Beauf ort County battles BASF plan sparks local rift
Beaufort County faces deep divisions over BASF chemical plants with pro and anti factions clashing and a proposed one year inshore fishing moratorium aimed at studying marine ecology. Rep J Wilton Graves backs the measure while critics warn of economic reprisals and political gain. The dispute harms civic unity and reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaufort County
J. Wilton Graves
Bluffton
Port Victoria
Beaufort
Rep
Jraves
W. Brantley Harvey Jr
BASF
Vietnam's Da Nang As Center Of Marine Withdrawal
The article describes Da Nang as a historic hub where Marine forces established HQ and begin withdrawal in 1965 and 2000 Marines shipped out on Jan 31. It notes ARVN 1st Division gains, local self defense forces growth, Tet 1968 shifting public support, and journalists misreading war aims.
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Tourane
U.S
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Charter Granted to North Augusta in 1906 Amid County-Seat Drive
The article traces North Augusta's origins on land once owned by the Mealing Butler and Hahn families and developed by the North Augusta Land Co. James A. Jackson started the town dream, with surveys in 1891 and a charter issued on April 11, 1906. A 1902 push sought Heyward County with North Augusta as seat. the plan failed in the Columbia legislature as too small.
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North Augusta
Mealing
Butler
Hahn
North
Mattie Butler Mealing
The
Land Company
Horne
Getzen
Boeck
Heyward
Aiken
Edgefield
Barnwell
Abbeville
Nortis
Augusta
Washington
Meriwether
Collier
Edgefield County
Schultz, Gregg
Hammond
Silverton
Aiken County
H. H. Towns
H. C. Middleton
Columbia
Agnew Attacks Media Bias On TV Coverage And Protests
The piece notes Spiro Agnew criticizing liberal bias in New York media. It cites booed moments on TV shows involving George McGovern and George Wallace, coverage of protests during his Asian tour, and AP and UPI reporting distortions. It mentions Eisenhower Commission findings and a call for fair interpretive reporting.
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George Wallace
Agnew
Cept
Canberra
Australia
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Eisenhower Commission
Observations Column on the S S United States Scuttled by Policy
The S S United States, last American flag liner, has been banished from the seas and will enter indeterminate retirement. Maritime unions pushed subsidies that would cost over 16 million annually, with more than 9 million in labor costs, amid rising wages and strikes. The piece critiques union leaders and argues the loss harms all, while a second note recalls a seven year old's joke about fishing.
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S.S. United States
Union
S. S. United States
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Samuel A. Cothran
Eugene J. Oyler
Rep. Graves
S.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
Secretary Finch
Danang
Amphibious Corps
Leathernecks
Herman N. Nickerson, Jr
Massachusetts
North Vietnam
United States
Mrs
Henry G. Mealing
Dorothy K. Macdowell
George McGovern
David Frost
Ted Kennedy
Afghanistan
National Commission On the
Milton Eisenhower
Gallup
John Macy
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Paul Harvey
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