Julie Melton to join 84 SC contestants on California trip
Julie Melton daughter of Mr and Mrs L W Melton 206 Laurel Dr Graniteville will travel Sunday to California for a five day all expense paid trip as a Red and White Food Store contest winner. She joins 84 South Carolina winners and Ronald Gurley store manager will accompany as chaperone. Mrs Rhea Burgess of Aiken says her daughter and husband Woody Wilkie are vacationing in Paradise Island Bahamas. The Wilkies are building a home in North Augusta and currently live in Columbia. Batten down the hatches Friday the thirteenth.
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Julie Melton
L.W. Melton
Laurel Dr
Graniteville
California
South Carolina
Ronald Gurley
Rhea Burgess
Aiken
Woody Wilkie
Paradise Island
Bahamas
Wilkies
North Augusta
Columbia
Dollar Recovery Ends On European Markets
The dollar slid again on European exchanges after a brief two day rally from record lows. Traders blamed the lack of concrete backing from the Federal Reserve and other central banks as a key factor behind the renewed weakness.
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London
Europe
U.S. Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Bank of France
Tahiti Tightens Security Ahead of Nuclear Test
French police placed guards on all commercial flights to Papeete and searched passengers and baggage as tensions rose over the first 1973 test explosion. A seven mile exclusion zone around Mururoa Atoll took effect, with weather ships en route likely delaying blast timing until weekend or next week.
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Papeete
Tahiti
South Pacific
France
Mururoa Atoll
Mururoa
U S Forces Bombard Near Phnom Penh as Battles Envelop Bridges
U S planes bomb insurgent positions south of Phnom Penh to aid encircled Cambodian battalions near Kompong Kantuot and near two small bridges along Highway 3 and Rural Route 38. Cambodian command says 4 government battalions with about 20 APCs face 1,800 enemy troops seven miles east of the capital.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S. Fiji
Phnom
Penh
Takhmau
Kompong Kantuot
Mills Faces Possible Full Relief From Back Pain
Rep. Wilbur Mills of Arkansas says doctors believe he can be completely relieved of his back pain if he follows a medical regimen. The 64 year old chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said he could continue congressional duties with help from others on the committee.
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Little Rock, Ark
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
House
Ways and Means
Washington
KTHV
Virus linked to animal cancer and brain tumor clues
A slow-acting virus known to cause a human brain disease may be most potent for producing cancer in animals. No evidence it causes cancer in humans, but researchers at Johns Hopkins and NINDS see potential to study cancer causation and medulloblastoma in children.
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Fort Detrick, Md
Man
Donald Tower
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke
NINDS
White House
Health Education and Welfare Department
Tower
Richard Johnson and Associates
Johns Hopkins Medical Center
Baltimore
Aiken County Hospital Raises Nurse Starting Pay 35 Cents
The Hospital Board of Trustees approved higher starting salaries to attract nurses, raising RNs to four dollars per hour and LPNs to two seventy five. The change aims to stay competitive with Augusta area hospitals as recruiters target doctors nationwide.
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Skip Seiser
Aiken County Hospital
Augusta
Sam Nesbit
Hospital Board of Trustees
Nesbit
New York
Aiken
Chicago
Joseph Farmer
Farmer
W. Vivian Bailey
University Hospital
Doctors Hospital
Anne St. Joseph's Hospital
Mitchell says Nixon “lowering the boom” on Watergate participants
John N. Mitchell told reporters that President Nixon has been lowering the boom on Watergate participants since April, as Sen. Daniel K. Inouye questioned the scope of action. Mitchell repeated claims he sought to shield Nixon from Watergate word to protect the re election effort. He cited the special prosecutor appointment and removal of involved White House staff as actions.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Daniel K. Inouye
D-Hawaii
White House
John W. Dean III
Mitchell
Inouye
Augustan Killed In N A Tavern
NORTH AUGUSTA Police charged Heidel berg Inn bartender Timothy Nunn Stokey 24 with murder after an altercation over a shirt request led to Phillip Joseph Shaw 20 of Augusta being stabbed to death at the Heidel berg Inn near the Fifth Street Bridge. Shaw and a companion were playing pool when the incident occurred around 6 p.m.
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North Augusta
Heidelberg
Augusta
Timothy Nunn Stokey
Second St
Phillip Joseph Shaw
Telfair St
Stokely
George DeLaughter
Fifth Street Bridge
Shaw
Aiken Forecast Promises Warm Days With Spot Showers
The Aiken area expects partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures today and tomorrow. Highs around percent degrees, overnight lows in the upper 60s, with a 20 percent chance of showers today and tomorrow and 10 percent tonight.
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Aiken
Jewelry Stolen From North Augusta Residence
Jewelry valued at over 500 dollars was reported stolen from Mary McClain on Five Knotch Road in North Augusta. Missing items include a gold charm bracelet 275 dollars a silver charm bracelet 100 dollars a watch imitation emerald ring multiple rings a 38 caliber revolver a shotgun a gold pin and a tape player. Investigation led by Dan Bowe and E H Boyd of the Aiken County Sheriff's Department. See stolen on page 14.
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North Augusta
Aiken County
Dan Bowe
E.H. Boyd
Sheriff's Department
Meet Your Mayor Weeks Aiken seeks city improvements
Mayor Odell Weeks, owner of Lyon-Croft Weeks Realty Co, outlines needs for Aiken including storm drainage, three new municipal buildings, and a robust sanitation program. He stresses cooperation with downtown merchants, fair treatment of all citizens, annexation plans, and a capable City Council, with focus on community progress and strong civic groups.
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Weeks
Laurens Street
Aiken
Nixon aides resign as Watergate pressure grows
Senate hearing shows Haldeman and Ehrlichman quit on April 30 after Nixon faced requests to remove aides. Mitchell says Nixon acted to appoint Archibald Cox under intense congressional pressure, while Inouye notes Nixon’s warmth in dismissals and regrets. The cases of Magruder and Krogh are cited as examples amid ongoing controversy.
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Mitchell
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Egil Krogh
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Hitchcock Drive
Rick Hawkins
N.A. Tavern
N.A
Odell Weeks
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John D. Ehrlichman
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