Stumper contest update ends with near miss and long winner list
The Stumper contest attracted 1,332 entries with 32 late arrivals as no winner emerged. A list of possible winners is shown, including Dorothy Boyd, Richard Holland, C O Warner, Buddy Coleman, Alvin Herndon, Mrs Milton Cook, Debbie Mundy, J Loyd Lucas, Clare Rosling, Joe Coone, Bill Gaskill and others with addresses in Florence, Bath, Aiken, Graniteville, Salley, Pelion and Belvedere.
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Dorothy Boyd
Homewood Ave
Florence
Richard Holland
Bath
Senate panel votes to repeal Taiwan defense deploy power
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved repealing authorization to deploy US forces to defend Formosa. The White House insisted repeal does not alter the treaty area defense commitment or the ability to meet it. Deputy press secretary Gerald L. Warren said obligations are set in the mutual defense treaty. The panel also weighs Mainland China’s UN admission and ongoing foreign commitments.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
US S
White House
Taiwan
Ger
Ald L. Warren
Formosa
Cease Fire Proposal Renewed At Paris Peace Talks
The United States and South Vietnam renewed their two year old call for a general Vietnam cease fire to aid negotiations. Ambassador David K E Bruce urged the Communists to clear up obscurities in the seven point Viet Cong peace plan submitted July 1. South Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Dang Lam said the plan shows their intent to fight until political goals are met.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
Vietnam
David K.E. Bruce
Pham Dang Lam
Agnew Renomination Hints From GOP State Leaders
A cross section of Republican state chairmen and national committee members surveyed by AP indicate broad GOP support for Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's renomination in 1972. The polling shows anticipation he will be Nixon’s choice, with regional backing from the East to the Midwest, and Texas signaling it is time for a decision.
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Denver
Spiro T. Agnew
Associated Press
Sigbe
GOP
Agnew
Presi
Midwest
Dent Nixon
Texas
Buckley Admits To Hoax
William F Buckley Jr editor of the National Review says the magazine printed a hoax with fictional Vietnam papers to show such forgeries could be mistaken for genuine if plausible He admitted the hoax after many media outlets ran stories on highly classified government documents relating to the Vietnam War and suggested real papers might exist in archives
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New York
William F. Buckley Jr
The
National Review
Vietnam
Buckley
Pentagon
CIA
LBJ
Rumors Swirl Over Nixon China Visit
Washington reports spread of rumors about President Nixon visiting Peking after a secrecy laden announcement. A reporter pressed the idea of a secret China delegation meeting Nixon in Washington. Kis singer’s trip to and from Peking aims to secure an agreement, with White House denying any mainland envoys met Nixon on Wednesday.
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Washington
Nixon
Peking
Henry A. Kissinger
China
White House
Apollo 15 Crew Skips Leisure For Simulators
At Cape Kennedy Florida Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden continue intense training focusing on maneuvers for lunar orbit. They planned to ease heavy training and relax before Monday's moon blastoff amid historic scientific exploration.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Improvements At County Stockade Cited
An unsigned statement from City Manager Roland Windham reports improvements at the Aiken County stockade since Mackey Scott became county supervisor. The statement notes better security measures, facility upgrades, and efforts to secure LEAP funds, with the city judge expressing satisfaction with current efforts and plans for further improvements.
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Roland Windham
Aiken County Stockade
Mackey Scott
Crissy Toole
Aiken
Windham
Williams
Aiken officials debate stockade policy and future investigations
Powell defends silence after meeting on stockade issues. Joseph Dyer, chairman of the Stockade Committee, urges stronger grand jury recommendations and contemplates another probe. Dyer criticizes open gates and calls for closing the facility as county officials weigh action.
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Aiken County
Joseph Dyer
Grand Jury
Stockade
Dyer
Sudanese Armored Forces Surround Cairo Embassies
Sudanese troops and tanks moved to surround Egyptian and Libyan embassies in Khartoum after two leaders of the new Sudanese regime were seized en route to London. A BOAC VC10 was diverted to Benghazi where Libyan fighters reportedly buzzed the aircraft before landing.
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Cairo
Khartoum
London
Libya
Bengazi
21 South Vietnamese Die In Copter Crash
A US mission in eastern Cambodia linked combat with North Vietnamese forces as 21 South Vietnamese soldiers were killed and 31 injured when a helicopter carrying Rangers suffered a mechanical failure and exploded near Fire Base Mary Ann. Five American crewmen were injured. U S B 52 bombers supported Saigon forces with raids on supply lines and depots as Lt Gen Nguyen Van Minh led the operation to stem infiltration and secure southern Vietnam.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Mary Ann
U.S
da Nang
Krek
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Minh
Sudanese regime claims external intervention amid upheaval
Maj Hashem Ata announced on Omdurman radio that external intervention has begun against Sudan as the armed forces defend independence. The report followed the unexplained crash in Saudi Arabia of an Iraqi airliner carrying a delegation to Khartoum and Libyan radio spoke of possible fighting in Omdurman between rival army units or a civil insurrection.
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Cairo
Sudan
Hashem Ata
Omdurman
Saudi Arabia
Khartoum
Libya
Omdurman Radio
District Considers Desegration Steps for Burnettown School
Aiken County districts face possible HEW mandated desegregation under the Swann decision. Superintendent G T Myers disclosed Burnettown Elementary in Area 3 may be the school under review. He says adding pupils from other area schools could meet Title VI requirements.
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Aiken County
U.S Department of Health, Education and Welfare
G T. Myers
Hew
Swann
Myers
Burnettown
Area 3
Mecklenburg
N.C
Collusion Charged In Power Rate Case
A consumers spokesman accuses a legislative power firm of collusion in a petition to reopen rate hearings after an 8.5 percent residential rate increase. Dewey Duckett cites PSC records showing fees paid to ten legislators by South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. and details amounts to lawmakers including Sen. Rembert Dennis and Speaker Sol Blatt.
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Columbia
A_ consumers
Public Service Commission
Dewey Duckett
PSC
Duckett
South Carolina
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
SCE & G
Rembert Dennis
Berkeley
John A. Martin
Fairfield
Sol Blatt
Barnwell
Marion Gressette
Calhoun
Claymon Grimes
Georgetown
Butler Derrick
Edgefield
Julius Baggett
McCormick
Brantley Harvey
Beaufort
Alex Sanders
Richland
USC Aiken Nursing Program Wins State Approval
The University of South Carolina Aiken announces a two year Technical Nursing degree approved by the South Carolina State Board of Nursing. Graduates with an associate degree can sit the RN exam and become licensed. The program, led by Eleanor Stringer, aims to address a reported regional nursing shortage and will include hospital and health agency clinical work.
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University of South Carolina Aiken
State Board of Nursing For
South Carolina
Legislative Committee On Nursing
Aiken
George Poda
Aiken County Hospital
Augusta's University Hospital
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Savannah River
Walter Bristow
Richland County
USCA
Eleanor Stringer
Stringer
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