Aiken Delegation Charts Coming Session On Local Zoning Reform
Aiken County legislators outline plans for reactivating the Planning and Development Commission and expanding it to include zoning power. They anticipate bills on county government reform, drainage rules for road acceptance, and tax relief for low income elderly and disabled. McMillan proposes a 5 percent cap on annual tax increases and a fairer real property levy.
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Aiken County
Michael Laughlin
G.H. Grant
Planning and Development Commission
Clyde Strom
McMillan
Sarnoff Retires as RCA Chairman. Son Named Successor
David Sarnoff, 78, retires as RCA chairman and becomes the first honorary chairman. Robert W. Sarnoff, 51, RCA president since 1966 and CEO since 1968, is named chairman. David Sarnoff, born in Urban Russia, rose from selling papers to pioneer home radio and television.
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New York
David Sarnoff
RCA Corporation
Sarnoff
RCA
Lenox Hill Hospital
Robert W. Sarnoff
the Edler Sarnoff
Urban
Russia
United States
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America
McCarthy Meets Moscow Officials in Second Soviet Day
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy met Moscow Mayor Vladimir Promyslov and officials at the Foreign Trade Ministry to discuss city issues and the Soviet reaction to U.S. trade legislation. He spoke with Pravda commentator Yuri Zhukov and planned further briefings on his findings from Soviet agencies.
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Moscow
Eugene J. McCarthy
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Soviet Union
McCarthy
D-Minn
Vladimir Promyslov
Foreign Trade Ministry
U.S. Congress
Red Square
Yuri Zhukov
Communist Party
Pravda
Zhukov
Jourdan Son of Actor Faces Marijuana Charge
Beverly Hills police say 18 year old Louis Henry Jourdan, son of actor Louis Jourdan, will be arraigned January 21 in Municipal Court on possessing marijuana after deputies stopped his car on December 29 and found a plastic bag of marijuana. He is free on $1250 bail.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Louis Henry Jourdan
Louis Jourdan
Young Jourdan
Nixon Tops Most Admired List in 1969 GallupPoll
Nixon leads the nation as the most admired man in 1969 according to a Gallup Poll. Evangelist Billy Graham and Vice President Spiro Agnew follow, with Lyndon Johnson Edward Kennedy Hubert Humphrey Truman Wallace Paul VI and Muskie also listed.
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Princeton
N.J
Nixon
Billy Graham
Spiro T. Agnew
Lyndon Johnson
Edward M. Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Harry Truman
George C. Wallace
Pope Paul VI
Edmund Muskie
Dunkirk seeks services over tax cut in budget debate
Citizens in Dunkirk New York press for improved services rather than a tax cut. Councilman Leonard Catalano notes constituents prefer upgrades and new programs, with a proposed 2.5 million budget saving homeowners 20 to 40 dollars annually. The budget trims 300 thousand from last year.
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Dunkirk
N.Y
Lake Erie
Leonard Catalano
Lockheed appeals Air Force C5 cutback decision
Lockheed Georgia Co filed notice of appeal as a preliminary step to bringing the C5 production dispute before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals. The Air Force said it would not fund the program beyond 81 aircraft from an original 115. The first 10 Galaxy aircraft are built. eight are in flight test and two delivered to Altus AFB Oklahoma.
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Marietta, Ga
Air Force
Lockheed-Georgia Co
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
Altus Air Force Base
Okla
McCormack Questioned in Influence Peddling Probe
House Speaker John W. McCormack was questioned by three federal attorneys in a grand jury probe of influence peddling involving a former close associate and a staff aide. The questioning occurred in his Washington office on Wednesday, and he said he voluntarily submitted to the inquiry.
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Washington
House
John W. McCormack
U.S
New York
McCormack
Nine Degree Freeze Impacts Aiken Area As Cold Snap Lingers
Aiken residents shivered in nine degree weather with a bleak forecast of more cold. Fuel oil dealers report heavy call volume while plumbers handle radiators starting cars failing water lines and frozen drains. Growers warn camellias and early crops face damage though some grains may endure.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Cleveland Tenn
Frank Watters
Watters
Charleston
Savannah
Jim Evans
Evans
Students Plan Large Scale Aiken Cleanup Effort
Student representatives from all Aiken public junior high schools St Angela and the Aiken Regional Campus joined with Boy Scouts of Aiken to map city cleanup zones. Schools will handle areas around their campuses with Aiken High sweeping Rutland Drive to Wire Road while Scouts target the western side along U S highway 1. The campaign starts January 31 two weeks before Tricentennial festivities with major efforts on the two Saturdays before the celebrations and aims to become ongoing. Douglas Everett and City Manager Roland Windham attended to coordinate and brief on sanitation.
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Aiken
St. Angela
Boy Scouts of
Douglas Everett
McMillan Eyes Lieutenant Governor Run In 1970
State Senator Gilbert E. McMillan of Aiken announced he is a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in 1970. He cited party unity and growth while predicting Republican gains nationwide and noting his background as a chemical engineer, tree farmer, and former Du Pont employee. Other leaders like C Heyward Belser and Earle E Morris were expected to enter the Democratic race.
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Laughlin
Aiken
Gilbert McMillan
South Carolina
Elden Jones
Jones
Cain, McMillan
Grant
Gilbert E. McMillan
R-Aiken
McMillan
State House
Senate
The
du Pont Company
Aiken County
C. Heyward Belser
Richland County
Earle E. Morris
Pickens County
Combat Toll Tops 40 000 In Vietnam War Dead
Sixty five Americans were killed in combat last week raising the total U S combat deaths to 40 044 since Jan 1 1961 and at least 30 more since Saturday The weekly casualty tally also showed 477 Americans wounded the smallest in over two years Saigon reported 304 government troops killed last week allied and enemy totals show a drop in fighting with most clashes in the Mekong Delta and no American infantry in that area
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Command
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Commission
Pends
Marshall Cain
Strom
Millbrook Elementary School
Armour
Aiken High School
Rutland Drive
Wire Road
Boy Scouts
U.S. Highway 1
Auburn University
SEN
Mekong Delta
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