Arab investments discussed in London talks
Secretary Henry Kissinger met with British leaders Denis Healey and James Callaghan in London to explore channeling Arab oil money into long term investments in Western Europe. Officials cited high oil and raw material costs as causing economic instability among allies and aimed to form an arrangement offering attractive investment opportunities to Arab states.
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London
Henry A. Kissinger
Europe
Kissinger
Denis Healey
James Callaghan
Vetoes Threaten Capitol Hill Work In 1974 Session
Congress returns from the July Fourth recess amid threats of presidential vetoes and impeachment inquiry uncertainties. The only major act so far is raising the minimum wage to 2.30 an hour, while a pivotal budget reform bill moves to the President for signing to tighten federal spending control.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Ehrlichman Defends Self in Ellsberg Burglary Case
John D. Ehrlichman takes the stand in his own defense along with three co defendants in the plumbbers trial alleging civil rights violations for conspiring to break into Dr. Lewis J Fieldings office on September 3 1971. Prosecutors showed White House officials feared Ellsberg acted with others or held more Vietnam war material to leak.
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Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Plumbers
Ellsberg
Ehrlichman
Nixon
Lewis J. Fielding
Fielding
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
White House
Elisberg
Navy Scraps 300 Outmoded Ships
The Navy will scrap 291 ships from its mothball fleet in the first major reduction since World War II. Most vessels built over 30 years ago cannot be economically utilized due to outdated systems and incompatibility with modern missiles and electronics.
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Washington
Navy
Food price rise nudges family budget in May
USDA reports higher weekly meal costs across low, moderate, and liberal plans. A four-person family faced about 50 cents more per week in May than April as prices climbed, with the low cost plan at 43.90, moderate at 55.00, and liberal at 66.50 dollars.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Fighting in South Vietnam Eases Since Cease Fire
South Vietnam reports the lull in combat to the lowest since the January 1973 cease fire. Lt. Col. Le Trung Hien says 44 violations occurred in the 24 hours to dawn today and 52 from dawn Saturday to dawn Sunday, noting no significance to the periodic easing.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
le Trung Hien
Hien
Aiken City Council to Meet Tonight on Code and Licenses
The Aiken City Council and regular meeting will review a change in building height ordinances and a first reading to modify business licenses for a telephone company. Bids for a hydraulic loader to collect tree limbs and debris in streets and parks will be heard.
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Aiken
Building Heights
Firefighter in tuxedo helps at sister’s wedding and fire
In Aiken a volunteer auxiliary fireman wore a tuxedo while answering a fire call. Roland Windham Jr. rushed to the flames then returned to the church to serve as groomsman and escort his mother down the aisle. Locals show sympathy for a duck at Aiken State Park with a damaged neck. it swims with its head submerged and surfaces for air.
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City of Aiken
Roland Windham Jr
Cindy
Windham
Money Market Stays Watched by Local Lenders and Realtors
Savings and loan offices and area realtors monitor the money market as loan demand continues but funding tightens. Security Federal reports steady funds yet Palmetto Savings and Loan pauses lending until July 15 amid dividend outflows. The Fed rate hike and rising prime rates slow home loan processing while a Nixon program offers limited relief with an 8.5 percent home loan option backed by $3 billion to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
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Robert E
Bob’’ Yarborough
Security Federal Savings and Loan Association
Yarborough
Security Federal
Savings and Loan
Palmetto Savings and Loan
William Johnson
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Home Loan Board
Nixon
US Treasury
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
High Court Hears Watergate Case Monsoon Season Arrives In Area
A South Carolina weather and events roundup notes thunderstorms across the county, a quip about monsoon season every two years, and forecasts heat with 95 degree highs and 70s overnight. It also mentions the Sizzler Contest and a Bank entry rush for guesses on 100 degree heat.
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Delaware
Park Recreation and Tourism Division
South Carolina
Jupiter Pluvius
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Jaworski argues Nixon power clash over Constitution and law
Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski told the Supreme Court that if a president can define the Constitution without review, Americans lose equality before the law. He warned against granting Nixon alone authority in the Watergate context involving Ehrlichman and Haldeman, saying no one, not even the President, should override judicial checks.
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Washington
Leon Jaworski
Nixon
Supreme Court
John D. Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
James D. St. Clair
White House
Jaworski
St. Clair
County Gets Funds For Youth Center In Aiken County
Rep. Marshall Cain announces $15,000 in federal funds for a youth center in Aiken County to counter drug abuse. The grant, total $17,080 with $2,080 from other sources, supports staff, space, and equipment for a center to give youths a constructive focus.
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Judy Rich
Marshall Cain
Aiken County
Aiken County Board to Deliberate Revenue Sharing Funding
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners will meet at 8 p.m. in Room 107 at the University of South Carolina Aiken campus to discuss revenue sharing and an 468 193.95 budget proposal. A federal grant of 932 450 will back the Horse Creek Valley wastewater project and an 81 000 note may be issued to buy ambulance service from Paramedical Services Inc. Other items include a first reading on hiring a Public Works Director, interview costs for a county administrator search, civil papers service request by Sheriff Paul D. Grant, and a Mental Health Board nomination.
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University of South Carolina
Aiken
Horse Creek Valley
Aiken County
Paul D. Grant
Mental Health Board
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