Three Men Held On 100000 Bond In Williston Beating Case
Three men face assault and battery with intent to kill and conspiracy to commit murder after a 21 year old Williston woman was beaten and set on fire near Windsor. Leonard Crosby, William Blackburn and Edward Davis are jailed on 100000 bonds and the victim, Pam Tanner, is in critical condition with burns over sixty percent of her body. The investigation involved SLED and multiple local police departments and continued despite onlookers at the scene.
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Aiken
Williston
Windsor
Pam Tanner
University Hospital
Leonard Walter Crosby
Rt. 1
Box
William Gary Blackburn
Judy
Edward Marion Davis
Domin St
Miss Tanner
Barnwell County
Crosby
University of South Carolina
USCA
Manny Brooks
Aiken County
Davis
Blackburn
Charleston
Brooks
Sorensen Reveals Request to Withdraw Carter CIA Nomination
Theo dore C. Sorensen stunned the Senate Intelligence Committee by saying he asked President elect Jimmy Carter to pull his CIA director nomination. He did not reveal Carter's reply, but committee chair Daniel Inouye indicated the panel would defer to Sorensen's wish to step aside. Sorensen asserted his qualification and rejected personal attacks he called unfounded.
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Washington
Theodore C. Sorensen
Senate Intelligence Committee
Jimmy Carter
CIA
Sorensen
Carter
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Cede
John F. Kennedy
Benin under curfew after reported coup attempt
In Benin, Cotonou faced scattered fighting and a curfew as President Mathieu Kerekou claimed he defeated an invasion by imperialist mercenaries. A plane carrying whites and Africans allegedly landed near the military airport and attacked multiple points before government troops repelled them and forced a DC8 to depart.
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Niamey
Niger
Benin
Mathieu Kerekou
Kerekou
Two Californians Charged in Rocket Secrets Espionage Case
Andrew D. Lee and Christopher J. Boyce, both from the Los Angeles area, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union. FBI said no damage estimate yet. The case traces to a Jan. 6 arrest in Mexico City where Lee was found with three rolls of top secret U.S. defense documents on microfilm.
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Los Angeles
California
U.S
Soviet Union
FBI
Andrew D. Lee
Palos Verdes Estates
Christ
Opher J. Boyce
Rancho Palos Verdes
United States
Lee
Mexico City
Big parties planned for Carter inauguration week
Washington hosts a flood of celebrations as Jimmy Carter readies to take the oath this week. The schedule of events runs long with elaborate, high profile parties and public gatherings surrounding the inauguration eve and day.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Washington National Airport
Carter
Boat Capsizes Killing Nine Americans in Barcelona Harbor
An AP report states a U.S. Navy launch with 110 sailors and Marines aboard capsized in Barcelona harbor early today. Nine Americans were killed, five are missing, and 19 injured. The Spanish freighter Urlea reportedly collided with the launch per CIFRA, though the U.S. Consulate cannot confirm a collision or overturn.
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Barcelona
Spain
U.S
Cifra
Singer Claudine Longet Plans Return To Teaching
Claudine Longet, 35, convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of her lover, returns to her volunteer French teaching job for second graders this week as her lawyers seek to avoid prison. Judge George Lohr can reduce or suspend any sentence and may place her on probation. Longet spent the weekend with ex-husband Andy Williams and their three children.
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Aspen
Colo
Andy Williams
Claudine Longet
George Lohr
Miss Longet
Singer Williams
Woman Power at County Council Inauguration
Mim Woodring chose Councilwoman on her name plate while male members proposed Councilperson. Pauline Heslip plans to attend with husband Rev. Sam Heslip unable to leave Aiken. The Heslips depart for Washington tomorrow.
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Mim Woodring
Pauline Heslip
Sam Heslip
Aiken
Heslips
Washington
Gary Gilmore Executed After Stay Lifted in Utah
Gary Mark Gilmore, who sought execution, was put to death by firing squad at Utah State Prison minutes after a federal appeals court lifted a night stay. He wore white with an overcoat, addressed witnesses, and died at 8 06 a.m. MST.
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Point OF the Mountain
Utah
Gary Mark Gilmore
Gilmore
United States
Provo
Utah State
4Th District Court
Robert L. Moody
Vern Damico
Gary
Series Helps Taxpayers Prepare 1976 Returns
A five part series on federal income tax changes begins in the Aiken Standard today. Part One appears on Page 7 and aims to help millions of Americans save by understanding new rules this year.
Two Aiken textile firms to stay open this week
Graniteville Company and United Merchants and Manufacturing will operate through the week despite losing natural gas. Timmerman says the weather and uncertain long range forecast complicate prospects as 7,600 workers face potential layoffs if gas supplies do not return. United Merchants runs at half capacity with several departments shut, affecting about 125 workers. Local officials may seek Federal Power Commission hearings for relief.
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Lin Smithwick
Aiken County
Graniteville Company
United Merchants and Manufacturing
Robert P. Timmerman
Timmerman
South Carolina
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Thompson
Graniteville
United Merchants
Aiken County Council Eyes Partial Baird Report Plan
The Aiken County Council may implement part of the George C. Baird accounting procedures at tomorrow's meeting. The move aligns budgeting with the Baird report, but council may not adopt the recommendations word for word. The seven finance and personnel items include paying all county monies through the finance department and requiring verified invoices.
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Council
Baird
Aiken County
George C. Baird
Grand Jury
Finance and Personnel Committee
Finance Department
Aiken Schools Cut Heat Amid Rising Utility Bills
In Aiken County, heat was turned off in unused school buildings over the weekend to curb a steep utilities bill. Dist Supt Ted B Willis cited unusually cold weather and a heating bill of 279373.72 dollars from July 1 1976 to Jan 14 1977, up over 100000 from the prior year.
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Aiken County
Dist
Ted B. Willis
Willis
South Carolina
Aiken
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Gary Gilmore
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Moody
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