Mother of Four Testifies in Aiken County Sterilization Case
Shirley Brown and Virgil Walker testified in federal court about their experiences as patients of Dr. Clovis H. Pierce in a civil rights suit alleging sterilization abuses. Walker said Pierce warned of permanent tubal ligation and described consent forms signed for Medicaid patients. Brown, mother of three, initially agreed to sterilization but later refused and remains pregnant.
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Barnwell
Aiken County
Clovis H. Pierce
Pierce
Virgil Walker
Shirley Brown
Ms. Brown
Dr. Pierce
Orbital meeting ends space chase between Apollo and Soyuz
American and Soviet crews linked their ships 140 miles above Europe marking the first space detente. Apollo commander Thomas Stafford and Donald Slayton docked with Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov after two days of orbital pursuit.
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Leonov
Stafford
United Nations
Earth
Slayton
Soyuz
Apollo
Valeri Kubasov
Kubasov
Valeri
Alexei Leonov
Vance D. Brand
Thomas P. Stafford
Donald K. Slayton
Brand
West Germany
Stafford and
Economy Stabilizes Slightly After Deep Recession
Washington reports GNP fell at an annual rate of three tenths percent in the second quarter, the sixth straight quarterly decline but the smallest since the recession began. Commerce says overall output down 7.8 percent from the start of the downturn.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Nixon Likely to Get $121,153 for Staff Expenses
The House is expected to approve a bill allocating Nixon 121,153 for staff, office supplies, and miscellaneous expenses for the new fiscal year. The vote, postponed from Wednesday to today, cuts the amount Ford requested by 40 percent.
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Washington
House
Richard M. Nixon
Ford
Bombs Thrown At Japan's Crown Prince and Princess
On Okinawa two young radicals threw gasoline bombs at Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko during a war memorial visit. They escaped after the blasts as the couple were shortly to depart. An aide was lightly injured. In Tokyo radicals clashed at a railway station leaving one dead.
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Naha
Okinawa
Japan
Tokyo
Akihito
Michiko
Wheat Sale Not To Affect Prices
United States plans million ton wheat sales to the Soviet Union with the Agriculture Department saying prices at American supermarkets will not be affected. Cook Industries of Memphis sold two million metric tons and Cargill of Minneapolis arranged to sell 1.2 million tons in deals valued at about 475 million dollars.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
Cook Industries Inc
Memphis, Tenn
Cargill Inc
Minneapolis
Cook
Cargill
Coed Gym Classes Possible After House Split Vote
Washington AP report says government rules banning separate physical education classes for boys and girls may take effect despite a narrow House vote to permit them. The action targets a Department of Health, Education and Welfare rule with a Monday deadline, risking temporary enactment and a potential veto. The 212-211 tally came on an education bill amendment allowing single sex organizations.
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Washington
House
Congress
Republicans eye Cleveland for 1976 convention
Republicans lean toward Cleveland as their 1976 convention city while Democrats favor New York. Cleveland last hosted the GOP convention in 1936 amid widespread GOP losses to FDR, and New York is favored by leaders including Chairman Robert Strauss to host for the first time since 1924, a year marked by a deep Democratic defeat.
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Washington
Cleveland
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert S. Strauss
Black Juror Seated in Miss Little Murder Trial
In Raleigh North Carolina the first black juror is seated in the Joan Little murder trial as the state uses three of its nine peremptory challenges to excuse black potential jurors. Defense attorneys objected to each removal of a black juror.
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Raleigh, N.C
Joan Little
Miss Little
Edible ornamental eggplant tied to local grower
Lee Hyder says the ornamental eggplant he grew in his hot house is edible and gave the plants to Errol G. Orebaugh. Hyder bought seeds from Nichols Nursery in Albany Oregon. The plant fruit resembles a chicken egg in size and color. The Barnwell court scene features a judge reprimanding a lawyer after a repeated mislabeling of Richard Poore and the Department of Social Services.
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Lee Hyder
Errol G. Orebaugh
Hyder
Nichols Nursery
Albany
Ore
Barnwell
Richard Poore
Department of Social Services
Richard
Rain Chance To Decrease Tonight And Tomorrow
Today's fifty percent rain chance drops to thirty percent tonight and remains at thirty percent tomorrow. Highs will be in the mid 80s with tonight's low in the upper 60s.
Hospital Board and Commissioner Kirby Reach Accord on Hospital
Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees and Commissioner Forest L. Kirby reached agreement on a mutual concern regarding the county hospital. Kirby introduced a resolution asking if the board had authority to enter a management contract with Hospital Corporation of America, while Dr. George A. Poda advised court action was unnecessary.
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Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees
Aiken County
Forest L. Kirby
Kirby
Public Hospital Board
Hospital Board
Aiken County Hospital
Hospital Corporation of America
HCA
Iere
County Board of Commissioners
Hospital Board of Trustees
George A. Poda
Uncertainty Over Magistrate Seats In Aiken County
Aiken Chief Magistrate L Glenn Holley and Oak Grove Magistrate E W Padgett face uncertain tenure as governor appointments loom. Holley has not been reappointed and may stay in place until a new appointment. Padgett says he did not seek the seat but accepted to avoid abolition. Six magistrates exist in the county with McMillan naming an unnamed senator asking for information on Holley.
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Aiken
L. Glenn Holley
Oak Grove
E.W. Padgett
Holley
James B. Edwards
Padgett
Aiken County
Senate
Gilbert E. McMillan
McMillan
Michael L. Laughlin
Albert J. Dooley
Jimmy L. Martin
Laughlin
Elliot Willis
Willis
Allen To Spearhead United Way Drive
Harvey F. Allen Jr. named campaign chairman for the 1975 76 United Way drive in Aiken County by United Way president Robert S. Perry Jr. Allen a Purdue grad and SRP Reactor Technology assistant chief supervisor led SRP drive to a 17 percent rise last year. He also coaches Pony League baseball and directs the Western Division.
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Aiken County
Robert S. Perry Jr
United Way
United Way Board of
Allen
Perry
Indiana
Purdue University
Aiken
Savannah River Plant
SRP
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