Thurmond Denies Fuel Company Influence on Votes
Senator Strom Thurmond rejected claims that petroleum company contributions affected his votes on natural gas deregulation. Edwin Rothschild of the American Public Gas Association said 28 senators benefited from oil money, but later softened by noting omissions and inaccuracies in the list.
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Washington
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
American Public Gas Association
Edwin Rothschild
Thurmond
Rothschild
Phillips Petroleum Co
Overpayments Reported in Social Security Program
An independent audit says the Social Security Administration overpaid about 197 million dollars in the first six months of the new SSI distribution system. States expect to recover the funds and Louisiana auditor Joe Burris notes expected negotiations amid prior reports of larger overpayments.
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Baton Rouge
Social Security Administration
Louisiana
Joe Burris
Washington Star
Beirut Hostages Released After Embassy Siege
A former mental patient expelled from Canada led four relatives and 23 hostages at the Canadian Embassy in Beirut. No shooting occurred and no one was hurt. Mohammed Haimour claimed Canada owed him 450000 for an island in British Columbia before surrendering Monday night. His estranged wife commented on his condition from Alberta.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Canada
Mohammed Haimour
Government of Canada
British Columbia
Harmour
Edmonton
Canadian
Alberta
Brezhnev Calls for Renewed Detente and Aid to MPLA
Brezhnev opened the Soviet Communist party's 25th congress urging detente with doubled energy while warning circles in the United States oppose improvement in Soviet American relations. He criticized Chinese communists and pledged continued aid to the MPLA government in Angola as a matter of revolutionary conscience. He also prioritized nuclear disarmament and cited the strategic arms limitation treaty with the United States as an urgent task.
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Moscow
Leonid I Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
United States
Soviet Union
MPLA
Angola
Balanced Budget Backed In Nebraska Support for Constitutional Convention
Nebraska joined eight states in backing a call for a federal constitutional convention if Congress fails to propose a balanced budget amendment. The 29 to 7 vote aims to trigger a convention with delegates empowered to propose amendments, needing three fourths state ratification, and hinges on Congress first offering an amendment. Senator James Clark of Maryland leads the movement.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
West Virginia
Delaware
Maryland
Mississippi
North Dakota
Georgia
Louisiana
United States
Congress
James Clark
Warmer Weather Expected With Sunny Skies
A dry forecast shows temperatures rising into the mid 70s with near zero chance of rain. Tonight's low will be mid 30s as southerly and then southwesterly winds shift to 10 to 15 mph. The outlook calls for cloudy warmth Thursday and a fair, mild Friday and Saturday.
Sweater mixup leads to mistaken hospital photo in Aiken
The Page 1 image showed Mozelle Hatfield instead of Joyce Reddick due to a borrowed sweater name tag. Hatfield, now retired, assisted moving patients at the new and old Aiken County Hospital in 1936 and later. The Aiken Post Office scrapbook remains unclaimed after a year. Charlotte Coney enjoyed a happy golf day as Midland Valley Country Club Women’s Nine Hole group member broke 100 for 18 holes for the first time last Tuesday.
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Aiken
Aiken County Hospital
Mozelle Hatfield
Joyce Reddick
Charlotte Coney
Midland Valley Country Club
Valehem Odor Crisis Linked to Training Shortfalls
DHEC official Randy Mahan labels spills at Valchem as human error due to inadequate training on ethylacrylate. Valchem VP L C Mixon notes multiple morning-shift incidents from gasket, valve, and storage tank failures and outlines EPA-driven plant changes and a safety assessment by an engineering firm.
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Valehem
Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Columbia
Randy Mahan
Mahan
Waldhem
Mixon
Valchem
Clearwater
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
CAC Request Ranked Last In Priority
Aiken County Community Action Commission CAC moved to the lowest priority among six for Title XX funds totaling 32 million at a Denmark meeting An ad hoc committee selected CAC for 67203 to support its transportation program The Salvation Army and Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center also sought funds with varied program aims and amounts.
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Aiken
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Orangeburg Community Action Commission
Orangeburg Family Court Partners
Arimae Burrell
New Hampshire Primary Opens Ford Edges Reagan in Dixville Notch
In New Hampshire the Republican field features Ford and Reagan with Ford winning Dixville Notch 11 to 4. Democrats pursue a crowded slate led by Carter Udall Bayh Harris and Shriver with write ins for Humphrey and Connally. polls open at 6 and close at 8 in most towns.
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Concord. N. H
New Hampshire
Ronald Reagan
President Ford
Dixville Notch
Ford
Georgia
Jimmy Carter Ford
Reagan
Carter
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Arizona
Morris K. Udall
Len Henry Jackson
Washington
Udall
Bayh
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
R. Sargent Shriver
Missouri
Ellen McCormack
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Texas
John B. Connally
Hunter Named News Editor To Succeed Mrs. Bull
Scott B. Hunter will become acting news editor of the Aiken Standard replacing Emily L. Bull who moves to the Hilton Head Island Packet. Hunter, a UNC journalism master's holder and former sports editor since 1973, is from Rockville Maryland. Mrs. Bull will head the Island Packet beginning March. she is Knoxville born and started at the Aiken Standard in 1968, later serving as women's editor and advertising manager.
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Scott B. Hunter
Aiken Standard
Emily L. Bull
Hilton Head Island
University of South Carolina
UNC
Bull
Island Packet March
Knoxville
Hospital Move Goes Extremely Well in Aiken
The move of 54 patients from Aiken County Hospital to Aiken Community Hospital went smoothly with no incidents. 17 new admissions followed, plus about 50 daily emergency visits. total patients reached 70 by midnight. Tomorrow the county will audit funds and transfer custody to officials as 24 hour operations begin.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken County Hospital
J. Sam Nesbit Jr
Nesbit
Aiken County
CC. McGregor and Co
Columbia
Aiken County Paramedical Services
Aiken Civil Defense
Donnie J. Williams
Aiken Council Eyes Appeals Over Rail Reopening
Aiken City Council voted to appeal the ICC ruling allowing Southern Railway to reopen its Aiken to Warrenville track. Three motions passed authorize appeal avenues, condemn the ruling, and urge Southern Railway to repair bridges over the railroad cut. Councilman Robert S Perry defended the plan noting the track affects livelihoods.
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Aiken
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railway
ICC
Ing
Robert S
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Ed Harrell
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Hilton Head
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South Carolina Press Association
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Maine
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Richard M. Nixon
China
Nixon
Hugh Gregg
Old Hospital
Murry Sill
Appeal Avenue
Perry
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