Young school leaders address drug rumors in area
Student body presidents from Aiken High School St Angela and Kennedy and Aiken junior high schools deny drug sales at their schools while acknowledging rumors and limited drinking. They urge verification and cooperation with authorities to protect their schools reputations amid Williamson Williamson spotlight.
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Aiken
St. Angela
Howard Williamson
Millbrook
PTA
Judge Williamson
Sgt
Frank Whitecotton
Aiken Police Department
Kennedy Junior High School
Jeff Jay
Aiken Senior High
Jay
Laurie Brown
Aiken Junior High
Richard Chesser
Kennedy Junior High
Miss Brown
Aiken Standard
Chesser
Floating Typhoid Bomb Sparks Vancouver Ship Halt
Vancouver officials warn the Oronsay may become a floating typhoid bomb if it sails before tests finish. Dr. George Mott notes the ship is in port with 34 cases, and 300 passengers await embarkation only if tests identify no carrier. Federal tests among 1,500 aboard continue with results due late today or Saturday.
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Vancouver
B.C
City
George Mott
George Turner
Mott
Poverty Lawyers Target Federal Programs Cited By Ruckelshaus
Assistant Attorney General William Ruckelshaus accused some federally financed lawyers of filing politically motivated lawsuits to embarrass the Nixon administration. He said 75 to 100 suits are in the Office of Economic Opportunity legal services program and urged focusing on state and local governments that fail to fund administration of the programs.
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Washington
Justice Department
Nixon
Asst. Atty
William D. Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Office of Economic Opportunity
Secretary of Agriculture
Oeo-Financed
School Roof Collapses After Snow Evacuation
Lebanon New Hampshire AP reports the roof of a combined elementary and high school collapsed under two feet of snow about 90 minutes after roughly 1200 pupils were evacuated at the start of the day. Superintendent William Merrill described the event as sounding like a shotgun shot.
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Lebanon
N.H
Belvedere Bank Hit By Fire Damages Building
Early morning blaze at the First State National Bank in Belvedere damaged the building after a utility pole was struck by a car causing live lines to fall. Two Ft. Gordon soldiers, Bruce Allen Stockwell and Stephen Gary Prater, were hospitalized for injuries. Bank president James Goodman said business will resume in an undamaged section, with Nationwide Insurance manager Robert Feaster set to reopen later. Firefighters fought the flames for about two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First State National Bank
Belvedere
Ft. Gordon
Bruce Allen Stockwell
Stephen Gary Prater
Ft. Gordon Hospital
James Goodman
Robert Feaster
Nationwide Insurance Co
Belvedere Fire Department
Reds Capture Woodpecker Hill in Laos Clash
In Laos a government unit retreated after three North Vietnamese battalions overran a key hill at Phou Noe Coc Woodpecker Hill near the Ban Ban junction on the Plain of Jars. The fight began a week ago as Highway 7 remained blocked and casualties were unknown.
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Vientiane, Laos
Plain of Jars
Defense Ministry
Phou Noe Coc
Ban Ban
Bathelemy Pass
North Vietnam
Vientiane
Thongphanh Knoksy
Woodpecker Hill
Pathet Lao
Laos
Redgrave Smith top British film critics choice 1969
Vanessa Redgrave of Isadora and Maggie Smith of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie were voted best movie actresses of 1969 by British film critics. John Schlesinger was named best director for Midnight Cowboy.
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London
Vanessa Redgrave
Isadora
Maggie Smith
Jean Brodie
John Schlesinger
Battle Deaths Decline After Bombing Halt in Vietnam War
After President Johnson halted bombing North Vietnam on Nov 1 1968 battlefield American deaths dropped by one third over 62 weeks. 10 958 Americans killed versus 16 463 in the prior period. Saigon forces show higher combat losses 19 771 vs 17 885. North Vietnamese attacks continued including a February 1969 post Tet offensive and clashes near Da Nang My Lai Chau Thuan. An allied report notes a Viet Cong assault on a refugee camp and fresh enemy mortar rounds against U S forces 92 miles northeast of Saigon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
da Nang
Policeman Attacked While Making Arrest in Aiken
Patrolman K M McNeil arrested Nathaniel Calhoun 21 of Trenton after a traffic stop for running a red light and speeding. Calhoun fled, McNeil fired a warning shot, and a struggle left the officer bruised. Sgt. Carol Heath previously faced an assault during a traffic arrest.
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K. M. McNeil
Nathaniel Calhoun
Trenton
Houn
McNeil
Calhoun
S. C. Hwy
M. H Mixon
Calhoun McNeil
Carol Heath
South Boundary Avenue
Whiskey Road
Suspect Held In Breakin In Aiken
Aiken police say a suspect is held in a south Aiken break in last Friday at a Rosemary Drive home. The theft included a $300 coin collection and other items after a hoax call lured Mrs. R. W. Delozier from her residence. Police recovered a rack of watches from Lemink Pharmacy after three men were arrested in connection with the thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
South Aiken
R. W. Delozier
Rosemary Drive
Opposition Senator Forms Middle Path Movement in Saigon
In Saigon Sen Tran Van Don a sharp Thieu critic launched a new opposition movement advocating a middle-of-the-road approach for Vietnam after the war. He aims to unite disparate parties and push for moderated reforms while camped near a major enemy supply route.
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Saigon
Sen
Tran van Don
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Magistrate Court Reform Also Urged
The Aiken County Grand Jury urged hiring more qualified personnel to create a narcotics division and called for reforms in the magisterial court system. It urged prompt warrants, earlier indictments, shorter pre trial waiting times, and reduced court session intervals. The jury praised police efforts and noted plans for a new Traffic and Safety committee and courthouse construction.
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Aiken County
Grand Jury
Wade
Weatherford
Board of Commissioners
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Kennedy
L. C. Jones Jr
Jones
Thomas Dion
Dion
P&o Lines (North America) Ltd
Dr. Mott
P&o
Poverty Lawyers
William Merrill
Jaycees
Aiken Jaycee
John Thomas
Aiken and
New Ellenton Jaycees
Laurens Street
Security Federal
McManaway
Belvedere Bank
Reds
Wolf
John Harris
Jethro
Alameda County Court House
Oakland
Hayward
Harris
Planning Commission
UPI
Chau Thuan
My Lai
U.S
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