New $1.2 Million Ramada Inn Motel Under Way in Aiken
Edisto Development Corporation of Aiken announces morning groundbreaking for a Ramada Inn motel and restaurant on five acres along U.S. 1 near Kalmia Plaza. The two story complex will include eighty rooms, a restaurant with multiple rooms, a lounge, meeting spaces, and a pool. Inn Keepers, Inc. of Chicago will manage the property for the owners led by James E. Simons, William E Carpenter, Kenneth A. Braun, Furman G. Gunter, A. C. McPherson, and Van C. Ivey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edisto Development Corporation of
Aiken
Norman W. Younts
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
U.S. 1
Richland Avenue
Kalmia Plaza
Inn Keepers, Inc
Chicago
William E Carpenter
Kenneth A. Braun
Furman G. Gunter
A.C. McPherson
van C. Ivey
Japan and U.S. strike three year textile export limit pact
Japanese Ambassador Hokuhiko Ushiba and U.S. Ambassador David Kennedy signed a three year agreement to limit wool and man made fiber textile exports to the American market. They said the deal ends a trade dispute that had become the severest issue between Tokyo and Washington.
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U.S
Hokuhiko Ushiba
David Kennedy
Japan
Kennedy
Ushiba
Tokyo
Washington
UPI Telephoto
King Frederik IX Sees Improved Heart Function
Ailing Danish King Frederik IX, 72, remained hospitalized after a Monday heart attack. Doctors report a quiet night with improved heart function and say his general condition remains good.
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Copenkragen
Ing Frederik IX
Radioactive isotope leak delays jet flight across five states
A Delta Air Lines jet leaked radioactive molybdenum from an 80 curie shipment during a flight from Kennedy Airport to Houston. The radioactive contamination spread to several airports in five states. Atomic Energy Commission officials say there is no apparent health hazard and no one was hurt.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Delta Air Lines
Atomic Energy Commission
G. H. Giboney
AEC
Savannah River
Aiken
S.C
Delta
Atlanta
Kennedy Airport
New York
Houston
Tex
Findley to Tour Europe and Soviet Union on Soybean Mission
Rep. Paul Findley of Illinois announced a European tour with a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee and a special trip to the Soviet Union. He plans to urge officials to consider soybeans for human consumption and livestock feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Findley
Illinois
House
Soviet Union
Findley
Furious Row Report At Heathrow Involving Onassis
The Daily Mirror claims Jackie Onassis and Aristotle Onassis had a violent quarrel in a VIP lounge at Heathrow Airport, with Mrs Onassis flying to the United States alone. Onassis calls the report nonsense and plans to join her in New York next week.
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London
Jackie Onassis
Aristotle
Heathrow
New York
The
Daily Mirror
Onassis
Armstrong Teaches First UC Class in Aerospace Engineering
Neil A. Armstrong former Apollo 11 astronaut now professor at the University of Cincinnati taught his first class this week in applied aircraft performance. He joined three months ago and has not spoken to newsmen since a recent news conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati, Ohio
Neil A. Armstrong
University of Cincinnati
Armstrong
Record High Gold Prices Across London and Zurich
Gold prices reached new records for the second day in London and Zurich. Dealers cited technical market factors rather than dollar strength as the cause. In morning trading, London gold traded between 44.25 and 44.50 dollars per ounce.
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London
Zurich
U S Planes and Helicopters Lost in Laos Saigon Area
U S command reports a fighter bomber downed over northern Laos and four U S helicopters shot down near Saigon during a night patrol attack. An F4 Phantom from last Friday is missing with two crewmen. 15 crewmen overall missing and six rescued. A 25 man patrol near Ben Cat faced heavy enemy fire with six South Vietnamese wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Laos
North Vietnam
Ben Cat
Obsolete State Laws Target of Assembly
South Carolina plans to introduce 500 to 600 bills to update the state Code as the 1972 General Assembly opens in Columbia. Henry L. Lake, code commissioner, proposes deleting unconstitutional race laws and obsolete items such as Francis Willard Day observances, with a 72 page report urging hundreds of deletions and local measures.
