24,300 miles, circling Earth every 11 hours 43 minutes.
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Russia
Siberia
Sixpence In Danger Spars Decimals Plans Stir Public Pressure
Treasury Minister William Rogers said Britain is delaying its move to decimal currency and end the sixpence coin. The sixpence, worth six U.S. cents, is the most common coin in circulation. Protests from MPs shopkeepers and the public followed the plan to scrap it next year after 419 years.
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London
Treasury
William Rogers
U.S
War Against Rats Sweeps Korea Officials Say
Seoul AP reports South Koreans killed 41.5 million rats in a nationwide pest control drive started January 26. The death toll equals 46 percent of the estimated rat population, with free poison distributed to 5.4 million households at a cost of 460,900 dollars. Rats damage about five percent of grain output, roughly 340,000 tons annually.
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Agriculture Forestry Ministry
Korea
Bangkok Ends GIs R and R Trips as Ties Strain
The U S Commando停止 rest and recuperation flights to Bangkok after Thailand revoked permits. About 5,500 Americans and 1,000 Thai soldiers took a week of leave monthly, with Bangkok papers estimating GI spending near $2 million monthly.
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Bangkok
U.S
Vietnam
Prince Charles to Join Navy after Cambridge Graduation
Buckingham Palace announced Prince Charles 21 will serve four months with the Royal Air Force after Cambridge graduation in June. He then enters Dartmouth Naval College in September 1971 under a graduate entry scheme for three to five years before deciding on further service. The royal lineage includes Prince Philip and kings George VI and V in the Royal Navy.
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Royal Air Force
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King George VI
King George V
Senate approves 36 billion education aid bill
The Senate passes a 36 billion education aid package after defeating Southern attempts to attach a ban on busing for integration while the House adds antidesegregation riders to a HEW and Labor appropriations bill. The measure, the largest education package to clear either chamber, awaits conference with the House.
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Willie Sutton Applies for Welfare in New York
Bank robber Willie The Actor Sutton, 68, applied for welfare assistance at a Brooklyn center. He was promised 78 dollars monthly plus half rent. Sutton, released last Christmas Eve after a 17 year prison term, said he was staying with relatives.
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Willie
Sutton
Brooklyn
Tricia Nixon Returns to White House After Illness
Tricia Nixon resumes duties at the White House after a Florida stay for flu recovery and a subsequent measles illness at Key Biscayne. She departed for home on February 1 and had been visiting since January 24.
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Tricia Nixon
White House
Key Biscayne, Fla
Florida
Wingless Spacecraft HL10 Surges At 1224 MPH
HL10, a wingless spacecraft, reached 1 224 mph in a seven minute test over a Southern California desert. The craft climbed to more than 67 000 feet after launch from a B52 bomber, with NASA confirming the result on Thursday.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
California
Dual Campus High School Plan Outlined for PTA
Aiken PTA heard details on a dual campus high school to meet federal integration rules with lower cost. Beasley outlined a tentative curriculum linking Schofield and Aiken campuses with 21 new ninth grade courses and 24 tenth grade options at Schofield, plus 32 junior and 38 senior courses at Aiken.
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Aiken
Aiken High School Parent Teachers Association
Schofield
Beasley
Seven Aiken High students face return hearings after drug offenses
The Aiken School Advisory Council will hold individual hearings to decide if seven Aiken High School students may return for the rest of the year after guilty pleas or a court finding for illegal possession of drugs. Judge Williamson deferred sentencing to June with possible readmission. An additional student will be tried in May on two drug counts. Sentences were deferred in another marijuana case.
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Aiken School Advisory Council
Aiken High School
Aiken County Juvenille
Arthur Croll
Advisory Council
Aiken County School Board
Croll
Howard K. Williamson
Aiken County General Sessions Court
Increased Violence Forecast In Mideast
Israeli jets attacked Egyptian military targets along the Suez Canal in response to a downed Israeli aircraft. Lebanese Interior Minister Kamal Jumblatt warned that violence in the Middle East will rise in two months, urging Arab unity against Israel.
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U.N
Lord Caradon
Britain
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Armand Berard
Obscene Film Case Advances in Aiken Investigation
No further arrests have been made after the seizure of pornographic film in Aiken Saturday. The investigation continues as police pursue additional leads. An 18 year old received a $100 fine in city court after pleading guilty to possession of obscene material consisting of three rolls of film.
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Aiken
Allies Hit North Vietnam in Big Clash Killing 166
Allied forces reported heavy fighting in the Mekong Delta with 166 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed. Two American helicopters were shot down, raising US losses to 16 in 10 days. total US deaths 39, South Vietnamese 4, with 36 Americans and 52 South Vietnamese wounded. B52 bombers hammered supply depots near Cambodia and Laos.
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U.S
Mekong Delta
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