Deaf and blind children taught in Aiken public school
In Aiken a special class for deaf blind children at the Hitchcock Center gives rare, focused instruction. Led by Mrs. Janis Huckeba and Dr. John Bradley, the program uses large print, magnifiers and hearing amplification. The class, in its second year, could expand if funding allows.
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Aiken
Hitchcock Center
South Carolina
Maryland
District of Columbia
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Larry Mabry
Bella
Janis Huckeba
John Bradley
Aiken County
S.C
Lawmakers Blast Road Pay As You Go In South Carolina
Richland County delegation to Gov. West condemns the pay-as-you-go road program as inefficient and costly. They back higher bonded indebtedness, funding rights of way for urban transit, and oppose a gas tax hike unless bond funds are fully utilized.
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Columbia
John C. West
Richland County
South Carolina Highway Department
Richland
South Carolina
Highway Department
Lebanese Move Against Guerrillas In Southeast Lebanon
Lebanese army moved into the Palestine guerrillas stronghold in southeast Lebanon, aiming to occupy guerrilla positions and curb raids into Israel. Arafat met Arab ambassadors in Beirut and urged them to pressure Lebanon to curb guerrilla activity in the Arkoub area.
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Beirut
Palestine
Lebanon
Israel
Yasir Arafat
Egypt
Middle East
U.N. Security Council
Man and sons rescued after boat runs aground off coast
Alonzo Sweat, 47, his two sons Alonzo Jr., 23, and Donnie, 13, and friend Herbert Wester spent Sunday night on a boat anchored off Sandy Point after running out of fuel near Cape Romain. They camped aboard in cold rain until a rescue boat found them around 4 am.
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Charleston
Alonzo Sweat
Alonzo Jr
Donnie
Herbert Wester
Lighthouse Island
Cape Romain
McClellanville
Mounted Police Return to Philadelphia Streets
Philadelphia Mayor Frank J. Rizzo announced the mounted police unit will return to city streets next week for the first time in 20 years. Six horses will be assigned to patrol business areas.
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Philadelphia
Frank J. Rizzo
Rizzo
Beef Prices Rise 3 Cents A Pound
USDA report shows January beef costs rising for consumers and farmers. Choice beef at 1.11 per pound, farmers receiving 82.5 cents, up from December. Market basket totals 1275 dollars, farmers share 512, middleman 763. Pork at 76.3 cents retail with 44.1 cents to farmers. Farmers’ share per dollar reaches 40.2 cents, up from 38.7.
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USDA
Leap Year Girls Run Aurora City Council for a Day
An all girl Leap Year City Council in Aurora Ill will hold its quadrennial meeting on February 29 with unmarried girls serving as mayor and other posts for one day. They will stage a make believe arrest of unmarried men for misogamy and fine violators three dollars each, funds going to the Aurora Heart Fund.
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Syria
Golan Heights
Middle East
Iraq
Egypt
Cairo
Murad Ghaleb
Aurora, Ill
Aurora
Dianna Hartman
Aurora Heart Fund
Busbee denounces federal busing decision on school control
South Carolina Superintendent Cyril Busbee attacked a Richmond Virginia federal court ruling calling for consolidation of white suburban districts with the black inner city district. He warned the decision would erode local and state authority and delay stability in education.
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Florence
South Carolina
Supt. of
Cyril Busbee
Richmond
Busbee
Greenville Woman Killed After Two-Car Crash
Greenville County Coroner Mercer Brissey identified the deceased as Mrs. Gladys Lynn 47 wife of Deputy Sheriff Walter Lynn. She died Monday night at a local hospital from injuries suffered in the daytime wreck.
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Greenville
Greenville County
Mercer Brissey
Gladys Lynn
Walter Lynn
Muskie Favored By Most North Carolina County Chairs
In an AP poll of 62 of North Carolina’s 100 county Democratic chairmen Muskie would carry their counties if the May 6 presidential primary were held now. Responses show 35 for Muskie 10 for Wallace 11 for Sanford and 1 for Jackson, with many predicting a close race or split loyalties depending on ballot presence. Local leaders cited potential splits and the impact of Sanford's candidacy on Muskie’s strength.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Edmund Muskie
Associated Press
Muskie
Wallace
Sanford
William C. Holder
Montgomery County
R.J. Hester Jr
Bladen County
Tom Gambill
Alleghany County
Cameron Ware
Cleveland County
Harold Blue
Moore County
Terry Sanford
Lewis E Waddell
Catawba County
William Winn
Scotland County
Ben Humphries
Rutherford County
Clarence W. Wickham
Edgecombe County
Orpheus In The Underworld Ends Aiken Concert Season
The Canadian Opera Company will perform Orpheus in the Underworld to close the Aiken Community Concert Association season. Friday at 8 p.m. in the Aiken Junior High auditorium. Open to new members. The piece, performed in English, blends myth and legend with music theatre and features Eurydice and Pluto.
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Canadian Opera Company
Aiken
Aiken Junior High
Paris
Fury
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