Hospital board defers on sterilization issue at meeting
The Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees did not discuss sterilization, citing it as a doctor patient matter. The board announced a long awaited feasibility report by Hewitt and Roger on a new hospital, mailed after the meeting. Mrs Jo Ann Price urged review of regulations and informed consent standards and requested an investigation into required consultations and patient understanding. Grace Woodhead, chair of the Patient Care Committee, said the board should not examine sterilization details.
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Aiken County
Jo Ann Price
Grace Woodhead
Ralph Cullinan
18 Medicaid Sterilizations At Aiken County Hospital
An in depth report shows 18 Medicaid sterilizations from January to June at Aiken County Hospital. Nine were on single women and 18 of 50 Medicaid deliveries ended in sterilization. Private patients had 34 of 317 sterilizations. The piece notes court orders and varied reasons, with politicians weighing public funding implications.
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Aiken County Hospital
Wade Brodie
Patti Frazier to be featured in Who's Who Among American High School Students
Patti Frazier, senior at Aiken High School and daughter of Mr and Mrs Wyman Seigler of 916 Daughtery Road Aiken, has been named to Who's Who Among American High School Students with plans to become an anesthesiologist. Belvedere Jaycees push for new members while joking about portable john consequences for not meeting quotas. The Weed Company of Hartford Connecticut built the first bicycles.
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Patti Frazier
Aiken High School
Patti
Wyman Seigler
Daughtery Road
Aiken
Belvedere Jaycees
Audubon Circle
Belair Road
Audubon
Ed Farmer
Jim Mock
Terry Tisdel
Judy Rich
Higher Food Prices Coming in Nixon Phase IV
Aiken area grocers expect no immediate price hikes after the Phase IV food freeze lift. Local store managers say changes are unlikely today and will take at least a week to implement once officially announced.
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Aiken Area
Nixon
Aiken Grocers
Ralph Day
Park Avenue A&p
Bi-Lo
Augusta Road
B.R. Miller
Mitchell
LeRoy Deaton
Deaton’s
Red & White
the Piggly Wiggly
Charleston Street
Robert Fulmer
LaRue Testifies Mitchell Dean Aware of Watergate cover up
Frederick C. LaRue told the Senate Watergate committee that former Atty. Gen. John Mitchell and ex White House Counsel John W. Dean III knew of a grand cover up to conceal Watergate wiretapping. He said Mitchell approved a 75000 payment as part of the cover up and that 12000 taken from White House funds did not cover his expenses.
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Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Watergate
LaRue
White House
Inouye
Dean
Mitchell
Egypt Libya merger talks strained by Cairo border ban
Cairo barred thousands of Libyan unity marchers from entering Egypt as Hafez Ghanem met Col. Muammar Khadafy. A 100 member delegation was planned to deliver a blood written message in Cairo urging early realization of the merger.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Libyan “Unity
Hafez Ghanem
Arab Socialist Union
Muammar Khadafy
Ghanem
Mersa Matruh
Alexandria
Anwar Sadat
Nixon to Leave Hospital Friday for Camp David
President Nixon has recovered from viral pneumonia and plans a full schedule next week. Doctors kept him until Friday morning to allow a weekend rest at Camp David after discharge from Bethesda Naval Hospital.
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Nixon
Washington
White House
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Camp David
UAW Chief Says Phase Four Won’t Stall Auto Talks
UAW president Leonard Woodcock says Phase Four will not derail wage demands at GM Ford and Chrysler. He notes the national program announced Wednesday is flexible on wages and fringe benefits to fit the union’s contract goals for about 800,000 members.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
UAW
Palestinian gunmen release hostages in Athens hotel siege
An armed Palestinian group held 15 people for over four hours in an Athens hotel before releasing them and taking three Middle East ambassadors to the airport. The man had earlier attempted to breach the Israeli airline office and demanded Deputy Premier Stylianos Patakos accompany him to the airport, a request Patakos refused.
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Athens
Middle East
Fice
Stylianos Patakos
Sunshine On Tap For Today In Aiken
The Aiken area forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with warm temperatures rising to around 90 today and tomorrow. Tonight’s low near 70 with a near zero chance of rain. tomorrow a 30 percent possibility. Extended outlook Saturday through Monday shows partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers in the afternoons and evenings with highs in the upper 80s and Lows around 70.
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Aiken
Nixon lifts food price freeze under Phase 4 plan
The AP reports Nixon ends the food industry price freeze as part of Phase 4 wage and price controls. Beef remains under ceilings until Sept. 12 while non food items stay under the 60 day freeze through Aug. 12. Gasoline heating oil and diesel will face ceilings. Big business must cut profits to offset costs.
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Washington
Nixon
City Council Meeting Cancelled. Parks Commission Meets
The city council meeting scheduled for Monday has been cancelled. City Manager Roland H. Windham announced the next council session would be held on a future date, while the Aiken Parks Commission will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in the Council Room and urges public attendance.
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Roland H. Windham
Aiken Parks Commission
Belvedere Jaycees Propose Volunteer Police Unit
Belvedere Jaycees consider training a volunteer patrol unit to guard the Belvedere area. Four sergeants and 12 patrolmen would operate two cars with shifts from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. under sheriff or public safety director supervision. Estimated cost around $1 per month per household for about 2,000 homes.
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Judy Rich
Belvedere
Augusta
Belvedere Jaycee
Millwood
Newman
Man Held In Slaying Of State Legislator
A 20 year old Baltimore man was charged with the murder of state legislator James A Scott in connection with the Black October antidrug group. Sherman W. Dobson was arrested Wednesday night after a .38 caliber revolver matching the weapon used in the Scott killing was found in his northwest Baltimore home, according to police spokesman Dennis Hiatt.
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Baltimore, Md
Baltimore
James A Scott
Sherman W. Dobson
Scott
Dennis Hi
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