Amin to invite Japanese war veteran to Uganda observance
Ugandan President Idi Amin plans to invite Hiroo Onoda the Japanese World War II straggler who hid for 29 years to the January 19 anniversary of Amin’s rise to power. Onoda surrendered in 1974 and now lives in Brazil. He previously hoped to visit Africa.
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Idi Amin
Uganda
Kyodo News Service
Nairobi
Amin
Hiroo Onoda
Onoda
Philippine Island
Lubang
Brazil
Africa
Man Refuses Leg Amputation Faces Death Sentence
Alabama derelict Otis Simmons, 58, told by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Hilda Schwartz he will not undergo leg amputation to stop gangrene. The judge barred surgeons from amputating his right leg below the knee and part of his left foot without his consent.
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Alabama
Roosevelt Hospital
Otis Simmons
Manhattan
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Labor leaders accuse Carter of retreat on jobs plan
AFL-CIO leaders say Carter retreat from campaign pledge to cut unemployment with a $23 to $30 billion two year program. They press a $30 billion plan prioritizing direct job creation, more public works and expansion of public service jobs to add hundreds of thousands of jobs.
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Afl-Cio
Carter
Labor Federation
John T. Dunlop
F. Ray Marshall
Congress
Lion
Thurmond blasts common situs bill and urges filibuster
U S Senator Strom Thurmond denounces the common situs picketing bill as an outrageous relaxation of labor rules. He vows to filibuster if needed and argues it would raise construction costs and threaten right to work. He also opposes Carter’s plans on 14 B repeal and calls for budget balance and electoral reform.
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R-S.c
Senate
Thurmond
Common Situs
Carter
Congress
South Carolina
Rotarians
Thurmond weighs giving up Armed Services post for Judiciary
Sen Strom Thurmond weighs leaving the Armed Services Committee ranking post to take the Judiciary panel post. Senate rules bar top spots on two committees, Thurmond sits on both though. New assignments await a Rules Committee report on trimming major committees from 31 to 15.
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Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Armed Services Committee
Judiciary
Senate
Thurmond
Charles M. Mathias
Maryland
Armed Services
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Texas
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Airman First Class Promote Johnson At Warren AFB
William J Johnson son of Mr and Mrs Wyatt M Johnson of Aiken has been promoted to airman first class. The Aiken High School graduate serves as a weapons specialist at Francis E Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne Wyoming.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
U. S. Air Force
William J Johnson
Wyatt M. Johnson
Aiken
Johnson
Aiken High School
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base
Mental Health Association to Hold Annual Meeting at USC Aiken
The Aiken County Mental Health Association will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in Room 107 at USC Aiken. A panel on Child Abuse and Neglect will be moderated by Sally Putnam supervisor of pupil services in Aiken County.
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Aiken County Mental Health Association
Usc-Aiken
Sally Putnam
Aiken County
Carter's Cabinet Nominees Expected To Get Approval
President elect Carter faces Senate confirmable Cabinet picks with hearings set for Griffin Bell for attorney general Harold Brown for defense Cyrus Vance for secretary of state and Bob Bergland for agriculture. Schultze also eyed for the Council of Economic Advisers. Bell and Brown may face tougher questioning in the Judiciary Committee with civil rights groups pressing for input.
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Washington
Senate
Charles L. Schultze
Council of Econom
Griffin B. Bell
Harold Brown
Defense
Cyrus R. Vance
Bell
Brown
Senate Judiciary Committee
Committee
Community Organization Schedule for Aiken and Nearby
A compact weekly listings card shows tests and club meetings in Aiken and surrounding areas. Auditions for the Aiken Choral Society at First Baptist Church precede rehearsals, with events from Disabled American Veterans to the National Association of Retired Federal Employees and local civic groups laid out across Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
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Aiken Choral Society
First Baptist Church
Pet Dairy
National Associa
Aiken
Sengstaken Named VP for Environmental Affairs at AGNS
Donald J. Sengstaken was appointed vice president of environmental affairs for Allied General Nuclear Services, overseeing environmental controls and the Barnwell Plant licensing. He is a veteran in nuclear power work since the 1950s with publications on nuclear power economics and holds mechanical engineering degrees from Columbia University.
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Donald J. Sengstaken
Allied General Nuclear Services
AGNS
Sengstaken
Barnwell
Raymond C. Baxter
Columbia University
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