Aiken Elemental School PTA Hosts Book Fair and Festival
Aiken Elemental School PTA invites parents students and friends to a Book Fair and Learning Festival on February 13 with materials on sale from 6 to 9 p.m. Proceeds support school needs not funded by other sources. Dr Loton H Rasmussen recently relocated from New York notes bad business in New Jersey and reports Mafia-impacted judge firings.
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Aiken Elemental School Pta
Loton H. Rasmussen
New York
New Jersey
Impoundment hearings begin in Senate subcommittee
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee led by Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. of North Carolina opens hearings on a bill to grant Congress power to override presidential impoundment of funds amid a White House Congress rift over spending.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Congress
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Judiciary
Israeli and Syrian jets clash over border skies
In Damascus an army spokesman said Syrian jets repelled Israeli war planes attempting to enter Syrian air space from the sea. Syrian radio quoted that several Israeli formations from the Lebanese border at 0830 GMT were intercepted and forced to turn back.
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Beirut
Damascus
Mail Truck Fire Scorches I-85 North of Commerce
A collision between two trucks near Commerce Georgia on Interstate 85 early today left two trucks and an oil tanker ablaze. The wreck occurred about 6 a.m. with both vehicles burning hours later and firefighters reporting only two bags of mail saved from the burning mail truck.
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Commerce, Ga
Here
Heroin Smuggler Gets 20 Years
An Argentine national described as the biggest narcotics trafficker brought to justice in the United States was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $20,000. Augste Joseph Ricard, the kingpin of an international ring, was linked to routing a ton of heroin into the United States annually with a $600 million yearly price tag cited by officials.
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NEW York
United States
Auguste Joseph Ricard
International
Asst
U. S. Atty
Walter Phillips
France
South America
Turner Trial Set For Monday In Jacksonville
Orlando businessman Glenn W. Turner is slated for trial in Florida circuit court on a felony charge of selling unregistered securities. Judge Hudson Olliff denied defense motions to dismiss citing speedy trial issues. Turner faces five misdemeanor counts as well, including conspiracy with Jacksonville associate Randall H. Hubbard and two charges of pyramid club organization and deceptive trade practices.
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Jacksonville
Florida
Turner
Randall H. Hubbard
Seven Americans Die In Cyprus Plane Crash
A Misrair jetliner from Cairo crashed while approaching Nicosia airport killing seven Americans including Mr and Mrs Richard Dodge and Mr and Mrs Samuel Burne Miller along with Raymond Jeanne Thomas Woods and Ann Valentine and 30 others.
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Cyprus
Cairo
Misrair
Richard Dodge
Samuel Burne Miller Raymond Jeanne
Thomas Woods
Ann Valentine
Richardson Confirmed as Defense Secretary
Washington AP reports the Senate confirmed Elliot L. Richardson as secretary of defense. The confirmation reduces Nixon’s cabinet confirmations still needed to three with two nominees awaiting action and a vote slated midafternoon on Peter Brennan for secretary of labor.
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Elliot L. Richardson
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New York
Juror and Matron Ordered to Testify in Corona Trial
Fairfield California AP reports juror Naomi Underwood and matron Georgia Wallis must testify before Judge Richard Patton on February 5 amid defense bid for a new trial. Patton has scheduled the sentencing of Juan Corona, 38, on 25 counts of first degree murder.
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Fairfield
Calif
Juan Corona
Naomi Underwood
Georgia Wallis
Richard Patton
Patton
Kennedy Limousine To Be Retired To Museum
The presidential limousine in which John F. Kennedy was assassinated will be retired from government service and likely placed in a museum, according to the Secret Service.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Secret Service
North Augusta Council rescinds ARTS approval in six month review
North Augusta City Council unanimously rescinded its ARTS approval and the 1970 concept approval for a minimum six month period. The move opens public hearings and requires Planning and Zoning input before the ARTS proposal returns to council. About 30 residents attended to register for future notices.
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North Augusta
Augusta Regional Transportation Study
ARTS
William J. Mottel
Planning and Zoning Commission
City Council
Aiken County Board of Commis
Sioners
Raymond Walters
Violations Fall 30 Percent Amid Ceasefire Delays
In Saigon procedural disputes keep observers from entering South Vietnamese provinces while the command reports over 250 new truce violations by North Vietnam and Viet Cong since Monday noon. US Pacific Command notes B52 bombers and fighter-bombers ongoing strikes in Laos and Cambodia at each government's request.
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Saigon
Honolulu
U.S. Pacific Command
Laos
Cambodia
Food costs for family of four rise sixty four dollars
U S D A figures show the annual market basket for a family of four cost 1 338 in December, up 5 percent from a year earlier. Farm value rose 59 from a year earlier while the middleman’s share increased and contributed to the higher total.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Weather Outlook for Aiken Area Flashes Warmer Trend
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts a warming trend in the Aiken area with a high near 50 today rising to about 60 tomorrow. Tonight's low around 30 is warmer than the 19 logged last night as winds shift from north to south tomorrow.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Aiken
Laser bomb funding jump signals race for new weapon
The Nixon era budget notes a stepped up effort to develop a laser triggered hydrogen bomb, aiming for a simpler smaller warhead with less radioactive fallout. The Atomic Energy Commission requests 34 million dollars for fiscal 1974, the largest single year sum to date. Meanwhile Agnew visits Saigon to reaffirm support for Thieu and press on cease fire talks as the ICCS stalls over credentials and deployment.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
58 Per Cent Cleared By Arrests In Aiken County Crime Report
Aiken County shows a 7.5 percent rise in major offenses in 1972 from 1971 with 1 146 major offenses and 570 cleared by arrest. The sheriff department notes eight murders five remain unsolved, 19 armed robberies with 16 cleared, 372 burglary entries with 145 cleared, and 444 underage arrests plus 1 872 adults processed. Juvenile arrests rose 70 from 1971. National figures show lower clearance rates. See Crime page 14.
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Aiken County
Sheriff's Department
Cimres
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