Warmer Weather Boost SCE&G Gas Ration Plan
South Carolina Electric and Gas orders a 53 industrial customer gas cut in 24 counties amid ongoing shortages. Officials cite weather and supply transport as key factors. few layoffs tied to the Ras shortage are confirmed while Owens Corning faces varying figures and weeks of impact.
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South Carolina Electric and Gas Company
Sce&g
Rudy Coward
Columbia
Coward
J. B. Jordan
The
Southern Natural Gas Company
Birmingham
Ala
Ee Vvce Ait Silvaliut
Jordan
South
Southern Natural
Aiken County
Graniteville Company
United Merchants
Owens Corning
Charles H. Sitka
Smokers' Offspring Face Higher Birth Risks, German Study Finds
Bonn via AP. German researchers report fathers who smoke ten or more cigarettes daily raise the risk of infant death at birth and birth defects. The eight year study also suggests nicotine may damage male sperm.
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Bonn
West Germany
German Resarch Society
Tokyo Rose Receives Pardon From Ford
Iva Toguri D Aquino known as Tokyo Rose speaks of relief after President Ford pardons her treason conviction. She spent years in prison and years as a stateless person before the pardon restores citizenship and rights.
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Tokyo Rose
Chicago
Iva Toguri D’ Aquino
Ford
Tokyo
Mrs. D'Aquino
D’aquino
Alaska Seeks Oil Profits For Residents Under Plan
Gov. Hammond proposes Alaska Inc investment fund to share oil wealth with residents. Every adult with five years in state would get a share, with seniors receiving two. Each five years of residence adds another share as oil revenue is projected to rise to 1 billion dollars annually by 1980.
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Juneau, Alaska
Alaska
Jay Hammond
Riots in Cairo End as Curfew Restores Calm Amid Rioting
Army troopers with machine guns guard key squares and bridges while police report 40 killed and 250 injured in Cairo rioting over price increases. Al Ahram cites 34 killed and 409 injured in Cairo and Alexandria with 439 arrested. A 14 hour curfew ends, streets reopen and buses run as rubble is cleared and shops reopen.
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Cairo
al Ahram
Alexandria
Farouk
South Carolina Unemployment Drops in December
South Carolina's unemployment rate fell from 5.6 to 5.1 percent in December as the seasonally adjusted labor force rose by 6 800. Commission Director Robert David noted over 24 000 people found jobs in the past year and unemployment rolls declined by more than 30 percent, about 29 000 people.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State Employment Security Commission
Commission
Robert David
Candidate Speaking Postponed by Aiken Board
The Aiken County School Board candidates meeting at Ridge Spring Monetta High School has been postponed due to weather. It will be rescheduled at a later date.
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Aiken County
Inaugural Ball to Feature Square Dancing in Aiken
The inaugural ball will have square dancing for a Southern flavor. Four Aiken residents from the Circulators Club Bill Brockington Don Smith Cathy Treadway will attend to perform. A previous note claimed schools would stay open but this was a misstep by a mother columnist. The Aiken County Ponyub horse show, set for Sunday, has been postponed due to weather and will be rescheduled in spring.
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Bill Brockington
Don Smith
Cathy Treadway
Circulators Club
Aiken County
Augustan Receives 22 Years In Dr DeVore Robbery
Augusta man Benjamin F. Bilton Jr. was found guilty of armed robbery of Dr. Robert N. DeVore and sentenced to 22 years. Judge E Harry Agnew criticized Bilton for probation violations and drug use. Two witnesses testified Bilton was elsewhere the night of the crime.
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Augusta
Benjamin F. Bilton Jr
Jackson
Robert N. DeVore
B. F. Bilton
Bilton
E. Harry Agnew
Agnew
David A. Brown
Mitch McMillan
Carter sworn in as 39th president marking new beginning
In a brief ceremony in Washington Jimmy Carter took the presidential oath, pledging a government that is competent and compassionate. He thanked Gerald Ford and urged unity, learning, and shared effort to meet poverty, ignorance and injustice while seeking lasting peace and justice.
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Washington
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Carter
United States
James Earl Carter
Plains
America
Micah
Tinsley Surrenders On Tire Theft Charges
Former North Augusta mayoral hopeful and Bobby's Garage owner Robert Walter Tinsley turned himself in at the Aiken County Sheriff's Office after fleeing since last March. He posted a $30,000 bond and was released within an hour, facing six counts of larceny and receiving stolen goods for 23 tires and five vehicles recovered by sheriff and North Augusta police.
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Robert Walter
Bobby' Tinsley
North Augusta
Bobby
Aiken County
Tinsley
Sheriff's Department
Unemployed workers at United Merchants plant face gas shortage layoff
About 125 workers at the United Merchants Clearwater plant were laid off due to gas shortages. Workers express cautious optimism as they receive unemployment benefits, with some planning to rely on savings and livestock to cope. Others seek new jobs while awaiting a return to work.
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John Sharkey
United Merchants
Clearwater
Butler Pettis
Pettis
Aiken
Robert L. Spires
Bath
Spires
William J. Murphy
SC. Employment Service
Gerald Norris
Augusta
Scottie A. Smith
North Augusta
Smith
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Murry Sill
Augustan
Dr. DeVore
Gerald R. Ford
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Thomas F Allgood
B. Henderson Johnson
R.W. Tinsley
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