Vietnam mission nets 42 Viet Cong in sweep
A South Vietnamese task force northwest of Svay Rieng engaged a strong Communist force on Highway 1. Reported 42 enemy killed, 25 by helicopter gunships and 17 by ground troops, with no South Vietnamese casualties. The action followed a helicopter landing of 1,600 troops to bolster 1,900 already in Cambodia.
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Saigon
Svay Rieng
Phnom Penh- 1
Vinten
Vituiginese
Highway 1
Cambodia
Bruce urges general cease fire at Vietnam peace talks
David K. E. Bruce, the outgoing U S negotiator, called for immediate negotiations on a globally controlled cease fire for Indochina. The 73 year old made the proposal at the final weekly session before leaving Paris. His deputy Philip C. Habib will head the delegation until William J. Porter arrives next month.
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Paris
David K. E. Bruce
U.S
Vietnam
Indochina
Bruce
William J. Porter
South Korea
Philip C. Habib
Porter
McMillan Attacks South Carolina Senate Reapportionment Plan
Rep McMillan rails against a proposed plan calling it grossly discriminatory and a tool to stifle a two party system. He predicts Sen Brown would dominate Aiken County for years, with Laughlin facing residency clash while two Aiken senators oppose each other. Local GOP figures also oppose the plan.
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Aiken
Gilbert E. McMilan
South Carolina
Senate
McMillan
Edgar Brown
Barnwell
Aiken County
Rity
Bamberg and
Michael Laughlin
Brown
Marshall Cain
James Felder
Black parents sue Aiken County over school discrimination
Two Black parents from Aiken County filed a federal suit in Columbia alleging racial discrimination by the Consolidated School District of Aiken County. The suit targets District Superintendent Dr G T Myers and seven school board members, citing segregated class placement, tracking, and grading practices as violations of the 14th Amendment.
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Aiken County
Columbia
Margie Washington
Cherokee St. S.E
Hythemia Simpkins
Park Ave. S.E
Aiken
G.T. Myers
County Board of Education
Albert J. Maddox
Carl Shealy
Ben C. Rusche
R.W. Boylston
Olin Osbon
William H. Sorge
L.W. Taylor Jr
B. T. Brinkley
Brinkley
Dr. Myers
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Flow Of Cargo Increases Amid Dock Strikes
Shipping industry spokesmen say a West Coast dock strike and fears of a similar Atlantic Gulf coast disruption have boosted cargo flow in a typically slow period. A company official noted container shipments from Hawaii and the Far East have risen substantially as ships rerouted to Baltimore began arriving last week, says George Maier, Baltimore district manager for U S Lines.
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Baltimore, Md
Atlantic
Gulf
Hawaii
Far East
George Maier
Baltimore
U.S. Lines
International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union
N S Savannah to be mothballed amid rising costs
In Galveston Texas on AP time, preparations began to entomb the N S Savannah the world s first nuclear powered merchantman. The 54 million vessel will be defueled this September and mothballed at Orange next June ten years after it first sailed as a symbol of American shipping.
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Galveston, Tex
N. S. Savannah
Todd Shipyards
R. R. Allen
Orange
Allen
Savannah
New Import Approach Proposed by Mizell Aims Quotas
Rep. Wilmer Mizell and colleagues introduced a bill to empower the U.S. Tariff Commission to set realistic quotas on foreign textile imports. The move seeks immediate action to protect domestic textile workers and remove quota decisions from political wrangling.
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Washington
Wilmer Mizell
R-N.c
Mizell
U.S. Tariff Commission
Dustry
Tariff Commission
U.S. Hires Out Cargo Plane For Taiwan Generators
The U S Air Force hired a CSA Galaxy cargo plane at 5000 dollars per hour to fly two generators from Britain to Taiwan Power Co. The flight departed Charleston on Saturday and returned to the United States today. The mission supported maintaining Taiwan's generating capacity with a 265000 pound capacity aircraft carrying 155000 pounds of generators.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S
CSA
Britain
Taiwan Power Co
Charleston
S.C
United States
Air Force
437Th
Sixth Suspect Arrested in Belvedere Cycle Slayings
Dennis G. Davis of West Carrollton Ohio was arrested in Brenham Texas on charges tied to the Belvedere motorcycle killings that left two men dead and two women wounded on June 18. Davis is the sixth of seven suspects captured. Roberson remains at large with trial set for October in Aiken.
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Ohio
Brenham
Texas
Aiken
Belvedere
Dennis G. Davis
Denny
West Carrollton
Aiken County
Paul Grant
Donald Cheecks
Joe Stacks
Grant
Dayton, Ohio
Davis
Cheecks
Stacks
Danny Ward Roberson
Roberson
Atlanta
City Hires Five New Policemen
The Aiken City Police have hired five public safety officers. Featured new officers include Dennis Brent Lundy, 22, of 223 Heathwood Drive, a CSRA LE Training Center graduate and ex campus safety officer at Medical College of Georgia, with U S Army service from 1968 to 1970. Also named is Jack Louis Merryman, 24, of Rt 5 Box 78, Aiken, a San Benito High School graduate and former U S Air Force member, married to Doris Emmaijean Merryman.
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Aiken City
Jack Louis Merryman
Rt. 5
Box 78
Aiken
San Benito High School
Texas
U.S. Air Force
Doris Emmaijean Merryman
Plumbing Problem Solved Apollo 15 Speeds Into Lunar Grasp
Apollo 15 crews report a water leak fixed by David Scott and test a new manual assisted firing procedure to bypass an engine short. Backup commander Richard Gordon aided with simulator guidance. first burn planned behind the moon at 4 05 p m EDT. The mission aims for precise moon orbit firings using a hybrid control method.
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Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Cape Kennedy
Richard Gordon
Moon
Gordon
Apollo 15
Laughlin Proposes State Run Stockade for Aiken County
State Senator Michael Laughlin of Aiken proposes turning over the county stockade to state control to address months of security problems. He envisions operation under the Department of Corrections with county funding, keeping prison labor for public works, and applying the indigent care per diem system as a model.
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Michael Laughlin
Aiken
Aiken County
Columbia
State Department of Corrections
Sen. Laughlin
Stumper Wins Again Pot Is Now 700 Dollars
The Ai ken Standard announces the Stumper puzzle pot reaches 700 dollars after 78 entries with no winner. A list of near-misses names residents from Aiken North Augusta Graniteville and Wagener with partial addresses and close guesses.
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Stumper
Linda Connard
Crosland Drive
Aiken
Edith W. Faucett
Silverbluff Rd
Georgia Garrett
Pine Grove Ave
Augusta
Clarence Spradley
Wagener
H. M. Gilbert
Peach Orchard
Joan Medlock
P.O
Graniteville
Donald E
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Edgefield
Gilbert McMillan
Sean Roberts
Greg Roberts
Cullum’s
Manning Owen
Jim Cullum
Kalmia Plaza
Bull
N.S. Savannah
Texas City
Lunar
Laughlin
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