Hickey backs pantsuits in worship and cookie house query
From Indianapolis Louis Cassels notes The Rev. Howard M. Hickey tells parishioners inquiries about women wearing pantsuits are welcome. He quips God lived through the miniskirt and can survive pantsuits. The Pink Ladies seek cookie-house donors for Aiken Hospital ward and ask to contact Andrea Butler at this number. Aiken Chamber offers state tax forms on Laurens Street. Thought for today: a smile is a curve that can set things straight.
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Indianapolis
Louis Cassels
Howard M. Hickey
Aiken Hospital
Andrea Butler
Aiken
Nixon approval slips to 27 percent in Gallup poll
Gallup finds President Nixon with a 27 percent approval rating after the IRS announced tax return audit. The Jan 4–7 poll of 1,504 adults shows 63 percent disapprove and 10 percent with no opinion. Republicans 53 percent approve, while Democrats 11 percent and independents 26 percent.
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N.J
Gallup
Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Archibald Cox
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oil Motive Said to Drive China Island Claims
London AP reports senior diplomats view Beijing’s expulsion of South Vietnamese forces from the Paracel Islands as proof of resolve to press claims to about 150 islands on the Asian continental shelf. The push centers on potential oil under the South and East China seas involving Vietnam Japan the Philippines and Taiwan’s Nationalist regime.
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London
China
Paracel Islands
Peking
East China
South Vietnam
Japan
Philippines
Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan
South Vietnam seeks aid in Paracel Island dispute
South Vietnam twice asked the United States 7th Fleet to intervene against China over the Paracel Islands but was refused. U S reconnaissance flights were conducted at Hanoi’s request. An American civilian, said to be a former Marine, is missing on an island overtaken by Chinese forces.
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Solzhenitsyn Says Gulag Archipelago Fulfills Duty
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, denounced as a traitor by Soviet authorities, says his book Gulag Archipelago has fulfilled his duty to the dead. He tells Western reporters he and his family are ready for anything and declines to predict Kremlin actions.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Gulag Archipelago
Ulate
Kremlin
Russia
Tricia Nixon Cox Denies Split Rumors
Tricia Nixon Cox spent the weekend at the White House with husband Edward Cox and denied rumors of a split. The couple joined President Nixon, Mrs. Nixon, and the Eisenhowers for a family dinner after Tricia's three week stay in California and Washington.
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Washington
Tricia Nixon Cox
White House
Edward Cox
Cox
Coxes
Nixon
Julie
David Eisenhower
California
Wall Street
Tricia
Helen Smith
Peron Vows To Destroy Enemies
President Juan D. Peron declared all-out war on terrorism after Marxist guerrillas raided a major army camp killing the commander his wife and a son. He urged general mobilization to aid the government in destroying terrorism and kidnapping intensified since his October election.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Cord's Termination Sparks County Commission Debate
Aiken County Administrator Ronald A. LaCouture accepts the resignation of Alex Cord manager of the Refuse Collection and Disposal Unit after a secret Friday meeting. Cord cited staff dissension and animosity. Graybeal and Murphy denied politics affected administration. Cord had alleged clashes with the chair and county administrator amid staff hard feelings.
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Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Aiken
Ronald A. la Couture
Alex Cord
Cord
Larry Murphy
Commission
Harold V. Graybeal
North Augusta
LaCouture
Graybeal
Murphy
Morris to Run for Governor in South Carolina
Lt. Gov. Earle E. Morris announced his candidacy for governor amid Democratic nomination intrigue with Rep. W. J. Bryan Dorn also seeking the party nod. Morris, 45, a Pickens banker, cited 24 years in state government and business experience in a news conference statement.
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Columbia
Earle E. Morris
W. J. Bryan Dorn
Morris
Pickens
Settlement Nears in Kaolin Mining Dispute in Aiken Woods
In a woodlands preserve near Aiken, representatives from multiple groups met on site to debate settlement proposals over kaolin mining. J M Huber Corp served notice Oct 1 that it will exercise mineral rights on 1,431 acre APS tract west of the city, amid opposition from Hitchcock Woods supporters and Friends of the Woods.
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Aiken Preparatory School
Woods
J. M. Huber Corp
APS
City of
Aiken
Hitchcock Woods
Foxchase
Services Scheduled Today For Rev. J. Luke Goodwin
The Rev. James Luke Goodwin sixty five died Saturday in Aiken County Hospital just before a wedding he was to officiate. He had led First Presbyterian Church in Aiken since 1951 after serving as chaplain in World War II and as associate pastor in Jacksonville. Memorial services set for 5:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Jerry Robinson officiating. He was active in civic groups including the Aiken Salvation Army and Rotary Club and served on church and regional boards.
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James Luke Goodwin
First Presbyterian Church
Aiken
Goodwin
Aiken County Hospital
Byterian Church
Jerry Robinson
Wheeling
W. Va
Finley College
Ohio
Yale Divinity School
Jacksonville
Fla
The
Aiken Salvation Army
Rotary Club
Aiken County
American Red
Kissinger Returns With Fragile Syria Talks In Progress
Secretary of State Kissinger ends a 15 600 mile trip reporting progress toward a Syria Israel disengagement. He cites constructive Syrian ideas, possible prisoner exchanges, and Red Cross visits while noting the process remains fragile and may take weeks. Egyptian Israeli talks on the Suez front continue amid sandstorms and tunnel plans.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Israel
Egypt
Syria
London
Kissinger
Hafez Assad
International Red Cross
U.S
Anwar Sadat
Assad
Suez
Sun Returns to Aiken Amid Skies of Teases
Weather bulletin notes tornadoes nearby in Georgia and Alabama causing minor damage while Aiken experiences scattered sun and thundershowers. Highs in the 70s today, cooler tonight in the 40s, with 60 percent rain today and near zero tonight and Tuesday. Tomorrow may reach 70 degrees.
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Georgia
Alabama
Aiken
LaCouture Proposals To Be Aired At County Meeting
Aiken County Board of Commissioners will discuss county government reorganization tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Room 107 at the University of South Carolina regional campus in Aiken. The session focuses on Ronald A. LaCourte’s Organizational and Management Design Plan and changes to the county structure and staffing.
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Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Wendell Hall
Aiken County
University of South Carolina
Aiken
Ronald A. LaCouture
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