Willcox Hotel Remodeling Plans Under Review in Aiken
City inspectors study final remodeling plans for the condemned Willcox Hotel on Colleton Avenue to meet fire safety specs. Owner Joseph M. Eways of Reading, Pa., presented Elliott A. Constantine designed plans and has invested $56,000 in renovations since 1957.
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Willcox
Aiken
Colleton Avenue
Aiken County
Howard Williamson
Joseph M. Eways
Reading
Eways
Elliott A. Constantine
Charleston
Charles Cupp III
Reno
Senators clash on welfare issues in Aiken program
Senators Strom Thurmond and Ernest Hollings debated welfare policy at a packed Meet Your Senator event. Hollings backed the Child Development Act and opposed the Family Assistance Plan while Thurmond favored state control of food stamps and warned against federal overreach and costly programs.
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Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Greater Aiken
Hollings
Thurmond
South Carolina
America
Nixon
Jetliner Crashes Near Ibiza During Approach
An airliner carrying 98 people from Madrid to Valencia and Ibiza crashed while nearing Ibiza airport. Wreckage found near San Jose, southwest of Ibiza. earlier reports said the Caravelle fell into the Mediterranean. The flight originated in Madrid with a Valencia stopover.
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Ibiza
Mediterranean
Madrid
Valencia
Keating Differed With Nixon on India Pakistan Policy
Kenneth B. Keating U.S. Ambassador to India reportedly clashed with the Nixon administration over India Pakistan policy as early as last April. The Washington Post noted his stance, while the New York Times cited a December 8 questioning of official statements about the 14 Day conflict that helped create the Bangladesh government in East Pakistan.
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Kenneth B. Keating
U.S
India
Nixon
Washington Post
New York Times
Keating
Washington
Bangladesh
East Pakistan
UPI Telephoto
Bombs Found In Banks In New York And Chicago
Police found bombs in two New York banks and a Chicago bank after anonymous warnings. Detectives defused a bomb in a safe deposit box at Marine Midland Trust in New York and another at Manufacturers Hanover on Wall Street. In Chicago a bomb was found in a safe deposit vault at First National Bank of Chicago.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Marine Midland Trust Co
Manufacturers Hanover
Fire Damages Gallipolis State Institute Dormitory
A fire destroyed a dormitory cottage at the Gallipolis State Institute housing 26 elderly male patients. One patient was reported missing, but 25 ambulatory patients were accounted for soon after the blaze. Dr. Bernard Niehn, the hospital superintendent, provided the update.
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Gallipolis, Ohio
Gallipolis State Institute
Bernard Niehn
Welch Wins Interlocutory Decree Ending Five Year Marriage
Film star Raquel Welch leaves Santa Monica Superior Court after securing an interlocutory decree that ends her five year marriage to producer Patrick Curtis. Upi Telephoto indicates the moment.
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Raquel Welch
Santa Monica Superior Court
Patrick Curtis
UPI
150 Cases On Docket At Court In Aiken
The January two week term of Aiken County General Sessions Court opens at 10 a.m. with over 150 cases on the docket including a penalty trial for Richard L. Richards who pleaded guilty in October to the murders of two motorcyclists in Belvedere last June. Judge Dan L. Laney will preside for the first time. Richards faces possible life or death sentence after a mistrial on his October punishment term.
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Aiken County
Laney
Hugh McFadden
Citadel
University of South Carolina Law School
S.C. House of Representatives
Leonard Williamson
Richards
Thomas Bolin
Springfield
William Wolfe
Chesapeake
Belvedere
South Carolina
Cool Snap Welcomed by State Peach Growers
South Carolina peach growers welcomed the cold snap as helpful chilling hours toward a $20 million crop but fear a warm spell may return. Clemson Extension predicts unseasonably warm weather through January after temperatures fell to 22 degrees in the mountains and 42 along the coast Wednesday night.
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Columbia
South Carolina
F. M. Lemmon
Clemson Extension Service
Lemmon
Stumper raffle offers $260 in cash for crossword winners
Stumper promotes a crossword puzzle contest with $260 in cash prize. Readers are invited to purchase extra copies at 124 Rutland Drive and enter for a chance to win by solving the puzzle on page 3.
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Stumper
Rutland Drive
Primary lineup set as Nixon weighs New Hampshire bid
Reports from the Western White House say President Nixon plans to inform New Hampshire Governor Wayne Dwinnell that he approves of Dwinnell's move entering Nixon's name in the March 7 primary. Nixon, in California for summit talks with Japan, is expected to send a low key message to voters confirming his candidacy.
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Nixon
New Hampshire
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Wayne Dwinnell
Dwinnells
California
Japan
Eisaku Sato
Gerald Warren
Dwinnell
LSRC Reorganization Plan Draws Aiken County Opposition
The Lower Savannah Regional Planning and Development Commission proposes rebranding to a council of governments and expanding from 36 to 48 members to meet state law and EDA rules. Aiken deputies argue underrepresentation and oppose enlarged membership while noting funding implications and regional equity debates.
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Aiken County
Lower Savannah
Economic Development Administration
EDA
James McNair
Aiken
Commission
LSRC
Savannah
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