Military Briefs Highlight Local Service Members
JOHN E. GARDNER of Aiken earned the Construction Draftsman rating at the U S Army Engineer School. WILLIAM NIGHTINGALE III of Aiken completed a six month Mediterranean cruise aboard USS Saratoga. CHARLES E VICKERS of Warrenville serves with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 121 in Vietnam. PAUL R FROMMER II of Aiken returned from the Mediterranean aboard USS Macdonough. GENE H CHRISTENSEN of Aiken serves with Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 332 at Cherry Point North Carolina.
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Navy
William’ Nightingale I
William Nightingale Jr
Aiken
Saratoga
Charles E. Vickers
Warrenville
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 121
Vietnam
Paul R. Frommer II
Paul R. Frommer
Homestead Lane
United States
Mediterranean
Macdonough
Gene H. Christensen
Ida Christensen
Valley View Street
Marine All Weather
Second Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
N.C
Committee Named To Study Beaufort Pollution Fears
The South Carolina Water Resources Commission will study potential air and water pollution from a $200 million BASF chemical plant planned near Beaufort. Gov. McNair designated the agency to conduct the study after Hilton Head Island residents voiced pollution fears with BASF helping cover study costs.
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Columbia
South Carolina Water Resources Commission
Beaufort
Robert E. McNair
Hilton Head Island
BASF
Comets Crowd the Cosmos as Most Remain Invisible to Earth
Scientists note millions of comets traverse the cosmos each orbit, yet the majority stay hidden from observers on Earth due to faintness and distance. Research highlights how detection relies on brightness, size, and timing, while surveys continue to map these elusive travelers.
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Earth
Them and Present at the Creation: Two Times Book Picks
The New York Times book list highlights two Aiken County Library selections. Them by Joyce Carol Oates unfolds in Detroit slums with siblings Jules and Maureen Wendall amid racism and brutal shocks. Present at the Creation by Dean Acheson recounts postwar U S diplomacy from 1941 to 1952, detailing the Marshall Plan, China, Korea, McCarthy era, and the Truman-McArthur crisis.
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New York Times Book Review
Aiken County
Times
Joyce Carol Oates
Detroit
Jules
Maureen Wendall
Big City
Wendalls
Peo
Maureen
Loretta
Miss Oates
Oscar Lewis
Alfred Kazin
Elist
Dean Acheson
State Department
Acheson
China
Spain
Home Decoration Program Set By Town and Country Club
Town and Country Club hosts a home decoration program tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Fermata Club. Interior decorator Jerry Sweat will discuss furniture construction finishing while Aileen Good with 25 years of experience covers furniture arrangement and accessories. A furniture display will illustrate points. constitutional revisions will be voted on. Guests welcome. hostesses are Mrs. Povan Blackwell Jr. Chandler. Town and Country Bridge moves to the third Thursday this month.
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Town and Country Club
Fermata Club
Jerry Sweat
Aileen Good
Sweat
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MATS
Miss Breck
Bloomin
Bloom
Pacific
Stee
Vam
Library Notes
W.M. Povan
L.N. Blackwell Jr
R.L. Chandler
E-Lim
Eckerd
Qweno Inc
Kalmia Plaza
BASS
Weejuns
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