Graybear Letter Triggers Clarification on July 15 Meeting
State deputy attorney general Joseph C. Coleman seeks clarity on why he is asked to attend Aiken County Council’s July 15 session. Graybeal and Kirby want to discuss a special audit of the Clerk of Court’s office with Cherry, Bakaert and Holland. Coleman says he may attend only to answer factual and legal questions and not to discuss policy.
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Lin Smithwick
Aiken County
Harold V. Graybeal
Forest L. Kirby
Joseph C. Coleman
Coleman
Graybeal
Council
Augusta Cpa
Cherry
Cherry, Bakaert
Holland
PSA
Rubber Negotiations Collapse in Major Industry Strike
The United Rubber Workers rejected Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. final offer ending 12 weeks of talks. The dispute centers on a wage increase and a cost of living adjustment. The strike has idled about 60 000 workers in 47 plants nationwide.
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Pany
Rubber Industry
Soyuz 21 spacecraft functioning normally says Tass
Tass reported Soyuz 21 was operating smoothly after night time checks and the two crewmen Boris Volynov and Vitali Zholobov were feeling fine and began their work day at 9 a.m. EDT The mission aims to link with the Salyut 5 laboratory launched June 22 with no major engineering problems anticipated by Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shatalov, a Soviet space official.
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Moscow
Tass
Boris Volynov
Vitali
Zholobov
Salyut 5 Space Laboratory
Vladimir Shatalov
Domestic Cars Selling Well in June Across Industry
American buyers surged for domestic new cars in June with a 29 percent year over year rise to 829146 total US sales across four major makers. The pace, 31890 cars per day, marks the strongest since July 1973 and signals industry movement toward a 10.6 million annual pace despite prior slumps.
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Detroit
Justice Marshall Recovering After Mild Heart Attack
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, 68, is resting comfortably in Bethesda Naval Hospital after a mild heart attack. Hospital officials say his course is uncomplicated and expect a two to three week stay with additional convalescence at home once discharged. A court spokesman disclosed the illness to reporters.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Marshall
Christians Advance on Northern Beirut Enclave Front
Christians claimed forces advancing along the northern edge of their 800 square mile enclave north of Beirut. They said they drove back Lebanese leftists and Palestinians who had entered the Christian territory two days earlier to ease pressure on the besieged Tal Zaatar refugee camp.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tal Zaatar
Russians Buy U S Soybeans
The Soviet Union bought 700000 metric tons of U S soybeans valued at about 175 million dollars from this year’s crop, announced by the Agriculture Department. This follows a prior 800000 ton purchase for about 200 million dollars for delivery in 1976 77.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Agriculture Department
Salley Proclaims World Chitlin Capital on Stationery
Ellen Wilds hosts a young English visitor who asks what a brownie is and receives a simple explanation. The town map highlights Salley, South Carolina, with a pig icon marking a location on the map.
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Salley
South Carolina
Ellen Wilds
Ellen
Aiken County Council Holds Short First Meeting
The lack of a quorum adjourned the initial Aiken County Council session with only Chairman Harold Graybeal, Vice Chairman Charles Prosser, and Lucas Ray present. Several members miss or boycott, and no business was transacted though a preliminary report on Friday’s county vehicle and tanker crash was discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Harold V. Graybeal
Charles W. Prosser
Lucas Ray
Ralph F. Cullinan
Cleve Edmunds
Graybeal
Forest L. Kirby
L Vernon Davis
Donnie J. Williams
Williams
Graybear
Ray
Thurmond
T Hey
DHEC
PSA
North Augusta Council Forms New Government Plan
North Augusta City Council votes to adopt an ordinance detailing a mayor council form as of March 1974 with a six member council and four year terms. Public hearing set for July 20 and first reading in August. Also approves safety department consolidation, two insurance programs, and various capital purchases. Council delays a HUD loan for the Horse Creek Valley project until January 1977.
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Vivian Davis
North Augusta
Public Safety Department
Cities Council
Sunset Hill Cemetery
Historical Society
Council
Department of Housing and Urban Renewal
HUD
Horse Creek Valley
Israelis Eye Security Council Clash Over Uganda Hijacking
At the United Nations the Security Council prepared for debate on Israel’s rescue of Ugandan hijack victims. Israel planned to accuse Idi Amin of complicity with the hijackers and Palestinians, while African and Arab delegates urged a delay to hear Uganda’s Foreign Minister.
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United Nations, N.Y
Security Council
Israel
Uganda
Idi Amin
Organisation of African Unity
Council
Rainfall May Hurt County Crops
Aiken County faces crop trouble as nearly nine inches of rain since June drifts from wet weather. Extension agent J H Evans warns of damage unless dry periods return, with a slim chance of showers tomorrow and a renewed rain forecast by Friday per Mrs. Frank McCoy the official weather person.
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Aiken County
J. H Evans
US Weather Service
Frank McCoy
Aiken
Financing for Horse Creek Wastewater Project Approved
The Aiken County Public Service Authority wins an 11.7 million dollar EPA grant for the 31 million Horse Creek Wastewater Treatment facility. The aid funds the seek drainage basin project amid ongoing legal questions surrounding PSA authority and referendum status.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Aiken County Public Service Authority
PSA
Horse Creek
Strom Thurmond
Office Thurmond
FPA
Seek
State Supreme Court
William J. Mottel
Environmental Health Control
HEC
Mottel
Becaus
Mot‘ei
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Girl Scouts of America
Philadelphia
United States
N.A
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Tuvia Lear
Arun
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Tel Aviv
Palestine Liberation Organization
United Nations
Gau
PLO
Popular Front For the Literation of Palestine
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