Candidates Spar Over School Board Priorities at Langley High
Feb 3 election candidates debated teacher salaries class size and school building needs before 30 plus residents at Langley Bath Clearwater High School. Maddox pushed for more funds to cut teacher pupil ratio renovate buildings and raise teacher pay while opposing East urged teacher input and professional status in policy. Other contenders pledged boosts to finances quest for fiscal independence and facility improvements amid calls to refine hiring evaluation and real estate policies.
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Langley-Bath- Clearwater
Albert J. Maddox
Maddox
Board of Education
Vse
Jones
PLO threatens stronger action after U.N. veto on Palestine state
The Palestine Liberation Organization vows to intensify armed struggle against Israel after the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an independent Palestinian state and Israeli withdrawal from 1967 territory. The council, in a 9 to 1 vote, ended two weeks of debate with the U.S. casting the lone veto.
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United Nations
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Palestine
Council
United States
Middle East
Kurt Waldheim
Post Office Seeks Tax Support to Maintain Services
The Postal Service warns it must cut back on services including Saturday delivery unless Congress provides additional appropriations. Chief financial officer Richard F. Gould told the Senate Post Office Committee that operations cannot continue as structured without taxpayer funding.
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Washington
Postal Service
Congress
Richard F. Gould
Gould
Senate Post Office Committee
Ford Welfare Veto Overridden Test for Democrats
House Democrats seek to override President Ford's veto of a 45 billion labor health education and welfare bill funding social programs including remnants of Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty. Ford vetoed December 19 over budget excess and higher federal deficit. Today's vote tests Democratic ability to overcome his tight budget stance.
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Washington
House
Ford
Lyndon Johnson
Rabin Visit Seeks to Preserve U.S. Aid and Strategy
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin arrives in Washington for a 12 day trip focused on maintaining American diplomatic support and preventing cuts to U.S. aid. He plans to outline a joint Middle East strategy for President Ford while stressing a strong U.S. role as negotiations continue.
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Washington
Yitzhak Rabin
U.S
Rabin
Jerusalem
Ford
Middle East
Philadelphia
House Expected to Ban US Military Aid to Angolan Factions
The House plans to join the Senate in voting a ban on further military aid to Western backed factions in the Angolan civil war. The move comes as the House considers the $90 billion defense appropriation bill today containing a Senate approved amendment to bar US funds from aiding the fighting in Southwest Africa. Appropriations Committee Chairman George Mahon said the amendment should pass the House by a wide margin.
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Washington
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
George Mahon
Cold Rain End Expected In Aiken
Weather for the Aiken area calls for rain to end late today with temperatures dropping to the low 30s tonight. Tomorrow brings clear to partly cloudy skies and highs in the upper 40s. Rain chances drop to near zero Wednesday and a cold spell continues into Thursday. Friday remains chilly with a slow warmup beginning Saturday as lows dip into the 20s Friday and rise into the 30s and low 40s by Saturday with highs in the low 50s.
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Aiken
Judge Ness Compares Courthouse To Ugly Woman In Aiken
Visiting judge Julian B. Ness compared the courthouse to an ugly woman in Aiken saying a coat of paint hides no blemishes. Meanwhile local groups stage rehearsals for the Bicentennial play Aiken High Senior Class Play Heart Fund Benefit Civic Ballet and Queen of Hearts Show.
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Julian B. Ness
Aiken
Aiken High
Heart Fund
Aiken Civic Ballet
Queen of Hearts
State of State Set At 7 O'clock
COLUMBIA AP Edwards to deliver state of the state at 7 p.m. outlining 1976 agenda. He will discuss budget, prisons, crime, higher education and his clash with the DSS board. He aims for bipartisan support and a plan to curb deficits, with progress on tax reform and education.
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Columbia
James B. Edwards
House
Senate
Edwards
South Carolina
State Department of Social Services
DSS
R. Archie Ellis
Budget and Control Board
Teen Ager Pleads to Involuntary Manslaughter in Father's Death
Russell Ronnie Ray Jr. an 18 year old, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for the July 7, 1975 shooting death of his father. Judge Rodney A. Peeples sentenced him to three years after his attorney argued self defense for the defendant who said he did not mean to kill his father.
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Russell Ronnie Ray Jr
Rodney A. Peeples
B. Henderson Johnson
C.L
Chuck'’) Edwards
Ray
Edwards
Johnson
Ernest L. Sanders
Aiken names five to health panel at first board meeting
Five Aiken County representatives were chosen for the East Central Georgia Health Systems Agency board at the initial directors meeting in Augusta. Members include Margaret Weston from Planned Parenthood, Dr John Beard, Ralph F. Cullinan, Lessie B. Price, and Harold V. Graybear. The 30 member panel will oversee federal health funds for the county and process certificates of need.
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Augusta — Aiken County
Georgia Health Systems Agency, Inc
Margaret Weston
Planned Parenthood
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
John Beard
Ralph F. Cullinan
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Lessie B. Price
DuPont Employe
Harold V. Graybear
Aiken County
Riegel Chief Warns on Spending Sparks Alarm
Robert E. Coleman, chairman of Riegel Textile, told Aiken Rotarians the nation is flirting with real deep economic trouble due to reckless spending. He urged a balanced budget and citizen input to restore fiscal common sense and a productive economy.
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Riegel Textile Corporation
Aiken
Coleman
New York City
William Thurlow
Riegels Convenience Products
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