Karen Barton visits Quantico candidate in Marine Officers School
Karen Barton of Aiken visited Ronnie Abney of Aiken at Quantico Virginia where he is a candidate in Marine Officer's School. He will return to the University of South Carolina in August to finish his senior year. Mrs. F E Blanche Ardrey is in Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte having a cataract removed from her left eye and should be around town in three or four weeks. The Aiken County Commissioners faced a large press turnout at their regular meeting with CBS TV crews present.
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Karen Barton
Aiken
Ronnie Abney
Quantico, Va
Ronnie
Marine Officer's School
University of South Carolina
F.E
Blanche) Ardrey
Presbyterian Hospital
Charlotte
N.C
Aiken County
Cbs-Tv
Heating Oil Shortage Seen For Coming Winter
Washington AP reports oil industry economist Dr. James S. Cross of Sun Oil Co warns a heating oil pinch could occur this winter if conditions worsen. He notes a 16 million barrel reserve vanished as refineries shift to gasoline, despite AAA survey finding higher gasoline stocks.
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Washington
James S. Cross
Sun Oil Co
Cross
American Automobile Association
Libya to Try Hijackers After Jet Explodes at Benghazi
Libyan government says four hijackers one Japanese and three Arabs will be tried in Libya. The Boeing 747 from Amsterdam was grounded in Dubai then blown up on Benghazi airfield with 141 aboard. Libyan stance contrasts with Palestinian groups disowning the hijackers.
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Cairo
Benghazi
Libya
Tass
Radio
Tripoli
Muammar Khadafy
Khadafy
Amsterdam
Persian Gulf
Dubai
Tokyo
Susumu Nikaido
Bellino Denies Spying Charges in Nixon Kennedy Case
Senatorial Watergate investigator Carmine Bellino denies GOP charges he spied on the 1960 campaign and bugged Nixon headquarters. George Bush released affidavits alleging electronic surveillance in Nixon debate hotel space, while Bellino said his work tracked anti Catholic campaign sources for Kennedy.
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Washington
Senate
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Carmine
Bellino
Committee
George S. Bush
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Bush
Jerris Leonard
Leonard
Kennedy
Waste Control Costs at Hanford Reach 250 Million
AEC officials say about 250 million dollars has been spent over the last decade to remove more than 48 million gallons of liquid radioactive waste and 22 million gallons of solid waste from the Hanford reservation. Oscar Elgert, director of production and waste management, notes a shift from merely managing to permanently disposing of wastes. Proposed options include space disposal from Batelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, deep underground vaults to 10 000 feet, or storage in salt domes.
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Hanford, Wash
Hanford
Oscar Elgert
AEC
Elgert
Batelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Nixon Ordered to Disclose Campaign Contributors
A federal judge ordered President Nixon's campaign fund raisers to disclose within 60 days a list of secret contributors to the 1972 campaign. Common Cause said the move will reveal the secret finances behind the Nixon re election effort and publicize names of donors. The court will withhold final ruling until the list is filed with the House clerk.
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Washington
Nixon
John Gardner
Citizens Group
Common Cause
U.S. District Court
Joseph C. Waddy
Campaign Finance Committee
House of Representatives
Shower Threat Looms Over Aiken Area
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with a 30 percent rain chance today, 20 percent tonight, and 50 percent tomorrow. Highs reach upper 80s today and lower 90s tomorrow, with scattered thundershowers into Friday through Sunday.
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Aiken
Week-Long Effort Aiken Chamber Launches August Drive
Aiken County Public Library reports an August membership drive by the Aiken Chamber of Commerce led by Burrell Whit ley and a 18 member committee. The goal is to recruit new members from new organizations and inform local business people about chamber functions and community issues.
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Aiken
Chamber of Commerce
Burrell Whitley
Chamber
Chamber of Com
Merce
Whitley
North Augusta
Augusta
Ehrlichman says Nixon ordered steps to crack Pentagon Papers leaks
Ehrlichman testified before the Senate Watergate committee that Nixon ordered actions to uncover the Pentagon Papers leak but did not expressly authorize burglary. He described a meeting on July 24 1971 where Krogh was told to take necessary steps, including polygraph use, and noted Nixon would have stopped illegal activity if warned.
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Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Pentagon
Ehrlichman
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Egil Krogh Jr
Daniel Elisberg
Elisberg
Ellsberg
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Krogh
Byrd Named Aiken County Road Superintendent
Walter Byrd 37 of North Augusta has been named the county road and bridge superintendent after selection from 15 applicants. He will lead road work as persistent pothole complaints and heavy rains underscore county needs. The board also voted to amend the Paramed contract to add a fourth full time ambulance stationed at Jackson starting August 1.
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Walter Byrd
North Augusta
Aiken County
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina
Jackson
Minibottle tax to allocation boosts county revenues
Aiken County will receive about $50 000 this year from the minibottle tax with 25 percent returned to counties for alcohol and drug abuse programs. County commissioners were told the first quarter share totals $9 383 24 and that the funds must be used under state guidelines with designation possible for a different agency.
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Aiken County
Charles G. Whitmore Jr
State Department
Aiken County Commission
General Assembly
Whitmire
County Board considers fund misuse prompt policy action
Commissioner Carroll Warner, without naming any agency, warned of possible irregularities in county funds and reporting. The Board authorized the administrator to freeze the department’s remaining funds if evidence of misuse emerges, pending commissioners’ review.
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County Board of Commissioners
Carroll Warner
Indigent Care Debate Leads to Commission Split
Commissioner Jo Ann Price urged a committee to study indigent patient care and Medicaid expectant mothers but was met with refusal. Chairman Harold Graybeal suggested deferring to the hospital board of trustees as the board reviews indigent care policies and out-of-state emergency payments. The year's indigent care appropriation stood at $201,000.
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Jo Ann Price
Board of Commissioners
Aiken County
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Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Byrd
Ronald LaCouture
LaCouture
Jim Mock
Belvedere Jaycees
Two Roads
Warner
Hospital Board of Trustees
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