Aiken County Voters Face Supervisor and Senate Runoffs
Voters in Aiken County will elect a new supervisor and a 7th District state senator with polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Richard Freeman and Mackey Scott vie for supervisor while A. J. Dolley and Carlton Truax contest the senate seat. The winner replaces late Fred Scott and Floyd Spence respectively. turnout expected moderate.
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Aiken County
Richard Freeman
Warrenville
Mackey Scott
Aiken
Fred Scott
A. J. Dolley
Lexington
S.C. House of
Carlton Truax
Lexington County
GOP
Floyd Spence
Congress
Edgefield
Saluda
Freeman
Midway Mobile Homes
Farmers Home Administration
Zora Lee Posey
Officials to review nuclear attack warning system failure
Washington reports the defense department and the FCC will scrutinize the emergency alert system after a second straight malfunction. NORAD operates the system from Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs and technicians cited tape insertion errors as the cause of Saturday and Sunday faults affecting AP and UP teletypes.
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Washington
White House
Defense Department
Federal Communications Commission
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado Springs
Colo
Associated Press
United Press International
Nixon Family Dines Quietly at Columbia Club
President and Mrs. Nixon with two daughters dined at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase Maryland to mark Tricia Nixon's 25th birthday. The family sat in the regular dining room with about 30 others, greeting staff as they left.
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Washington
Nixon
Columbia Country Club
Tricia Nixon
Chevy Chase
Congress
White House
Nixons
South Vietnamese Drive Toward Laos Stalled Again
North Vietnamese attacks slowed Saigon's push into Laos for the fifth day. Saigon's lead force about 17 percent of a mile from the border, two weeks after crossing. Campaign failed to cut Ho Chi Minh trail supply, as North Vietnamese truck traffic reportedly doubled to around 2,000 per day and moved west of the South Vietnamese advance.
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Saigon
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Aiken TEC Hosts All Day Workshop for Instructors
Aiken TEC runs an all day workshop for management development instructors from 8 30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce Conference Room with sessions continuing on Tuesdays and Thursdays in March.
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Aiken Tec
Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Thurmond Hosts Guests Then Accepts ROA Award
Senate star Strom Thurmond hosted a pre banquet gathering in a Washington hotel suite and posed for photos with about 100 invitees. Later he and his wife Nancy attended a 1800 person filet dinner where he said the award was his greatest achievement since Nancy said yes in 1968.
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Washington
Sen. Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Nancy
Stocks Open Lower as Market Reels from Profit-Taking
New York stocks fell broadly at the open as profit-taking persisted. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped modestly while NYSE decliners outpaced advancers by about four to one.
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New York
Meir Cabinet Presses Egypt on New Boundaries
Middle East authorities say Prime Minister Golda Meir’s cabinet insists Egypt negotiate revised borders with Israel after Cairo offers a peace framework tied to Sinai withdrawal. Cairo rejects the demand amid talks and refugee settlement conditions.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Egypt
Israel
Cairo
Sinai Peninsula
Stumper Needs A Winner at Aiken Standard
The $470.00 Stumper puzzle, printed in Friday’s paper, still has extra copies for sale at the Aiken Standard, 124 Rutland Drive. Submit your entry by noon Wednesday to be counted as a possible grand winner.
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Aiken
Rutland Drive
Robbers Break In At Ed ward M Brown Co
Robbers left footprints and tire tracks and stole about 100 dollars in cash and 125 blank payroll checks from Ed ward M Brown Co at 2101 Park Avenue East. Discovered by Arlos Richardson about 3 30 p m Sunday. Entry gained by breaking a side window. This is Brown s fourth robbery in three years totaling about 1000 dollars. Loss not insured. Aiken County sheriff s office notified. investigation underway.
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Edward M. Brown Co
Park Avenue
East
Brown
Arlos Richardson
Aiken County
Three New Trustees Named To County Hospital Board
The Aiken County Legislative Delegation named three new trustees to the Aiken County Hospital Board William R Bland of New Ellenton Jer ry Howell Jr of Graniteville and C M Shackelford of Aiken. Reappointments included Dr George Poda G H Vander voort and William Q Cristie. Retiring board members were Morgan Mitchell Robert Buchanan and C J Asbill. Charles Duncan was appointed to the Tax Control Board replacing George McElmurray with Beech Island retirement. Reappointments to the Tax Control Board were W H Johnson and F Irvin Schueler.
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County Hospital
Aiken County Hospital
Aiken County
William R. Bland
New Ellenton
Jerry Howell Jr
Graniteville
C. M. Shackelford
Aiken
George Poda
G. H. Vandervoort
William QO. Cristie
North Augusta
Morgan Mitchell
Langley
Robert Buchanan
C. J. Asbill
Wagener
Charles Duncan of
Tax Control Board
George McElmurray
Beech Island
W. H. Johnson
F. Irvin Schueler
Mass Tornado Toll and Devastation Across Delta States
Dozens are dead and hundreds injured as a line of tornadoes sweeps a 100 mile Mississippi River Delta path. Mississippi reports 68 fatalities with additional deaths in Le Flore County and Inverness. Louisiana loses six at Delhi area. Wide damage, outages, and mass sheltering followed.
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Mississippi River
Mississippi
Louisiana
LeFlore
Inverness
Miss
Willie Young
Delhi
National Guard
Red Cross
James Eastland
Dmiss
Nixon
University of Mississippi At Oxford
Jackson
Ray Armstrong
Civil Defense
Weather Service
New Orleans
Sulky Racing Opens Aiken Triple Crown Series
March 6 at Jefferson-Aiken Trotting Training Center features sulky racing with 8 races in 2 heats. Older horses compete while Cancer Society gains net proceeds from advance ticket sales.
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Jefferson - Aiken
The
Cancer Society
Aiken
United States
Aiken Standard
Chamber of Commerce
Powderhouse Road
1970 Census Shows Aiken County Population Rise
Aiken County population reached 91 023 in 1970, up 12.3 percent from 1960. State population totaled 2 590 516, a substantial increase from 1960. The report breaks down by race, age groups, housing, ownership, and urban rural classification. Data drawn from two 1970 census advance reports PC W2 HC VI.
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Aiken County
Bureau of the Census
U.S. Department of Commerce
Aiken
U. S
New Ellenton Man Perishes In Fire
A 42 year old man died of apparent suffocation when a one room home burned Saturday night in New Ellenton. Police identify the victim as William Harrison of Long Street. The fire was confined to the room and police suspect a faulty flue as the cause.
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New Ellenton
L. Ramsey
William Harrison
Long Street
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Dooley
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Strom Thurmond
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Martin Broadwell
Atlanta
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Auburn
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North Carolina State
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Bath
Dwayne Whitfill
Clearwater
H. W. Griffin
R. S. Fletcher
George Gilmer
E. I. DuPont
T. H. Pardue
Cecil Bearden
Graniteville Co
Jerry Galbraith
Ronald Kelner
James Pearce
Kimberly Clark
Newton Holloway
South Carolina
ROA
New York Stock Exchange
Rotary
Change of Pace Rotary
Susan Howard
Norman Howard
Aiken High School
University of South Carolina Orchestra
Augusta Symphony
Aiken High
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Mozart
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