Birds Build Nests Variedly Around Local Homes
A Carolina wren nests in a begonia basket at Mrs Mildred Owens home on Whiskey Road, while a turkey vulture nests in an abandoned house on Central Church area. Wren has three eggs and is near the front door, a Banks Mill Road annex watcher reports. Aiken Standard notes a mockingbird near the building with eggs hatched and loudly guarding the nest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Owens
Whiskey Road
W. R. Chapman
Banks Mill Road Annex
Central Church Area
Chapman
Beauty
AIKEN
Six Plead Guilty In Drug Smuggling Case
Six men pleaded guilty in federal court in Columbia to smuggling 2600 pounds of marijuana into the United States. Names include Leon Tabory Frederick Sobel Peter Reccardi Michael Kelley Gerald Tucker and David Saxner. The drugs were seized March 1 on Hilton Head Island and later destroyed near Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
United States
U.S. District Court
J. Robert Martin
Harold Stein
Customs Agency Service
Hilton Head Island
Martin
Parole Board
Leon Tabory
la Selva Beach
Calif
Frederick Simon Sobel
Miami Beach
Fla
Peter Ronald Reccardi
Miami
Michael Hugh Kelley
Ft. Lauderdale
Gerald Tucker
Kingston, Jamaica
David Saxner
Virginia City, New
Tabory
Sobel
Reccardi
Saxner
Beaufort County
S.C
Space Suits as Essential as Seat Belts in Space
University of South Carolina biologist Dr. B Theodore Cole argues future space missions will require astronauts to wear pressurized suits like seat belts. He cites the deaths of three Soviet cosmonauts from embolism after pressure drops, urging precaution in emergency scenarios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
University of South Carolina
B. Theodore Cole
Cole
Soviet Union
Port Authority to Buy Back BASF Land in South Carolina
The South Carolina Ports Authority agreed to reacquire about 1,800 acres in Beaufort County from BASF for 1,437,000. The deal includes 800 acres previously sold to BASF for 172,000 and 1,000 acres bought from private owners. The move aims to preserve ecology while keeping future industrial development possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Authority
BASF
Columbia
South Carolina Ports Authority
Beaufort County
Ports Authority
Hilton
Walter Hickel
South Carolina
Victoria Bluff
VEE Disease Threatens 1900 Texas Horses
Texas health officials warn Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis may kill about 1,900 horses in Hidalgo and Cameron counties within two months, with 34 people hospitalized in Texas for flu like symptoms as the disease spreads via mosquitoes. Public health leaders note battlegrounds against the spread and the mounting toll among equines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Harlingen, Tex
John Copenhaver
Hidalgo-Cameron County
Hidalgo County
Cameron County
Central
South America
Mexico
Bamberg Receives Judicial Grant for Faculty Role
Bamberg County receives a 462 dollar Justice Department grant to fund Judge Julius B Ness of the Second Judicial Circuit as a Faculty Advisor at the National College of State Trial Judges from July 25 to August 21 1971 at the University of Nevada. The circuit covers Aiken Bamberg and Barnwell. The Lower Savannah Planning and Development Commission aided the application. Under the Omnibus Crime Control Bill the court may obtain matching funds typically 60 percent federal and 40 percent local.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bamberg
Justice Department
Julius B. Ness
Second Judicial Circuit
South Carolina
National College of State Trial Judges
University of Nevada
Aiken
Barnwell
Lower Savannah
Black Party weighs bid for two Richland seats in SC
United Citizens Party of South Carolina plans to contest two vacant Richland County General Assembly seats in a Sept. 14 special election. President John R. Harper says a Columbia convention Aug. 4 will nominate candidates and push to register all Negroes 18 to 20. He criticizes the Democratic Party for closing voter registration books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
United Citizens Party of
South Carolina
General Assembly
Richland County
John R. Harper
Party
Lem Harper
Employment Security Commission
Henry Vance
State Public Service Commission
UCP
Democratic Party
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Helen Mary Fenninger
Rich
Blatt
House
Solomon Blatt
Solomon Blatt Jr
U.S
Nixon
Robert Chapman
Spartanburg
UPI
State Development Board
Seaboard
Black Party
Harper
Sizzler
Cotte
Fabre Center
T¢Chell Mitchell Shopping
Dai
Famous Label
Sportswear Price Sportswear Shop
Dial
Culler-Jackson Carpets
Culler
Half Acre
Wanda Were
Cullers
Augusta Highway
Aiken, S.C
Riegel Quilet
Terry Velour
Contessa Crepe
Riegel
Johnston, S.C
Johnston
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