Aiken Recovers From Deep Freeze As Icy Conditions Persist
Temperature rose to 42 then fell to 31 as rain turned to ice causing several accidents on icy streets. Dixie Clay Road and Vaucluse Road cited as the worst spots. sand spread on bridges overnight. Fire crews fought burst pipes and floods at Aiken Nursing Home and Salvation Army building, with teams on scene from late evening into the following morning.
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Aiken
Highway Patrol
Dixie Clay
Vaucluse
Aiken Fire Department
Aiken Nursing Home
Salvation Army
Highway 19
Major U.S. Troop Withdrawals From Vietnam Announced
The U.S. Command said 50,000 troops will be withdrawn by April 15. Major units include the 1st Infantry Division the 26th Marine Regiment and the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division. Also departing are three squadrons of the Air Force 12th Tactical Fighter Wing Navy service units and other smaller combat and support units. A 10 percent staff cut is ordered in many headquarters.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
Vietnam
1St Infantry Division
26Th Marine Regiment
4Th Infantry Division
Air Force
12Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Navy
Beisan Valley Lull Ends as Fire Breaks
Mortar and machine-gun fire shattered a 10 day quiet in the Beisan Valley with Israel blaming Arb guerrillas in Jordan for attacks on two border patrols near Maoz Haim and Beit Yosef south of the Sea of Galilee. No Israeli casualties reported. In Gaza, an Israeli taxi driver was killed and three Arabs wounded when a taxi triggered an explosion near Jibiliya refugee camp before crashing into another car.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Beisan
Arb Guerrilas
Jordan
Maoz Haim
Beit Yosef
Sea of Gaililee
Ghor
Gaza Strip
Jibiliya
Burglars Loot Night Depository at Columbia Bank Chicago
Burglars used acetylene torches to open the night depository box at Columbia National Bank of Chicago over the weekend. They escaped with two boxes of canceled checks.
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Chicago
Columbia National Bank of Chicago
Phantom broadcaster broadcasts from stolen police car
A thief stole an unmarked police car on Thursday and on Sunday began using its radio to broadcast a 10 1 code signaling a police in need. Police traced the transmissions to a non officer, noting the caller failed to provide a location and limited the broadcast to short duration.
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Chicago
Best Space Target for Deep Space Mission Proposed
Washington AP reports scientists suggest the wandering asteroid Eros as the best first deep space target when it comes within 14 million miles of Earth in 1975. They argue asteroids offer clues to solar system history and that Eros’ low gravity makes landing feasible for initial unmanned flights and Mars preparation.
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Washington AP
Earth
Solar System
Moon
Mars
Jupiter
Science
Eros
Hannes Alfven
Gustaf Arrhenius
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
War of Words Warms Up Between Soviets and China
AP reports a weekend exchange of protests and editorials as China accuses Moscow of plotting to create two Chinas and Russia denounces Chinese anti-Soviet rhetoric. Pravda claims China militarizes culture under threat and urges wartime readiness.
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Tokyo
Soviet Union
Red China
Formosa
China
Communist Party
Pravda
Thawing Weather Causes Fires and Tragic Deaths
Fire Chief Busbee says residents worked to thaw water lines with flames as two trailers burned at Level Acres and Camellia Trailer Parks. An 11 year old, Joe Thomas Wigley of Lynwood, drowned after slipping on ice near his home. Roads froze across the region with impassable sections on Interstates 85 and 75 in north Georgia.
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Carroll Busbee
L. F. Martin
Level Acres
O. C Sublett
Camellia Trailer Park
The
South Carolina Electric
North
Georgia
Woman Fooled by Hoax Call Sees Home Ransacked in Aiken
In a weekend spree, a South Carolina resident lured outside by a phony call about her injured daughter returned to find her Rosemary Drive home broken into. Police report a cash drawer, jewelry, a coin collection valued at 300 dollars, a pistol cartridge box, and other items stolen during the five other southwest area breakins this year with more robberies in the county.
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Aiken
R. W. Delozier
Rosemary Drive
Carroll Heath
Kenneth L. Coleman
H. W. Smith
Colleton Avenue
Coleman
Smith
H. D. Wyman
Coker Spring Road
Mabel Johnson
Johnson
Park Avenue
Thorny Issues Face 1970 Assembly
The South Carolina General Assembly convenes its 1970 session with an equity filled agenda. Gov. Robert McNair will deliver the State of the State as lawmakers receive a proposed 507.4 million dollar operating budget, 23 million more than 1970. the session faces tax tensions and a push for constitutional revision along with school code and workers compensation reforms. higher education funding remains tight with no budget for teacher raises and limited kindergarten expansion.
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Columbia
South Carolina General Assembly
Robert McNair
McNair
South Carolina
John West
Department of Education
South Carolina Education Association
March of Dimes funds Charleston nursery growth urges private support
Dr. Abner Levkoff describes the Medical College of Charleston intensive care nursery as a March of Dimes beneficiary and calls the group the world’s most successful health organization. He cites funding needs, Salk Institute work, and efforts to prevent birth defects while noting portable incubators aid newborns statewide.
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Abner Levkoff
Medical College of Charleston
Aiken Jaycees
Levkoff
Salk Institute
March of Dimes
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NAA
Mideast
Phanton Broadcaster
Rutland Drive
Edgefield
Henderson
State Patrol
Breakins
Adits
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Laurens Street
Aiken Streets
McManaway
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