Nixon retreats to Camp David for seclusion after late State of the Union work
President Nixon, after drafting the State of the Union into the night, spends the day in seclusion at Camp David in Thurmont Maryland. He flew by helicopter to the Catoctin Mountain compound and dined alone in Aspin cottage as aides said he continued working until nearly midnight on the address due January 20 before Congress reconvenes.
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Thurmont
Nixon
Camp David
Catoctin Mountain
Aspin Cottage
Congress
House
Senate
Baton Rouge Police Chief Discusses Fatal Monday Clash
In Baton Rouge Police Chief Eddie Bauer holds a press conference about Monday’s firefight between police and black militants. Two deputies and two black individuals were killed. Bauer shows a black eye from the altercation.
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Baton Rouge
Eddie Bauer
Bauer
UPI
King Frederik’s Condition Deteriorates in Hospital
Copenhagen AP dispatch reports Denmark’s 72 year old king Frederik growing weaker at Municipal Hospital nine days after a heart attack. A medical bulletin notes failing brain circulation and increasing unconsciousness with fever around 102.4.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Frederik
Burglars Hit Guard Dog Office in Corpus Christi
Mike Childers of Guard Dog Security Systems Inc. said there were no dogs in the office during a Sunday night raid, though kennels with dogs stood nearby. Police had said a guard dog was on duty as $365 in equipment was stolen.
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Corpus Christi, Tex
Mike Childers
Guard Dog Security Systems Inc
Arabs Press Attack as Israeli Raid Mentions Kiryat Shmona
Arab guerrillas in Lebanon kept up cross border fire at Israeli settlements after an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon that killed two soldiers. A Katyusha rocket hit near a kindergarten in Kiryat Shmona injuring none but damaging the building and nearby homes. Israeli artillery returned fire as this marked the fourth shelling in a week.
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Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Kiryat Shmona
Galilee
Plastics Banned in Portland School Cafeterias
Portland officials ban disposable plastic utensils in city school cafeterias after a student protest. Ann Bishop, adviser to the Portland school board, argued utensils won t rot or burn and could create long term solid waste issues. The board votes to switch to paper supplies.
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Portland, Ore
Portland
Ann Bishop
Irish Youth Shot Dead in Belfast IRA Stronghold
A 16 year old boy was found shot in a Belfast house in New Barnsley Park. A pistol lay under his body and another was found in a couch. IRA statement called the death an accident. It is the 209th violent death in Northern Ireland since 1969. British troops raided six homes in New Lodge seizing 1049 rounds and 13 guns, with seven arrests.
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Belfast
North Ireland
Irish Republican Army
New Barnsley Park
IRA
New Lodge
Nuclear plant criticism answered in Barnwell
Officials of Allied Gulf Nuclear Services labeled as sensational Dr. John Gorman's testimony to the South Carolina Nuclear Study Committee about dangers at the $80 million Barnwell County plant. They argued the scenario requires a chain of unlikely events and asserted strict security and expert review to prevent any accident or sabotage.
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Barnwell
Allied Gulf Nuclear Services
Barnwell County
John Gorman
South Carolina
Gofman
Howard J. Larson
Gorman
Allied-Gulf
Assembly Breaks With Tradition Opens Session With Verbal Bang
Aiken County Criminal Court enters the third day of a two week January term with over 100 cases on the docket despite many guilty pleas and one trial underway.
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Aiken County Criminal Court
Heavy Fog Causes Multiple Accidents Across Aiken County
Heavy fog this morning led to at least five traffic crashes in Aiken County. A five car collision on Highway 19 South near the Savannah River Plant injured one person. a Park Avenue and Fairfield Street crash sent a woman and child to the hospital. Minor incidents were reported on Wire Road Jackson and Bath. Fog eased by 10 a.m. with a forecast of clearing skies and cooler conditions tonight.
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Savannah River
New Ellenton
Aiken County
Park Avenue
Fairfield Street
State Highway Patrol
Wire Road
Jackson
Bath
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mixed Drink Proposal Stirs Fiery Debate
South Carolina lawmakers opened the 1972 session amid clashes over liquor-by-the-drink, no fault insurance, a second medical school, and food stamps. Gov. John West expected a controversial state-of-the-state address as 170 legislators seek reelection this year.
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Columbia
South Carolina General Assembly
John West
House
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Rudolph Mitchell
D-Saluda
Mitchell
Reds Press Attacks In Indochina War
In Saigon the third attack in under two weeks on a US air base in Vietnam occurred as communists shot down an American helicopter with four crew killed. Across South Vietnam attacks rose to a three month high and Bien Hoa was hit by Viet Cong sappers who blew up a stockpile of small arms ammunition.
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North Augusta
Donald Bernard Martin
Shannon Joseph Montgomery
Alex Brown
Aiken
Brown
Terry J. Jackson
Neal J. Street
Johnnie M. Levins
Graniteville
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Air Force
Laotian Panhandle
Sepone
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
North Vietnam
Big Bien Hoa
Gas Attendant Dies After Beating and Robbery
Johnnie Wood, 38, a Race Service Station attendant on Richland Avenue in Aiken, died at University Hospital Augusta after a brutal beating and stabbing. Police say the attack occurred between 3:45 and 4:60 am Monday. a tire tool and a broken knife blade were found at the scene. no suspects are yet in custody as investigators pursue leads.
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Johnnie Wood
Aiken
University Hospital
Augusta
Wood
Richland Avenue
Carroll Busbee
Annual Dimes March Is Scheduled Sunday
Mothers and fathers will collect donations this Sunday for the March of Dimes Mothers March. Over 300 volunteers expect to raise above $8,000 as the Aiken Chapter aims for 1972’s $25,000 goal. The group backs research medical care and education to prevent birth defects.
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Mothers and Fathers For the March of Dimes
March of Dimes
Aiken
Voluntary Health Organization
County Bill Set to Move in South Carolina House
Aiken County bill to transfer more than 70000 from an unused bond account to the county general fund is expected to be introduced in the S C House today. Rep Zack Fulmer of Aiken sponsors the measure originally to fund new voting equipment with unused 1966 bond funds.
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Aiken County General Fund
S.C. House of Representatives
Zack Fulmer
Aiken
Aiken Grand Jury To Meet Tomorrow
The Aiken County Grand Jury will hold a public session at 10 am in the Grand Jury Room at the Aiken County Courthouse. Citizens may present matters for a hearing at this session.
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Aiken Grand Jury
Aiken County
Grand Jury
Cigarettes Eyed As Tax Source In South Carolina Budget
South Carolina lawmakers consider using a cigarette tax hike to fund a 5.5 percent pay raise for teachers and state employees in 1972 73. A $10 million budget carryover and new tax brackets could cover a 10 percent raise if lawmakers approve higher income tax rates, with potential fiscal moves including restructuring brackets and adding two new high earners.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Robert C. Wasson
State Tax Commission
Nixon
John West
General Assembly
Wasson
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