County Board Authorizes Sale of Hospital Surplus to HCA
Aiken County Board votes unanimously to sell surplus hospital material to HCA after rejecting a prior 190000 offer. Items include drugs and other substances, to be priced fairly through negotiations with HCA and the County Hospital Board. HCA executives expect to buy most drugs to avoid federal disposal, while other equipment may be used if the hospital converts to a nursing home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HCA
Aiken County Hospital
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees
Thomas H. First Jr
Nashville
Frist
Forest L. Kirby
Cleve Edmunds
Dispute Erupts Over CAC Resolution at County Meeting
At the Board of Commissioners meeting in Aiken County a clash arose over a resolution to reappoint five CAC board members. Commissioners Cullinan and Kirby sparred over whether the board should investigate CAC issues themselves or defer to Gov. Edwards evaluation team. The letter from Samuel Hudson urged the CAC board to consider its own inquiry while noting the team is not a formal investigative body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commission
Aiken County Community Action Commission
CAC
Ralph F. Cullinan
Forest L. Kirby
CAC Board
CAC Board of Directors
Kirby
Board of Commissioners
Cullinan
James Edwards
Samuel B. Hudson
Hudson
Aiken
Greene Harvey Honored By Jaycees At Banquet
Aiken resident L C Greene named Boss of the Year by the Aiken Jaycees for supporting club leadership and county EMS during his tenure. Michael Harvey received the Distinguished Service Award for leading Helping Hands charity operations aiding neglected or abused children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Surles
Roger L. Martin
L.C. Greene
DSA
Michael Harvey
Nield Hay
Jeane Hall
Aiken
Aiken Jaycees
Aiken County Civil Defense Emergency Medical Services
J. D. Surles
The
Jaycees
Aiken County Ambulance Services
Surles
Greene
National Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
Montmorenci
Harvey
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Chick’) Thomas
Graniteville Company
Aiken County
Paul Grant
Inflation hits 7 percent in 1975 rise
Washington AP reports consumer prices rose five tenths of a percent in December, bringing 1975 annual inflation to 7 percent. Officials expect further improvement in 1976, noting the rate remains above postwar norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford Administration
Palestinians Cross Border Invasion Of Eastern Lebanon
Beir ut reports 3500 to 4000 Palestinian guerrillas crossed from Syria into Lebanon overnight overrunning a Christian village in eastern Lebanon and tightening a siege on Zahlah in the Bekaa Valley. Air reconnaissance photos show dozens of army and police posts ablaze as Syria seeks mediation with Jordanian royal backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Zahlah
Bekaa
Lice
Hussein
Jordan
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Kissinger warns Soviets on arms talks risks
Secretary of State Kissinger tells Brezhnev that failure to reach a new nuclear arms accord would leave both sides losers. He notes the Ford administration will press for a compromise and urges a similar approach from the Soviet Union after a three hour luncheon. He says technical issues should not delay a treaty and each leader must answer to their people and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Ford Administration
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Concordes Take Off Abroad In Early Supersonic Run
Paris and London launched commercial Concorde service with simultaneous departures. The French jet from Paris to Rio carried 93 paying passengers while the British flight to the Persian Gulf had 28 nonpaying travelers, and the oldest passenger on the French plane, 82 year old Aureli Quille, expressed hope of flying to New York later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Britain
France
Rio de Janeiro
London
Persian Gulf
Aureli Ouille
New York
Cool and Sunny Spell Extends Through Week
The U.S. Weather Service says unsettled air stays away with a cool pattern for several days. Tonight’s low near 25 degrees and tomorrow’s high around 55. Rain probabilities stay near zero until Thursday with a few showers and warmer weekend.
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U.S. Weather Service
Board meeting sparks quips and a radio mishap
Louis Alvanos questioned by Commissioner Forest L Kirby says he came to see how business is done. Kirby calls it like a bunch of donkeys. Commissioner Lucas Ray jokes he never abstains. A boy with a walkie talkie accidentally broadcasts on county radios asking how he is receiving, with a professional reply that he is receiving well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Alvanos
Forest L. Kirby
Alvanos
Kirby
Police
Aiken County to consider nine member council plan
The South Carolina Senate will hear a bill to create a nine member County Council for Aiken County with eight single member districts and a four year term chairman. The plan may raise total council size to 13 including four hold overs. The attorney general ruled a full slate of nine council seats must be elected in November. The bill also provides staggered four year terms and at large chairman. The proposal would introduce Home Rule governance in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
State
Senate
Gilbert E. McMillan
Daniel R. McLeod
County Board of Commissioners
County Council
Sen
McMillan
Michael L. Laughlin
McLeod
Legislative Council
Aiken
Board of Commissioners
Forest Kirby
Cleve Edmunds
Lucas Ray
L. Vernon Davis
Commission
Harold V. Graybeal
Ralph F. Cullinan
Charles W Prosser
Nixon Tax Returns Probed by IRS in 1969 Fraud Case
The IRS has reopened its investigation into Richard Nixon tax returns to see if he should be prosecuted for civil tax fraud. The Washington Post and New York Times report the agency asserts Nixon knew the back dated deed used for a deduction involving his papers to the government. If fraud is proven, he could owe a 1969 tax deficiency of $148,081 plus a 50 percent penalty of $74,040.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Richard
Nixon
The
Post
New York Times
Graniteville Bank Robbery Charged In FBI Warrant Arrests
Four Atlanta area suspects face federal charges for the October 23 1974 Farmers and Merchants Bank robbery in Graniteville. Theo McDaniel William Gravitt Charlie Garrett and Charlotte Streeter linked to the Dawson Gang are named with three men detained on other charges and warrants issued. A shootout wounded local officers Wayne Huff and Woodrow Scott. amount stolen remains undisclosed.
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Jeane Hall
Atlanta, Ga
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Graniteville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Columbia
Joseph J. Loeffler
Theo Donald McDaniel
William Eddie Gravitt
Charlie Garrett
Charlotte Streeter
McDaniel
Gravitt
Garrett
Streeter
Marion Ll
Greenville
Jefferson City
Dawson
Graniteville Bank
Wayne Huff
Woodrow Scott
Aiken County
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Board
Nursing Home
By Lin Smiinwick
By Lin Smithwick
Greene, Harvey
Council
Nixon Tax Returns
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