11 Jul 1974
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1974
Page
1
A list of candidates for Tuesday's primaries across offices. GOP votes only in governor and lieutenant governor in Aiken County. Names include Edwards and Westmoreland for governor and Harvey Jr and Sanders for lieutenant governor.
A Q and A outlines primary voting limits POB rules for single primary voting oath stamping and restrictions on switching parties Runoff eligibility and general election duties are clarified Absentee ballots details for military students and the disabled are noted Registration deadlines and eligibility criteria are stated including felon disqualification rules
Beverly Bozeman Wallace reports a Disney World wedding of Mickey and Minnie Mouse as part of a humorous note. An Aiken mother plans a Hilton Head trip with pets while struggling to locate her three teen children she keeps on a leash.
Owens-Corning Fiberglas in Aiken expects to operate at peak production and employment by Monday. Personnel director George Brelsford said about 1,580 workers should be on site, most returning after a five week strike, with a few not returning or uncertain. Regular hours 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. are in effect as start up continues.
Daily showers appear to end as rain probability falls from twenty percent today to near zero tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures stay constant.
Senate passes bill giving Congress veto over any presidential nuclear export agreement to a foreign country. The measure requires approval by both houses to block an agreement, or one house for final approval, and targets peaceful uses to prevent weaponization.
Hallie Seigler killed a 53 inch rattlesnake found in his vegetable patch between corn and beans using a stick. He described the reptile as the largest he had ever killed and noted it had 14 rattlers and a button.
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger provided support for John Ehrlichman in the plumbers trial. Nixon submitted written answers to six questions from Ehrlichman’s lawyers while Kissinger testified briefly as a defense witness.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev offered to strengthen Lebanon's defenses against Israeli attacks. Beirut papers report the message to President Suleiman Franjieh delivered Tuesday by Ambassador Servar Azimov. Official spokesmen said Lebanon was pleased but did not reveal contents.
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon travels to Saudi Arabia and Egypt to bolster U S economic ties. Officials hope stronger ties will lower oil prices, attract Arab investment, and deepen Arab United States relations.
Former Democratic Chairman Lawrence F. OBrien says he is completely appalled and disgusted by a report that White House aide John Ehrlichman pressured the IRS to jail him before the 1972 election. Senate Watergate committee staff quoted Ehrlichman as saying he wanted tax authorities to turn up something and send OBrien to jail before the election.
The U S Embassy confirms the skeleton found last Sunday near Hermosillo in a creekbed is the remains of Vice Consul John Patterson. Mexican officials say kidnapers from the United States sought ransom, not Mexican terrorists with political aims.
John W. Dean III, once close to the Nixon White House, is summoned in the impeachment inquiry to explain his role in routing a $75 000 payment to E Howard Hunt Jr The former White House counsel who cooperates with prosecutors testified last year linking Nixon to the Watergate cover up and now faces questions about the payment with Frederick C LaRue Dean previously served as minority counsel on the Judiciary Committee and is returning to testify in a home setting for the proceeding.
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