Judge Grimball Follows Family Path to Law and Court
Judge John Grimball, a circuit judge in the fifth district, comes from a family with deep legal roots. He trained at the University of Virginia in 1936 and began in a Columbia law office before joining the bench. His grandfather served in both the U S and Confederate navies, later practicing law after amnesty, while Grimball notes siblings and relatives in medicine and law. He enjoys some hunting and fishing, though his duties are exacting and demanding.
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Second District
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Columbia
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U.S. Naval Academy
Confederacy
U.S
New York
Prac
Positive Thinking For Stumper Fans Ahead Of Quiz
The text expresses ongoing optimism among Stumper fans that a winner will emerge this week after 36 consecutive weeks without a win. It notes the noon deadline passed and the Stumper box filled, urging continued participation and hope for eventual success.
G I Soldier Charged With Murder After Phonograph Argument
A 24-year-old soldier Spec. 4 Alfred B. W. Flint of Haines City Florida was charged with murder and attempted murder for the shooting of Maj Robert Degen 34 of Buffalo New York and Maj Michael F. Davis 34 of Bennettsville South Carolina during an argument over a loud phonograph at Da Nang Vietnam Army base. Three other enlisted men are being questioned but face no charges yet.
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Vietnam
Army
Alfred B. W. Flint
Haines City
Fla
Flint
Robert Degen
Buffalo
N.Y
Michael F. Davis
Bennettsville
S.C
Education Gap Between City and Suburban Residents
Census Bureau report shows suburbanites outperform inner city residents in education. About half of adults over 24 in the 30 large cities lack a high school diploma, while 37 percent of suburban residents also fail to graduate high school.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Tax Evasion Curbs Move to Tax Foreign Interests
The government will require U.S. taxpayers to disclose on income tax returns any financial interests in foreign countries. Officials say publicizing these holdings will curb billions of dollars moving illegally out of the country to secret foreign bank accounts outside U.S. jurisdiction.
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Washington
U.S
Allies Launch Drive to Reopen Phnom Penh Highway
AP reports a big allied thrust with 140 armored cars and over 13 000 South Vietnamese and Cambodian troops moving to reopen Phnom Penh lifeline to the sea. Operation aims to clear Highway 4 from Phnom Penh to Kompong Som, cut off for two months by North Vietnamese forces.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Som
Elephant Mountains
Pich Nil
Stung Chhay
Prisoners prepare to fly to Chile for Swiss ambassador ransom
Seventy prisoners were to be flown from Brazil to political asylum in Chile as ransom for the kidnapped Swiss ambassador Giovanni Bucher. They were held at a military airport near Rio beside a Varig Boeing 707, awaiting the go ahead after the captors guaranteed Bucher's release on arrival.
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Giovanni Bucher
Rio
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Bucher
Santiago
Chamber of Commerce Plan Feb. 2 Meeting Featuring Dr. Haggai
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce will host its annual meeting on February 2 at the Heart of Aiken Restaurant with dinner at 7 30 p.m. featuring Dr. Tom Haggai of High Point North Carolina as the keynote speaker known for addressing both youths and seasoned businessmen with humor and clear communication.
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Tom Haggai
High Point
N.C
Greater Aiken
Stage Set For Assembly Fights
The 1971 South Carolina General Assembly opens its second day with expected clashes over a cease fire and a liquor law rewrite. A key bill by Sen. Lew Wallace would allow men to graduate from Winthrop College a female dominated campus, facing Sen. Marion Gressette who hints at killing the bill as a new legislature meets.
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Columbia
South Carolina General Assembly
Winthrop College
Lew Wallace
D-York
Truax To Face Dooley In February Elections
Long time county commissioner Mackie Scott a Democrat will face Republican Richard Freeman for Aiken County supervisor in a February 23 advisory election following yesterday's primary. Carlton Truax a Republican from Lexington meets Democrat Albert J Dooley in a Lexington state senate race, also set for February 23. Scott won the Democratic nomination with 2238 votes to Raymond A Holley 1625.
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Mackie Scott
Richard Freeman
Aiken County
Carlton Truax
Lexington
Albert J Dooley
Scott
Raymond A. Holley
Thurmond denies split in South Carolina GOP leadership race
U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond told the Aiken Standard there was no split with either side over the recent SC Republican chairman election. He backed continuing cooperation with the state GOP chair and White House adviser Harry Dent, and said any eligible candidate can run for the Senate seat.
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Strom Thurmond
S.C
The
Aiken Standard Today
Republican Party
Thurmond
Harry Dent
Ken Powell
Columbia
Dent
Cordes Seabrook
Anderson
White House
Robert E McNair
South Carolina
Marsh Seeks Re-Election for Aiken School Board Seat
C. T. Marsh announced today his candidacy for re election to the Aiken County Board of Education representing Administrative Area. Marsh said he would continue to work to maintain and improve the Aiken School District as one of the finest public school systems in South Carolina.
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C. T. Marsh
Aiken County
Aiken County Delegation Gets House Committee Slots
Representative C Marshall Cain of Aiken is named to the Rules Committee by Speaker Sol Blatt. Earlier Blatt placed Cain on the Ways and Means Committee. Other Aiken officials receiving appointments include Zack Fulmer on Agriculture and Conservation, John H Williams on Judiciary, and C Julian Dunbar on Military Public and Municipal Affairs.
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C. Marshall Cain
R-Aiken
House of Representatives
House
Sol Blatt
Blatt
Cain
Ways and Means
Rusche Enters School Race for Aiken Board Seat
Ben C. Rusche an Savannah River Laboratory employee and PTA leader in Aiken announces candidacy for one of three at large seats on the Aiken County School Board. The school election is set for February 2 and Rusche says he entered the race with encouragement.
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Ben C. Rusche
Savannah River Laboratory
PTA
Aiken
Aiken County
Rusche
Wyman files for at large Aiken County School Board seat
Dr Henry Dibble Wyman filed yesterday as a candidate for an at large seat on the Aiken County School Board He said recent events and conditions in the schools induced him to run and that new problems this year will require new ideas Page 7 A
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Henry Dibble Wyman
Aiken County
Board of Education
Wyman
Trial resumes in breach of trust case in North Augusta
The trial of Charles Lesley charged with breach of trust continued into day two in the Court of General Sessions. The key witness, Frank M. James, testified about a $1633 bank deposit bag intended for July 4, which was not received by the bank. The bank’s employer confirmed the bag was not among those taken from the night depository. Defense testimony began today.
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Charles Lesley
General Ses
Laughlin and West discuss USC Aiken Tech Center merger conversation
Sen. Mike Laughlin met Gov elect John C. West in Columbia to discuss the controversy over Wests suggestion of a shared Tech Center and USC Aiken campus. West asked for about a week to consider new opposing facts and noted he has 100 letters in favor, without details. The Higher Education Commission urged only 12 million of 18.2 million requested be funded next year.
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Aiken County
John C. West
Columbia
West
Tech Center
University of South Carolina, Aiken
Laughlin
C Higher Education Commission
General Assembly
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