Push for two year college system in South Carolina
Gov. West backs a state supported two year college system amid opposition from communities and former Governor McNair. The move aims to combine regional campuses with parent universities and revive debate on a Tri-Level education plan as momentum grows in Columbia.
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Aiken
University of South Carolina
Technical Education
TEC
John C. West
Columbia
John
C. West
Robert E. McNair
General Assembly
McNair
Aiken Chamber Backs Laurens Street Block for Courthouse Site
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce recommended Laurens Street Laurens Street Hampton Avenue Newberry Street Abbeville Avenue as a courthouse site with 10 of 12 lots under 90 day options totaling 245000. The plan seeks an appraiser and offer with leaders meeting Monday to discuss.
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Greater Aiken
Brodie
Aiken County
Laurens St
John Henry Williams
Stathy Verenes
Highway 215
Cener
Aiken
Chamber and
Citizens For Action Committee
States Cut Welfare as 22 States Seek Budget Relief
Washington reports 22 states are implementing or considering welfare cutbacks as HEW finds public assistance levels at a 30 year climb reversal. States face money limits with reductions up to 20 percent in ten states and possible cuts in twelve more.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
British Troops Battle Mobs in Derry Prelude to 12th
British troops clashed with rioters in the Bogside district of Londonderry. Two rioters were killed and a third wounded after soldiers fired into the crowd. Hundreds of youths attacked the troops with petrol and nail bombs as 500 more soldiers were sent in, bringing total troops to 11,000. One wounded man died after being taken to a hospital in the Irish Republic.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Bogside
Irish Republic
Killer Of Runaway Sentenced In Miami Murder Case
Johnnie Lee Jones, 21, found guilty of first degree murder in the death of Cloyce Cook, 17, son of a Piedmont, South Carolina minister. Jury recommended mercy. Judge Gene Williams imposed a life sentence. Jones claimed the confession was coerced amid alleged police pressure.
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Miami
Dade County
Johnnie Lee Jones
Mercy
Circuit Court
Gene Williams
Cloyce Cook
Calvin Cook
Piedmont
S.C
Young Cook
Richmond Teacher Fights Social Promotion Tampering
Mrs. Carol G. Schorr of Mosby Middle School says administrators reversed her failing marks for six students, claiming a city policy of social promotions. She alleges selection bias and one student who missed seven weeks could not read well enough to pass. Superintendent L D Adams says grades were changed under a city-wide social promotion policy.
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Richmond
Carol G. Schorr
Mosby Middle School
Schorr
Mark
L. D. Adams
U S Turns Over Last DMZ Base Amid Vietnamese Takeover
U S forces handed Fire Base Charlie 2 to South Vietnamese control ending U S presence on the DMZ major base but 50 Americans remain for artillery and advisory roles. Alpha 4 at Con Thien was also handed over with about 100 staying for support. Maj Gen Pham Van Phu stated the DMZ firebases are being transferred as Viet Nam expands its own deployments.
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Saigon
United States
Alpha 4
Con Thien
Charlie 2
U.S
Dmz
Pham van Phu
Phu
Vu van Giai
Singer Jim Morrison Dead in Paris Natural Causes
Los Angeles AP reports singer Jim Morrison of The Doors died of natural causes in Paris aged 27. Manager William Siddons said Morrison died last Saturday and was buried in France Wednesday, ending a rapid rise from the acid rock scene to stardom.
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Los Angeles
Jim Morrison
The
Doors
William Siddons
Morrison
Paris
France
Standard Stumper Pot Now 670 dollars
Aiken Standard advertises a Stumper puzzle with a prize of 670 dollars. Readers are invited to fill it out and submit at the newspaper office, promising excitement and local chatter if a winner is chosen.
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Aiken Standard Office
New Aiken Post Office Moves to 307 Laurens St N W
Postmaster announces weekend move of Aiken facility from 203 Laurens St N W to 307 Laurens St N W. New post office opens Monday July 12 with lockbox exchanges at the old site until 2 p.m. Sunday July 11 and new keys issued at the new building.
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Woodrow Wilson
Aiken
Laurens St. N.W
Bryant Construction Co
Brevard, N.C
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