Judge cites security, halts city prisoners to chain gang
City Court Judge Marion Powell ordered no more city prisoners be sent to the Aiken County Chain Gang until security is improved. He cited repeat returns of trustees Bobby Barrett and L C Butler who fought with knives and caused injuries after using a county truck for personal use. Butler fined or jailed. Barrett acquitted.
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Aiken County
Chain Gang
Powell
Aiken
Bobby Barrett
L.C. Butler
Kershaw St
Barrett
Butler
Saigon renews cease-fire bid ahead of reunification talks
South Vietnam reasserts its 1969 proposal for cease-fire and reunification elections with North Vietnam. The move coincides with a seven point Viet Cong peace plan at Paris talks and President Nixon's China visit. U S officials see no new elements and expect North Vietnam to reject Saigon’s terms.
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China
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Roy W. Johnson
United States
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Paris
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Washington
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Foreign Ministry
Indochina
Vietnam
Gulf sheikdoms to form State of the Arab Emirates
Six of the seven Trucial States plan to federate into the State of the Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi Dubayy Sharia Ajman Fureira and Umm Al Qaywayn will join, ending years of British protection as Britain withdraws by year end.
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Persian Gulf
The
Arab Emirates
Egypt
Middle East
Abu Dhabi
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Sharia
Ajman
Fureira
Umm al Qaywayn
Britain
Election Setback for Allende in Chile Vote
In Valparaiso Chile a special congressional election Sunday produced an opposition victory by 4637 votes reflecting a test of Allende’s push toward socialism. The Marxist president said the result would not derail his planned course and the leftist government stays formed.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Salvador Allende
Allende
Oldest cornea transplant performed at Sibley Hospital
The cornea from a man who died in 1961 was transplanted into a patient at Sibley Hospital Washington. The International Eye Foundation says it is the oldest cornea ever used in a transplant. No further details are available.
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Washington
Sibley Hospital
Reston Recuperating After Emergency Appendectomy
New York columnist James Reston, vice president of The New York Times, is reported to be recuperating in Peking after an emergency appendectomy. He was stricken Friday and taken to the Anti Imperialist Hospital where doctors diagnosed acute condition.
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New York
James Reston
The
New York Times
Peking
the Times
Reston
Pressure On Press Warns Of Threats To Free Speech
Moss Randolph Millhiser, president of Philip Morris U S A, says politicians and government officials are pressuring newspapers and magazines that carry cigarette ads to give free space for anti cigarette messages. The warning came at a Virginia Press Association banquet in Charlottesville.
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Charlottesville, Va
Philip Morris U.S
Moss Randolph Millhiser
Virginia Press Association
Striking CWA Employes Drift Back To Jobs
In Aiken a few percent of workers return to duties as CWA strike lingers. statewide, about half of strike eligible Bell System workers are on the job, with progress noted in Atlanta talks. Vandalism reported in Orangeburg but not in Aiken. long distance calling remains normal at 63 percent staffing.
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Aiken
CWA
Atlanta
Carey Shackelford
Southern Bell
Bell System
South Carolina
L.B
Woodard
Orangeburg
Shackelford
South Carolina sees rise in brown lung among textile workers
Rep. Troy L. Hyatt heads an 11 member panel examining byssinosis in Columbia area mills. He says about 6 percent of state textile workers show the disease linked to inhaling cotton dust from untreated trashier cotton. Hyatt notes mechanical harvesting increases leaves and bacteria entering mills, potentially worsening the problem.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Troy L. Hyatt
Columbia Area Mills
Hyatt
Coker Spring Restoration Gathers Community Support
Donations to restore Coker Spring in Aiken grow as residents contribute funds. The site, a historic early 1800s stagecoach stop on Coker Spring Avenue, receives tax deductible gifts. total contributions rise from 142 to 192 dollars with amounts from Mrs. Eulalie Rutledge, an anonymous donor, and others.
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Coker Spring
Aiken
Coker Spring Avenue
Whiskey Road
S.C
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