Ellis Says State County Complied With Guidelines
Dr. R Archie Ellis of the South Carolina Department of Social Services testified that the state and Aiken County followed federal Medicaid guidelines. He cited action on a $1.5 million civil rights suit involving Dr Clovis H Pierce over sterilization policies affecting two black women and noted he advised stopping Medicaid payments for sterilizations after a third birth.
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Aiken County
Virgil Walker
Shirley Brown
Ms. Walker
Dr. Pierce
Ellis
Attorney Generals Office
Dr. Ellis
Department of Social Services
State Board of Medical Examiners
Pierce
C.T. Goolsby
Goolsby
Congress Divides Over Coeducational Gym Classes
The Senate rejected an amendment to bar mandatory coed physical education, 65 to 29, while the House passed a companion measure 212 to 211. The Senate action returns a conference report on a $7.9 billion education aid bill to the House for further action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Gujarat Protests Grow Against India's Crackdown
In Gujarat state, opposition to Indira Gandhi’s three week crackdown expands as leaders claim about 100 people are arrested daily for reading criticize central government material. The protests echo Gandhi’s nonviolent disobedience tactics from independence history.
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Ahmedabad
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gujarat
Indira Gandhi
Solzhenitsyn Meeting Sparks Ford Kissinger Dispute
President Ford favors a meeting with exiled Soviet writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn during his Washington visit while Secretary of State Kissinger urges against such a meeting. The disagreement traces to Solzhenitsyns arrival last month and his June 30 address to the AFL-CIO in Russian with English translation.
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Washington
Russia
Ural Mountains
Solskamsk
Serov
Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn
Ford
Solzhenitsyn
Ington
Henry A. Kissinger
Afl-Cio
Peron May Seek Three Month Leave Amid Illness
Reports say President Isabel Peron may request a three month leave of absence due to illness. Congressional sources say no submission has been made. A medical bulletin notes a serious cold but her condition is improving.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Peron
Juan D. Peron
Youthful Peach Picker Suggests Crime Cure
A local youth, tired from a peach season, proposes a summer labor penalty for criminals to deter crime. At Barnwell County Courthouse a federal sterilization suit proceeds with a judge and secretary sharing a light collision. Spectators fill the room including an unexpectedly wandering dog.
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Barnwell County
Solomon Blatt Jr
Shuttle Diplomacy In Space Camaraderie Continue
Seven Aiken County commissioners pledged a $30,000 land subsidy on April 3 to assist a German textile machinery plant. Schubert and Salzer Machinery Works of Ingolstadt will build on a 30 acre site near North Augusta. The subsidy, funded partly by the chamber and county, faced protests but was approved after wording changes.
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Aiken County
Board of Commissioners
North Augusta
Comene Forest L
Eugene Holley
Augusta
Sanders, Hester, Holley
Askin
Mary Mittelberg
Prime Lending Rate Raised by Bank to 7 Percent
New York city First National City Bank increased its prime lending rate for the third consecutive week from 7 to 7 percent. The rise, effective Monday, follows the bank’s formula tied to other short term rates and implies a 7.49 percent reading.
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New York
First National City Bank
New York City
National Guard
Space crews swap tours in first international linkup
Apollo astronauts and Soyuz cosmonauts share tours and meals during the first international space mission linkup. Leonov and Brand transfer between ships while Kubasov presents a TV tour of Russia and a family photo as joint medical and scientific experiments continue.
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Black Sea
Pacific
Soyuz
Alexei Leonov
Brand
Houston
Moscow
Leonov
Thomas P. Stafford
Donald K. Slayton
Stafford
Slayton
Apollo
Kubasov
Russia
Ural Mountains
Volga River
Rain Forecast With 30 Percent Chance Tomorrow
The forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow with cloudy skies and warm conditions. Temperatures show a high near 8 degrees after a low around 70 degrees tonight.
Aiken Postmaster Dodges Comment On Possible Nationwide Strike
Aiken Postmaster Farrell E. Rodgers declined to discuss a looming postal strike amid a 600000 worker contract expiration at midnight Sunday. Washington mediation continues as unions consider joint action, while officials warn service options for Monday remain unclear.
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Eric Higgs
Aiken
Farrell E. Rodgers
Tam
Rodgers
Postal Service
Washington, DC
Postal Workers’ Unions
The
Aiken Postal Service
W.J. Usery Jr
Postal Services
Service
American Postal Workers Union
National Association of Letter Carriers
Washington, D.C
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Barnwell
Kissinger
Racre
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Oklahoma
Alfred Stone
Stone of Windsor
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Mumon
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