Who's Who Names for Aiken Students Highlighted
Gil Scull notes a deluge of Aiken students named to Who's Who Among American High School Students. The list includes Karen Deily Joy Price Frankie Fulmer Mike Perkins Carl Stetson Patty Mahoney Eileen Flanagan Kath erine Herndon Tommy Niland and Valerie Holloway.
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Karen Deily
Aiken
Joy Price
Frankie Fulmer
Mike Perkins
Carl Stetson
Patty Mahoney
Eileen Flanagan
Katherine Herndon
Tommy Niland
Valerie Holloway
Graham Crusade Aids West Africa Famine Relief
In Minneapolis final Upper Midwest Crusade meeting distributes famine relief envelopes for drought struck Central West Africa. Sponsors report 71,442 dollars raised with 1,000 from Graham. mail donations likely. George M. Wilson hails the total as tremendous, noting an average 1.80 per attendee from the 40,100 present. Graham warns seven million could die without aid.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Central West Africa
Billy Graham
Upper Midwest
Graham
George M. Wilson
Billy Graham Association
West Africa
Butz Decries Panic Buying At National County Meeting
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz warned that panic buying threatens the food supply more than producer losses from poultry culling. He cited black markets forming and urged calm as prices rise until crop production rebounds.
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Dallas
Earl L. Butz
Butz
National Association of Counties
Buzz
Nixon
Cambodian bombing raid hits outskirts of Phnom Penh
American BS2s and F111s bombed west and south of Phnom Penh as insurgents fired rockets and 75mm shells. Twenty people were killed and about 100 wounded in a densely populated western slum near the city’s edge. Officials warned attacks could become daily.
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Phnom Penh
Tuol Leap
Prek Thaot
Irish Teens Charged in Belfast Elevator Bomb Murders
Three teenagers aged 16 and 17 were charged in Belfast with booby trap killings of two British soldiers. The trio were among seven youths seized during army raids. others were released. The soldiers were killed by a bomb rigged to an elevator during a patrol. A government report notes 41 underage youths involved in bombings and shootings this year.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
U S Balance of Trade Improves
U S foreign trade nearly balanced in June with a 15.5 million deficit, a sharp improvement from May. For Q2, Census reports a 22.9 million quarterly surplus in exports over imports, while merchandise balance shows a 300 million second quarter deficit, improved from 1 billion in Q1.
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Washington
Commerce Department
U.S
Census Bureau
Compromise Sought On Farm Bill Escalator Clause Discussed
Closed door talks on Capitol Hill resume on the farm and food stamp bill. A suggested compromise discussed by Secretary Earl Butz and conferees includes delaying the escalator clause until the final two years of the four year bill. Rep. Charles Teague notes the idea as a possible path to agreement.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Senate House
Charles M. Teague
Laughlin Defends Plan to Reshape Aiken County Courts
Senator Michael Laughlin proposed a two magistrate system in Aiken County to replace eight posts. He would expand staff, raise salaries, and shift constables duties to the sheriff, but noted the plan requires legislative and county approval and would cost changes in funding.
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Michael Laughlin
Beech Island
W. Keith Hood
Glen Holley
Laughlin
Aiken County
Aiken
North Augusta
Sheriff's Department
Ies
County Commission
Teen-Ager Charged In Johnston Killing
A 16 year old black youth has been charged with murder and armed robbery in the slaying of 52 year old Mrs Murray Johnson and wounding her husband at their Hill Top Grocery south of Johnston. A confession was signed and a second youth is being sought.
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Rick Hawkins
Johnston
Edgefield County
H.H. Griffis
Griffis
Murray Johnson
Hill Top
Johnson
Highway 191
District social service boss probes Aiken doctor care
Dr. R Archie Ellis commissioner of the South Carolina Department of Social Services says investigators will probe whether all patients were treated alike by an Aiken doctor.
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R. Archie Ellis
South Carolina
Doctors discuss sterilization policy for Medicaid patients
Ellis described a possible state policy requiring sterilization for families with three children or two with another on the way. Dr. Pierce said private paying patients are affected too, and Medicaid funds could be halted, while the attorney general's office or another agency would bring charges.
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Ellis
Attorney General's Office
Probes Open Into Hood Funds in Aiken County
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners hired a CPA to audit magistrates including W. Keith Hood after his resignation. The state attorney general’s office collected Hood’s books, locking them with Cleo Scott, Clerk of Court, as investigations began.
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W. Keith Hood
Aiken County
Aiken
Cleo Scott
Showers May Fall Again In Aiken Weather
The Aiken area forecaster calls for partly cloudy skies and warm temps with a 40 percent rain chance today and tonight and a 70 percent chance tomorrow. Highs will be in the lower 90s, with lows in the lower 70s as winds shift from light southerly to south westerly tomorrow.
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Aiken
Cain Eyes Third District Run If Needed
South Carolina state Rep. Marshall C. Cain says he could be interested in a Congress bid from the third district if enough voters want him and his services are needed. He notes the lieutenant governor post offers few duties and that his aim is to contribute to the welfare of South Carolina.
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South Carolina
Marshall C. Cain
Congress
Cain
William J. Bryan Dorn
D-S.c
State Senate
Senate
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Gil Scull
Charles Tope
Susan Schubert
Holley
Hill Top Grocery
Dr. Pierce
Hood
LaCouture
Glenn Holley
Holleycon
la Couture
Barney LaMar
la Outure
GOP
REP
Marshall C, Cain
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