Aikens March Triple Crown Events Schedule
Aiken hosts a series of events from March 3 to March 25 including the Triple Crown Parade featuring Miss Triple Crown Laurie Forstner, Lancers Ball at Fermata Club, Lancing Tournament at Powderhouse Polo Field, Harness Races at Aiken Mile Track, Polo at Whitney Field, Aiken Horse Show at Hitchcock Woods, Aiken Trials at Two Notch Road, Aiken Hunt Meet at Steeplechase Field, and the Aiken Hunter Show with polo at Whitney Polo Field. multiple events span weekends with additional horse racing and social evenings.
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Aiken
Laurie Forstner
Lancers
Fermata Club
Lancing
Powderhouse
Powderhouse Road
Sir Knight
Aiken Mile
Banks Mill Road
Cancer Society
Whitney Field
Hitchcock Woods
South Boundary
Two Notch Road
Whitney
Aiken Hunt
Aiken Triple City
Dibble
Whitney Polo Field
Indians Take Over Town at Wounded Knee
About 200 members of the American Indian Movement seized control of the town at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Officials said roughly 10 residents were held hostage as AIM leaders threatened to die if their demands were not met. Some 90 law enforcement officers surrounded the area after the overnight takeover Tuesday.
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Wounded Knee
American Indian Movement
AIM
Essary
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Tremor Shakes Eastern States Prompting Emergency Calls
A tremor hit eastern Pennsylvania and parts of Delaware and Maryland for several seconds around 3 30 a m EST. No injuries or major damage were reported as residents contacted police fire departments and reporters seeking information.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Congress Moves to Extend Funding to June 30
Congress acted to beat a midnight deadline and extend current spending levels for foreign aid and the Labor Health and Welfare departments until June 30. The temporary measure, already extended four times, replaces a regular appropriation for those bodies and a failed foreign aid bill from last year.
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Washington
Congress
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Philadelphia Teachers Poised to Ratify End to Long Strike
Public school teachers are expected to ratify an agreement ending Philadelphia's eight week strike affecting 280,000 pupils. A union official says classes may resume before the weekend. The strike was the second longest in U.S. history.
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Philadelphia
U.S
Cutbacks May Be Reconsidered In Nixon Plan
Washington AP reports Nixon administration officials may review planned domestic cutbacks after governors voiced concerns. Health Secretary Caspar Weinberger said the administration would reexamine the cuts in light of governor priorities.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Strikes Paralyze Britain Rail Gas and Schools
AP reports a 24 hour stoppage by 29 000 railroad engineers plus gas workers and teachers left Britain without trains and cooking gas. Thousands of schoolchildren stayed home as teachers walked off jobs amid pay demands and wage curbs. Nationwide traffic clogged roads as services halted across the country.
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London
Nixon campaign returns Vesco contribution
The Nixon re election committee says it returned 250000 dollars donated last year by financier Robert L Vesco who is charged by the SEC in a 224 million dollar fraud case.
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New York
Nixon
Robert L. Vesco
Securities and Exchange Commission
North Augusta rape suspect identified in lineup
North Augusta police announce the arrest of a black man described as a drifter for rape and armed robbery. He was identified by the victim from an Augusta lineup and linked to January 1973 Georgia Avenue incident. four aliases are listed and age estimates vary from 28 to 31.
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Judy Rich
North Augusta
Augusta
Walter Newman
Willie James Cooper
Willie James Mincy
Willie Mincy Brown
Willie James Jackson
Newman
Georgia Avenue
Architect Says Courthouse Cost $750000 More Now
Architect John W. Weems told the Board of Commissioners the county administrative building now costs 3,065,000, up 750,000 from two years ago. He noted 104,000 spent on plans. Commissioner Wade Brodie reported 74 percent of the public oppose the old site between Richland and Park Avenues within Aiken city limits. He said several good downtown sites exist but would not discuss them.
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John W. Weems
Board of Commissioners
Weems
Wade Brodie
Richland and
Park Avenues
Aiken
Brodie
LaCouture
Administrator LaCouture To Lead Aiken County Government
Robert A. LaCouture, 40, named Aiken County administrator, begins at $21 000 yearly and aims to build the county's first home rule government. A New England native, he has held five admin posts since 1960 and holds a public administration master’s from Denver. He plans a 30 day briefing period and views the role as a staff assistant to the board.
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Aiken County
Robert A. LaCouture
New England
LaCouture
University of Denver
Weather warms after partly cloudy day
The forecast says today will be partly cloudy and cool with a rise in temperature tomorrow afternoon. Highs near 50s today with mid 60s to 68 tomorrow, and rain chances near zero today, 10 percent tonight, and 20 percent Thursday.
North Augusta Belvedere Clearwater Rescue Squad Planned
Aiken County Civil Defense coordinates initial plans to form a volunteer rescue squad in North Augusta Belvedere Clearwater to assist individuals and agencies during emergencies. The unit would mirror the Aiken County Rescue Squad based in Aiken. Contacts: Thomas Reames 663-3803 John Harris 279-2463 Fred Jennings 279-5756.
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Augusta- Belvedere - Clearwater
Aiken
Jennings
Aiken County
North Augusta-Belvedere
Clearwater
Thomas Reames
John Harris
Belvedere
Fred Jennings
Tickets On Sale For March 10 Harness Race
Advance tickets for the March 10 harness race at the Jefferson Aiken Mile Trotting Track are $1.50 for adults and free for children under six. Tickets available at Aiken Drug Woodruff Drug Medical Arts Pharmacy Chamber of Commerce and local banks until race morning.
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Jefferson - Aiken
Aiken Drug
Woodruff Drug
Medical Arts Pharmacy
Chamber of Commerce
Aiken County Names New Administrator at Meeting
Ronald LaCouture addressed the audience as the new Aiken County administrator at last night’s county commissioners session. The crowd discussed plans for an April event titled Broadway Comes to Aiken, organized by the Key Club of Aiken High School to raise funds for Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center and the Cancer Society.
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Kay Lawrence
Augusta Chronicle
Aiken County
Ronald LaCouture
Aiken
Key
Aiken High School
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
The
Cancer Society
Farm Prices Blamed For Food Hike
Washington report says higher farm prices entirely caused January’s 2.5 percent rise in supermarket food costs. Beef and pork hit record highs while eggs rose 18 percent. The farm share was $588 in January, middlemen $787, and the market basket cost $1,375 annually.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
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Ralph Cullinan
Ronald A. LaCouture
Susan Schubert
Alec Lamis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Michigan State University
Maplewood
Minn
Richland
Wash
N.A. Area
Columbus
Aiken Housewives
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