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Columbia
South Carolina
General Assembly
Francis Willard
Henry
L. Lake
Lake
Legislative Council
Morris Sees Income Tax Hike Only Route for Revenue
Lt. Gov. Earle E. Morris Jr told Aiken Rotarians that if South Carolina must raise taxes the burden should fall on income taxes not sales tax. He warned of belt tightening, projected a $50 million state budget gap, and predicted a $40 million boost from textiles and corporate profits. He noted reassessment, no fault insurance, liquor by the drink, absentee voting, and broadened ballots for the handicapped as potential legislative actions.
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Earle E. Morris Jr
Aiken Rotarians
South Carolina
Morris
Palmetto
Morrison
General Assembly
Columbia
Associated Press
Veteran photographer John W. Busch retires from Aiken Standard
John W. Busch, 64, longtime Aiken Standard photographer, retires effective January. An award winner for the 1969 Aiken Hunt Meeting photo, he is famed for polo, hunt scenes, and cattle imagery. He entered photography in 1923 and shot polo in 1925 with a five by seven afflex camera, shaping decades of horse sports coverage.
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John W. Busch
Aiken Standard
Jan. J. Busch
Aiken
National
Steeplechase and Hunt Association
Busch
Ambulance Service Plan Clears Legislature In Aiken
The Aiken County Legislative Delegation unanimously approves creating an Aiken County Ambulance Commission and appointing its members. They vote to pay the LSRC assessment of 23 750 after debates and consider reorganizing the LSRC into a 48 member Council of Governments. A joint ambulance meeting within two weeks will decide between hiring a professional firm or a county run service.
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Aiken County
Lower Savannah
LSRC
Lower
Savannah
Council of Governments
Carolina Ambulance Service
Columbia
Gilbert McMillan
John Henry Williams
Zack Fulmer
Muskie Enters Democratic Presidential Race With TV Announcement
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie formally joins the Democratic presidential field after financing a $30,000 nationwide TV spot taped at his Kennebunk Beach home. He has spent over $1 million and campaigned in 34 states, while rivals McGovern Jackson and Humphrey plot moves in leadoff states. Nixon hints at a re election bid with a public pledge to start campaigning after Labor Day.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Kennebunk Beach
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
CBS
Sens
George McGovern
South Dakota
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
Florida
New Hampshire
New
Vored
McGovern
Humphrey
John V. Lindsay
New York
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Sen
Vance Hartke
Nixon
Gunnells Accepts Iowa Regional Planning Post
Joel B Gunnells, who resigned as Lower Savannah Regional Planning Commission director, will become executive director of the Central Iowa Regional Planning Commission in Des Moines. The Feb 1 release lists a salary of 23500 plus liberal benefits and a new car. The 22 member staff serves eight Iowa counties with population over 640000 and an operating budget of 500000. Des Moines is the state capital with about 200800 residents.
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Joel B Gunnells
Lower Savannah
Gunnells
Central Iowa Regional Planning Commission
Des Moines
Iowa
Savannah
Central Iowa Commission
Central Iowa
Augusta Motorist Dies In Accident Near Warrenville
Aiken County authorities report 31 year old Olin H. Jones of 326 Greene St. Augusta died when his car left Clay Pit Road near Warrenville and struck a tree. It was the week’s second traffic fatality in the county and the second in 1972.
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Warrenville
Highway Patrol
Olin H. Jones
Greene St
Augusta
Aiken County
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Edisto Development Corporation
Younts
James E. Simons
King
UPI
James D’entremont
Ho Chi Minh Trail
D'Entremont
Earle E. Morris
Marshall Cain
Judy Rich
Pickens
By Emily Hindman
Diana
Manchester
Hartke
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