Year Ago Today Bridge Came Tumbling Down
Aiken residents remember the Laurens Street bridge collapse a year ago during a crane operation for a drain pipe. The event stranded traffic, spurred a court suit against Southern Railway and M. L. McGee, and left the city debating replacement options and safety.
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Debby Wendel
Laurens Street
M. L. McGee Co
Southern Railway Co
M. L. McGee and Southern Railway
Aiken
Donna Gould
Rosebank
Southern Railway Company
ML. McGee Company
Railroad, Construction Company
Patchen & Mingledorff
Major L. McGee Jr
Democrats Plan Energy Program To Counter Ford
Congressional Democrats move to develop a unified energy plan after Ford chided them for not offering an alternative. Speaker Carl Albert directs a task force to craft the plan and set timetables for emergency economic relief measures already on the table.
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Washington
Ford
Albert
Delegate Optimistic On Treaty In Nuclear Talks
American delegate U Alexis Johnson says he is optimistic about the negotiations starting today to form a treaty incorporating nuclear arms limits. He cites the Ford Brezhnev Vladivostok accord of November 1973 as clear and specific enough to translate into a formal agreement.
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Geneva
Switzerland
U. Alexis Johnson
Ford
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Johnson
Navy to shrink carrier fleet to postwar low
The Navy plans a Defense budget cut next year reducing aircraft carriers by two. The Hancock and Oriskany, both decades old, are likely to be retired, leaving 13 carriers including one for training.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
Tion
Hancock
Oriskany
Turkish Airlines plane crash near Istanbul leaves 41 aboard
Rescue teams report no survivors from the Marmara Sea crash off Istanbul after the Turkish Airlines flight went down Thursday night. Most of the 37 passengers were Turkish, with officials noting possible foreign travelers.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Turkish Airlines
Marmara Sea
Stamp Price Freeze Move Clears House Panel
Washington AP sponsors push to freeze food stamp prices for the rest of the year and seek a House vote next week as Ford plans a substantial price increase on March 1. The House Agriculture Committee approved the measure 33 to 2, five days ahead of schedule.
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Washington
Ford Administration
House Agriculture Committee
Bail Reduced In Murder Case
A U S magistrate lowered bail for former Army physician Jeff MacDonald from 500000 to 100000 after a two day hearing. Nine witnesses testified he was unlikely to flee, with the U S Attorney arguing inconsistencies between his account and physical evidence at the Ft Bragg scene.
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Los Angeles
Jeff MacDonald
John KR. Kronenberg
MacDonald
Kronenberg
U.S
PSC To Hold Hearing In County
S C Rep Irene K Rudnick announced a PSC hearing on the SCE&G rate hike in Arkenites. She urged bills to abolish pre approval rate increases and to elect PSC members, while urging voter participation at a public meeting at USC Aiken.
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PSC
S.C
Irene K. Rudnick
Public Service Commission
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
Usc-Aiken
Rudnick
Rudolph Mitchell
Aiken
Sce&g
Aiken County School Board Candidates Meet Tonight
Six candidates for two seats on the Aiken County Board of Education will speak for five minutes each and answer written questions at 7 p.m. in the Heritage Room of Farmers and Merchants Bank. Voters in Aiken County may vote for Area No 3 and At-Large seats in the Feb. 4 election.
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Langley
Bath
Clearwater
Graniteville
Clifton L. Williamson
William E. Twilley
Augustus Stephens
John R. Williamson
Robert E. Coward
Henry P. Moseley
W.E. Twilley
Board of Education
Area Advisory Council
PTA
United Way Workers Celebrate 1974 Victory at Banquet
Rev. John S. Wimbish urged universal effort at the 23rd Annual United Way Membership Awards Banquet at Owens Corning Clubhouse. About 220 attended as Emily Bull praised the campaign for surpassing its goal by 10 percent and leaders received plaques, bars, and council appointments were announced for 1975.
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John S. Wimbish
Ashley J. Little
R.S
Skipper
United Way
Owens Corning
Wimbish
Corinth Baptist Church
New Ellenton
United
Moral Obligation Argued By Habib
Ford administration officials warn Congress that denying a further 300 million dollars in aid to South Vietnam could prompt Hanoi to launch a major offensive. They say North Vietnamese forces will likely increase pressure but not yet mount an all-out attack.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Congress
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Pentagon
State Department
House Appropriations Committee
Ford
Vietnam
Cambodia
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Habib
United States
Paris
Richard M. Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Daniel Graham
Defense Intelligence Agency
Erich F. von Marbod
von Marbod
Hearst Holds On To Hope Pattie Is Alive
Patricia Hearst, on the eve of the first anniversary of her kidnapping, is believed by Randolph Hearst to be alive in the United States though she remains estranged from her family. The Senate era case continues to unfold amid broader Vietnam aid debates and military assessments.
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Hearst
Pattie
San Francisco
Patty
Randolph A. Hearst
The
San Francisco Examiner
Patricia
United States
Miss Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
SLA
Los Angeles
Derrick C Derrick Jr Named to Two Subcommittees
Rep. Derrik C. Derrick Jr. D S C has been named to the Financial Institute Supervision Regulations and Insurance subcommittee and to the General Oversight and Renegotiation subcommittee. He says the latter will review existing financial laws and the other will connect him with housing and textile industries hit by slumps in South Carolina.
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Washington
Butler C. Derrick Jr
S.C
Financial Institute Supervision
South Carolina
Derrick
Bathing Suit Weather Forecast for End of January
The area expects hot days with highs in the upper 70s this afternoon and tomorrow. A light shower risk exists with a 10 percent chance today and 20 percent tomorrow. Lows will be in the low 50s tonight and in the low 30s tomorrow night.
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Jean Redden
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Robert Bell
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Twilley
Duri
Moseley C. Williamson Coward
J. Williamson Stephens
Aiken County
Emily L. Bull
United Way Workers
Robert S. Perry
John R Thomas
Craig Musick
Margaret Holley
Jean T. McFerrin
Gary Molen
Fred Dilendik
Charles Cofer
Luther Allen
Mike Chewning
Janie Key
Harvey Allen
Fred Dilendki
Ron Fowler
Ron Henderson
James Price
Lin Smithwick
Steve White
Bill Whittle
Richard S. Young
Aiken Tec
J.W. Ashhurst Insurance Agency
Bankers Trust
Wagener
Central Office
DuFour & DuFour Attorneys
Finance America
Kimberly Clark
Life of Georgia Insurance
Henry Summerall
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Trans - South Finance
University of South Carolina - Aiken
Hitchcock Development Center
Adult Development Center
Child Development Center
Amoco Plastics
Beech Island
Colonial Equipment Co
du Pont Construction
du Pont Laboratory Lab
du Pont
Graniteville Co
Kimberly - Clark
Southern Beil
Therm - Disc. Co
Tilbury Fabrics, Inc
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Associated Press
Philip C. Habib
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