Steeplechase Racing Thrives in Europe
Whitney Tower, Turf Editor of Sports Illustrated, writes four part series for the Aiken Standard on steeplechase racing. Part I notes Europe’s ongoing popularity versus America’s decline. Tower, a 1937 Aiken Prep and 1945 Harvard graduate, gathered material during a European trip. A condensed version appears January 14 in Sports Illustrated.
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Whitney Tower
Sports Ilustrated
Aiken Standard
Europe
America
Tower
Aiken
Harvard
Ai ken group hears psychic talk on crime and gas
Mary Green of Augusta told Ai ken Psychic Research and Study Group that a county murder would be solved by July and gas would be plentiful by May. Florida visitor Mary Michael discussed hospital rooms and executive doors with high daily rates. The piece also notes DST awareness and the first women elders at First Presbyterian Church of Aiken.
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Mary Green
Augusta
Aiken Psychic Research and Study Group
Aiken County
Mary Michael
Florida
R.N
First Presbyterian Church of
Aiken
Robert P. Hawthorne
Rufus H. Gaddy Jr
Mexican muralist Siqueiros dies at 77 in Mexico City
David Alfaro Siqueiros, 77, dies of cancer at his Cuernavaca summer home. President Luis Echeverria orders 24 hours in state at the Palace of Fine Arts. Burial set for Tuesday at Dolores Cemetery Rotunda of Illustrious Men. Siqueiros, a veteran of Mexican and Spanish civil wars, was a longtime Communist. He outlived by Angelica. joins two other muralists Jose Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera.
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Mexico City
Luis Echeverria
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Mexico
Palace of Fine Arts
Dolores
Siqueiros
Cuernavaca
Angelica
Jose Clemente Orozco
Diego Rivera
Orozco
Rivera
Crosby Watches Tourney On TV From Hospital
Bing Crosby, hospitalized with pleurisy at Peninsula Hospital, watched a telecast of the Pro Am golf tourney at Pebble Beach in good spirits. Nurses said his condition remained satisfactory after a Monday admission for back and chest pains.
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Burlingame
Calif
Bing Crosby
Pebble Beach
Peninsula Hospital
Crosby
North Vietnam denounces Schlesinger air support remark
Hanoi radio denounces Defense Secretary Schlesinger’s hint that U S air support for Saigon could be considered if North Vietnam launches a major offensive. The broadcast calls the statement a serious violation of the Paris agreement and warns the United States and Saigon bear responsibility for war consequences.
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Saigon
Hanoi Radio Today
U.S
James R. Schlesinger
Schlesinger
United States
Prince Charles Falls From Horse in Singapore Polo Match
Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, took a spill from his horse at the Singapore Polo Club during a polo match. He remounted and continued, though his team lost 5 to 2 as he had just arrived to join HMS Jupiter as communications officer.
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Singapore
Prince Charles
HMS Jupiter
Supreme Court May Get Woman Chief Justice
North Carolina Justice Susie Sharp may become the first elected woman chief justice of a state high court. The 66 year old Democratic candidate for chief justice is expected to face no opposition in the May 7 primary and Republican leaders report no opposition in November.
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Raleigh, NC
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Susie Sharp
U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Sharp
Thomas S. Bennett
Gas Cylinders Thefts Lead To Eight Arrests In Aiken
Police say eight people including five adults and three juveniles were arrested for grand larceny in a case involving theft of gaseous cylinders from Aiken County Hospital. Cylinders stolen were nitrous oxide cyclopropane and oxygen used for inhaling to get high.
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Aiken
Public Safety
J.C. Busbee
Aiken County Hospital
Max Meek
Meek
Department
Sam Nesbit
Aiken County
Dynamite Meek
Larry Stephen Mose
Israel May Be Preparing Offer To Withdraw Troops
Geneva talks between Israeli and Egyptian officers continued as Israel reportedly prepared a plan to withdraw 18 miles from the Suez Canal coupled with a demand that Egypt reduce its troops. UN mediation and political context in Tel Aviv and Cairo influenced the discussions.
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Geneva
Israel
Suez Canal
United States
Egypt
Mordechai Gur
Dov Sion
Taha el-Magdoob
Ahmed Fouad Howaidi
Moshe Dayan
Henry A. Kissinger
Dayan
Washington
Kissinger
Israeilis
Meirs Laborites
Laborites
Likud
Mas
Audit report items eyed for Aiken County meeting
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners plan to release audit reports critical of county bookkeeping at tomorrow’s 7 p.m. meeting in Room 107 at the USC Aiken campus. Unaccounted funds totaling 3071 were found in former Magistrate Hood’s Beech Island office and a claim has been filed with the bonding agent to recover them.
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Aiken
Keith W. Hood
University of South Carolina
Hood
Beech Island
Cherry, Bekaert and Holland
Ronald A. LaCouture
More Rain Expected In Area With 60s and 70s Forecast
Cloudy start to Daylight Saving Time with a 40 percent rain chance today and tonight. Highs in the 60s and 70s, low 50s tonight. Light variable winds. More showers expected Wednesday and Thursday, but mild weather through Friday.
Delegation Hearing Set Tonight in Aiken
The Aiken County Legislative Delegation will hold its second meeting tonight at 7 pm in the Heritage Room of Farmers and Merchants Bank in Aiken. A second meeting is scheduled Thursday at 7 pm in the auditorium of Aiken Technical School on the Aiken Augusta Highway.
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Aiken County
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Aiken
Aiken Technical School
Aiken Tec
Aiken - Augusta
Minister Dr Perkins to challenge Osbon for school board seat
The Rev Dr Charles G Perkins of Corinth Baptist Church in New Ellenton filed for Administrative Area No 1 on the Aiken County Board of Education. He will oppose incumbent Olin O Osbon who filed over the weekend. Perkins has pastored six years and serves as recreation director for the Aiken Baptist Association. He has taught part time for 18 years and once substituted at Kennedy Junior High and New Ellenton Junior High.
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Charles G Perkins
Corinth
South Carolina
Perkins
Kennedy Junior High School
New Ellenton Junior High School
New Ellenton
Univers
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Fahmy
Wendell Hall
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