Carter's Son Expelled From Navy Over Drug Incident
President elect Carter's eldest son Jack Carter, 29, was discharged from the Navy in 1970 after being caught smoking marijuana with classmates at the Navy Nuclear Power School in Idaho Falls Idaho. He received a general discharge, a Navy spokesman said under the Privacy Act the exact type could not be disclosed.
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Washington
Carter
Navy
Jack Carter
Navy Nuclear Power School
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Jack Anderson
Young Carter
Georgia
Carter nominees near-certain Senate approval despite Sorensen withdrawal
President-elect Carter faces smooth Senate passage for most cabinet picks after Theo dore Sorensen withdraws as CIA nominee. Committees backed Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus for interior, Ray Marshall for labor, Joseph Califano for health and welfare, W Michael Blumenthal for treasury, Charles Schultze for CEP chair, and Patricia Harris for housing and urban development.
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Washington
Theodore Sorensen
Carter
CIA
Senate
Idaho
Cecil Andrus
Interior
Ray Marshall
Joseph Califano
Health, Education and Welfare
W. Michael Blumenthal
Treasury
Charles L. Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Patricia Roberts Harris
Housing and Urban Development
Wallace wife bugged phone to save marriage
Governor George C. Wallace’s wife Cornelia allegedly bugged his telephone not for political gain but to save their threatened marriage. The Ladies Home Journal quotes her saying she campaigned for him solely to keep the marriage intact.
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Montgomery
Ala
The
Ladies Home Journal
George C. Wallace
Cornelia
Drug May Aid Blood Vessel Defect
A single dose of a drug corrected a blood vessel defect known as patent ductus arteriosus in about 50 cases, easing breathing difficulties in premature babies. If proven safe, thousands of affected newborns could avoid major surgery, according to Dr. William F. Friedman of UC San Diego.
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San Antonio, Tex
William F. Friedman
University of California At San Diego
No Postponements For Tonight's High School Games
News notes no delays in tonight's high school basketball schedule while statewide travel warnings stay in effect. Athenite Scott Hunter's father appeared on Today with Dr. Hunter teaching at Georgetown University amid inauguration coverage. A Washington eatery serves crepes with caramel peanuts as Democrats mock and Republicans react.
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Athenite
Scott Hunter
Dr. Hunter
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C
Washington
Williston Woman Beaten Burned In Joilition Case
Pamela Tanner 21 of Williston remained in critical condition at University Hospital Augusta after a Friday night beating and burning. Three Williston men Leonard Crosby William Blackburn Edward Davis held on $100000 bond each on charges of assault with intent to kill and conspiracy to commit murder as investigators linked the attack to a planned trial testimony and a fiery car crash near a pole.
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University Hospital
Augusta
Pamela Tanner
Williston
Aiken County
Tanner Leonard Walter Crosby
William Gary Blackburn
Edward Marion Davis
Miss Tanner
Crosby
Barnwell
Blackburn
Aiken and Barnwell County
State and Barnwell County Sheriff's Departments
State Law Enforcement Division
SLED
Charleston
North Charleston
Davis
Aiken
University of South Carolina
Clemson University
Mrs McCoy recalls 1890s winter in century cold snap
In Aiken residents report January temps running eight degrees below normal per National Weather Service. Local power firm says no brownouts despite high energy use, exporting power to other areas while cutting voltage 5 percent. Oil and gas shortages slow heating and textile plants lay off workers. Builders and horse trainers face work stoppages due to freezing weather.
Harshest Winter In Years Tightens Grip On Nation
The Associated Press reports Piedmont Natural Gas will cut off service to 15 commercial and industrial customers in the Carolinas today and curtail supplies to 124 others though emergency gas is available. South Carolina power firms report all time high usage and cut voltage to some homes while Santee Cooper reduces voltage by five percent in parts. Temperatures ranged from 5 to 20 degrees across the state with record lows in Columbia and Greenville Spartanburg. Weather forecasts warn of no moderation until late week as frigid conditions persist. Piedmont will halt industrial and commercial service at 8 a.m. and reduce non-alternate fuel customers by half. schools and hospitals face a 25 percent cut. Duke Power CP&L and SC Electric & Gas say voltage reductions won’t severely affect service.
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Associated Press
Piedmont Natural Gas Co
North
South Carolina
South Carolina Public Service Authority
Santee Cooper
Anderson
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg
Alee
The
Weather Service
Piedmont
Forrest L. Collier
Houston Pipeline Co
Duke Power Co
Carolina Power and Light Co
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
Cp&l
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Florida
New York
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Ernest Kline
Arctic Cold Cripples Power as Plants Idle Across East
The deep winter chill shuts auto and steel plants, leaving more than 60,000 workers unemployed and forcing school closures from Florida to New York. Energy supply tightens as ice blocks cooling valves and utilities divert power to homes, with governors declaring emergencies in Pennsylvania and multiple states seeing shortages and disruptions in trains, gas, and heat.
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Ohio
Michigan
New York
Florida
Amtrak
Chicago
Ohio River
Illinois
Indiana
Willard Driscoll
Muncie
Ind
Mississippi
Aiken Man Found Guilty In Assault On Businessman
An Aiken man, Gregory Carmel Williams, was found guilty in General Sessions Court of assault and battery with intent to kill. A witness admitted involvement, but the jury returned a guilty verdict in minutes. Williams received a three year sentence suspended after three months with three years probation.
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General Sessions Court
Gregory Carmel Williams
Tommy Adams
Jimmy Pettis
Aiken
Pettis
Williams
Adams
Frigid Weather Forecast With Snow Chance
Frigid weather and a possible light snow are forecast for tonight in Aiken County with temperatures dipping into the low teens. A slight warming trend is expected later in the week as the high nears 30 and precipitation remains unlikely.
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Aiken County
Wastewater Plant Moves Toward April Construction Start
The Aiken County Public Service Authority approves contracts for trunk lines and signals a target April 1 start for the 90 acre Horse Creek Basin Waste Water Treatment facility. Bay-Con of Florida is the low bidder after Murray Walter withdrew a protest, with funding from four customers and EPA backing. Primary clarifiers remain an outstanding issue and may be deferred in initial phase.
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Lin Smithwick
Langley
Aiken County Public Service Authority
PSA
Horse Creek
William J. Mottel
Mottel
Arthur Pew Construction Company
Murray Walter Company
Bay- Con Company of
Florida
Graniteville Company
United Merchants and Manufacturing Company
Aiken
North Augusta
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Motte
Douglas S. Garvin
Aiken County
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Frank B
Mabel) McCoy
Virginia
Rudy Coward
S.C. Electric and Gas Co
Aiken Oil Co
Holley Fuel Co
Jenny Howell
Brothers Builders
Brick Masons
Don Shaffer
John M. Gaver
Carolina
Capitol
James River
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Detroit Edison
Niagara Mohawk
Upstate
Brooklyn
East Tennessee Natural Gas Co
U.S
Yvonnie E. Jackson
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