Weather and recognitions listed for Aiken County youths
Freakish weather haunted Aiken County with a sultry hot afternoon while North Augusta faced a thunderstorm with heavy rains. Cris Kelleghan of Aiken and Steve Boyce of North Augusta were added to Who's Who Among American High School Students. Miss Aiken Jwann Cooper was first runner up at Beaufort Water Festival, winning a $250 scholarship. Miss Myrtle Beach won the contest.
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Aiken County
Cris Kelleghan
Aiken
Steve Boyce
North Augusta
Jwann Cooper
Beaufort
Myrtle Beach
Jwann
Stein Predicts Higher Food Prices As Phase 4 Rolls In
Nixon era officials warn Phase 4 will push up farm and general food costs though Stein says inflation will ease and unemployment fall. Butz Brennan and Stein spoke on NBC CBS and ABC programs noting wage guidelines may flex and contracts above 5.5 percent could be approved.
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Washington (Ap
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Butz
Brennan
Cost of Living Council
NBC
Meet the Press
Stein
CBS
Face the Neation
ABC
Issues
Dollar, Pound Dip. Gold Edges Higher in Early London Trading
The dollar weakened against the German mark and Swiss franc in early London dealings as high European rates attract funds. The pound fell despite the Bank of England rate boost, with currency rates closing lower in Frankfurt Zurich and Paris. Gold rose to 118.50 dollars per ounce, up 1.25 from Friday.
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London
U.S
Frankfurt
Zurich
Paris
Bank of England
Soviet Underscores Massive 7.1 Quake Blast in Siberia
The Uppsala Institute reports a 7.1 magnitude underground explosion at Semipalatinsk in Siberia, near the 9:29 p.m. EDT time, marking one of the largest blasts in the USSR in a decade as Pacific nations await France's second test. The event follows France's first 1973 test over Mururoa Atoll and amid speculation about a hydrogen bomb trigger.
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Uppsala
Sweden
France
Soviet Union
Uppsala Seismological Institute
Marcus Baath
Semipalatinsk
Siberia
Mururoa
Pilot admits bombing hospital in Vietnam story controversy
Gerald J. Greven a Miami ex pilot testified before Senator Harold Hughes that he directed a bombing raid on a hospital in South Vietnam accusing officials of omitting the word hospital in intelligence reports. He said he was later reprimanded for naming the target as a hospital to radio and briefing.
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Miami
Air Force
South Vietnam
Gerald J. Greven
Robert Ginzberg
Washington
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Greven
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Senate Armed Services Committee
Hughes
Indochina
Food price jumps hit Aiken shoppers
Eggs rose 20 cents per dozen to 89 cents in local stores and near 1.00 in Augusta. Pork loin climbed over 20 cents, up to 1.88 a pound in some shops. Chickens gained as much as 10 cents per pound, up to 1.00 in Florida, with a price freeze ending soon.
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Augusta
Florida
Aiken Consumers Stock Up Amid Shortages and Price Rise
LIN SMITHWICK reports busy Aiken shoppers stockpiling for the freezer and canning a surge of plentiful items. rising prices spur first time canners as fear of food shortages grows. TOMMY COOK of the Holiday Inn notes scarce baking potatoes limit menu variety.
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Tommy Cook
Aiken's
Holiday Inn
Aiken Horse May Run Against Secretariat Soon
The Aiken Standard hints Stop The Music may race Secretariat again in the Travers at Saratoga next month. Camel Ford notes Stop The Music’s only win came when Secretariat was disqualified, suggesting a possible rematch.
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Aiken
Secretariat
Camel Ford
Aiken Standard
Daniel Ford
Stop the Music
Saratoga
Liddy Told to Shift Focus From Muskie to McGovern
Former White House aide Gordon Strachan testified that H. R. Haldeman ordered G. Gordon Liddy in spring 1972 to transfer the Liddy intelligence capability from Edmund Muskie to George McGovern. Strachan said the plan followed a memo noting Liddy’s $300,000 effort and targeted McGovern and Kennedy. He described meetings with Haldeman and Mitchell, and said he feared firing after the break-in as he sought to interpret the intelligence plan.
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Washington
White House
H.R. Haldeman
G. Gordon Liddy
George McGovern
Gordon Strachan
Senate Watergate Committee
Liddy
Strachan
Haldeman
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
McGovern
Muskie
Nixon
McGo
Mitchell
FBI
Buck Grant Dies in Augusta Hospital
Former South Carolina State Representative Buck Grant, age 55, died this morning at Talmage Hospital in Augusta. Aiken leader, lawyer with Garvin and Grant, Navy veteran, Wofford and USC educated, he served 1968 to 1970 in the State House and chaired the Aiken County Democratic Party and its legislative delegation. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Buck’ Grant
Augusta
George H. “Buck’ Grant
Talmage Hospital
Garvin and
University of South Carolina
Aiken
U.S. Navy
Louise Forest Reed
Lake City
Tenn
House of Representatives
Aiken County
Democratic Party
University of South Carolina Board of Trustees
Aiken Forecast Calls For Partly Cloudy Heat
The Aiken area forecast shows partly cloudy skies and hot conditions with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms today tonight and tomorrow. Daytime highs will reach the lower 90s and overnight lows in the lower 70s with southeasterly winds around 10 mph. The extended outlook through Friday calls for similar partly cloudy weather with scattered mainly afternoon and evening thundershowers and highs near 90 and overnight lows near 70.
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Aiken
Aiken Opens At Home Title Hopes On Line
Aiken Post 26 hosts Greenwood tonight at Citizens Field in the State Championship Quarterfinals. The best of five begins at 8 with Aiken aiming to finish 15-2 while Greenwood sits at 11-5. The starter will be Chip Livingston or Jeff Roberts for Aiken.
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Aiken Post 26
Greenwood
Citizens Field
Post 26
Aiken
Chip Livingston
Jeff Roberts
Commission To Discuss Tax Revenue At Aiken Meeting
The Aiken County Commission will meet at 8 p m in room 107 USCA to hear Charles G Whitmore Jr of the State Department on alcoholism and how to handle tax revenues from mini bottle sales. Jo Ann Price will seek policy review on indigent patient care at Augusta hospitals. The panel will consider amending the ambulance contract and pursuing clay pits for road needs.
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Charles G. Whitmore, Jr
State Department
Aiken County
USCA
Jo Ann Price
Augusta
Aiken Standard
Ronald LaCouture
Aiken
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Russia
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Emily L. Bull
Women’s
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Robert A. Brown
New Ellenton
Brown
Wendell Hail
George H. Grant
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Carmen Smith
Pee Wee
Aiken Recreation Department
Virginia Acres
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