Mary Lane Vaughn Second Runner Up in Miss Emerald Majorette
Mary Lane Vaughn of Aiken placed as second runner up in the senior division Miss Emerald Majorette contest in Greenwood sponsored by the Eaton Twirling Association. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W L Vaughn and studies with Mrs Rachel Williamson of Denmark.
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Mary Lane Vaughn
Aiken
Eaton Twirling Association
Greenwood
W.L. Vaughn
Rachel Williamson
Denmark
Inflation policy tightens credit and boosts loan rates
Washington AP reports Federal Reserve officials warn inflation fighting tight money policy will raise mortgage costs and curb other credit access. Andrew Brimmer notes higher food prices drive stockpiling while the bank prime rate climbs to 8 percent amid actions like higher reserve requirements and a 7 percent discount rate.
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Washington
Reserve Board
Andrew F. Brimmer
Icrlever
Michigan Savings and Loan League
Mackinac Island
Mich
Federal Reserve Banks
Repairs Face Skylab II Crew
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports Skylab 1 crews earned the nickname fix anything guys after saving their station. Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma near a 59 day mission and planned training on a gyro six pack to replace troublesome rate gyroscope processors aboard the orbiting lab.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Station
Orbiting Lab
Alan L. Bean
Owen K
Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Hearings Continue On Wheat Sale
Four months of investigations and two days of hearings fail to settle whether the Agriculture Department knew the extent of the Soviet wheat purchase before the deal. The Senate subcommittee planned a third day of hearings as the GAO found information in 1972 showing the U S was a dominant wheat supplier but not effectively used.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
General Accounting Office
Con
Joesph R. Ferri
GAO
U.S
Moscow
Canada
Australia
United States
Ferri
No U S Protest To French Nuclear Tests
Washington reports the United States will not join allies in protesting France's atmospheric nuclear tests over the South Pacific. Nixon administration officials say there is no danger from the blasts, contrasting with Japan Canada Australia and New Zealand.
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U.S
Washington
United States
France
South
Japan
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Nixon
Sterilization Probe May Reach Across South Carolina
Aiken County welfare patient sterilization cases trigger state inquiry led by R Archie Ellis. FBI is reviewing possible federal law violations as four Aiken women will be interviewed. Ellis says the probe will be thorough and public results are planned.
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Aiken
South Carolina
R. Archie Ellis
Ellis
FBI
Aiken County
Robert Murphy
Justice Department
Washington
Aiken Welfare Rights Organization
Murphy
Columbia
Prices Rise As Food Ceiling Eases and Shortages Grow
The report notes higher costs for eggs pork poultry and beef with beef remaining frozen until September 12. It cites President Nixon phase four changes and widespread shortages as grocers struggle to fill orders for pork chicken and canned goods across Aiken with cents rise per dozen and per pound prices.
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Nixon
Aiken
A&p
Winn Dixie
Julson Fulmer
Piggly Wiggly
Nixon Holds Ground in Watergate Subpoena Fight
President Nixon faced a constitutional clash over withholding Watergate tapes and documents. He rejected voluntary disclosure, faced subpoenas from the Senate committee and Archibald Cox, with court action anticipated as the dispute heads toward the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Archibald Cox
Cox
Ehrlichman Defends White House Chief Winger in Watergate Case
Former top White House aide John D. Ehrlichman testified before the Senate Watergate committee that John W. Dean III lied about the Watergate wiretapping affair. Ehrlichman claimed he and other officials relied on Deans information and dismissed Deans claim that Watergate dominated White House attention as false.
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Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Senate
Watergate Committee
John W. Dean III
Ehrlichman
Nixon
White House
Dean
John Dean
Hood Quits Over Politics in Local Magistrate Seat
Keith Hood of Beech Island resigned as magistrate effective last Thursday a four year term after being appointed in 1971 despite not running in advisory elections or primaries. Hood cited political pull and local favoritism as reasons for stepping down.
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Glenn Holley
Keith Hood
Beech Island
Hood
Nixon letters urge secrecy over tapes in Watergate row
President Nixon and White House counsel Wright warn constitutional separation of powers if tapes and documents are released. Nixon says he has heard some tapes but they won't resolve Dean's allegations of a Watergate cover up. Dean claims Nixon discussed hush money and clemency in the Oval Office.
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Ehrlichman
Dean
E. Howard Hunt
White House
Nixon
Committee
Sam J Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Charles Alan Wright
Cox
John W. Dean
Oval Office
McMillan Tackles South Carolina Budget Spending
South Carolina State Senator Gilbert E. McMillan criticized the 1973 budget process and rising state costs while addressing the Rotary Club. He argued that the 1973 session produced little until the appropriation bill was approved and warned of spending pressures across education and state services.
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Hill
McMillan
South Carolina
Yester
Gilbert E. McMillan
R-Aiken
Rotary Club
Commercial Hotel
Senate
House
Budget Control Board
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Highway Department
Warm Today With Rain Likely In Aiken Area
The Aiken vicinity forecast shows partly cloudy skies with warm temperatures and a 40 percent chance of rain today. Expect upper 80s highs, lower 70s overnight, and a winds grow from easterly to light and variable. Tomorrow reaches about 90 degrees with a 30 percent rain risk and gusty periods near possible thunderstorms. An extended outlook through Saturday calls for scattered thundershowers.
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Aiken
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Gib Scull
Rick Hawkins
Bob Potonsky
Big Star
Paul Setzer
Gerald L. Warren
Congress
Supreme Court
Warren
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Terry Lenzner
Marc Lakritz
Sam Dash
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