Windsor Postmaster Registers Her Son for Draft
Windsor postmaster Frances Nunn, longtime head of the Windsor station, registers her 19 year old son Lewis Nunn Jr for the draft at the local post office. The count across the county includes 339 registrations at Aiken and smaller totals at Clearwater Graniteville Wagener New Ellenton Bath Gloverville Langley and Vaucluse with several offices uncertain.
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Windsor
Lewis Smith Nunn Jr
Frances Nunn
Warrenville
Myrtice Cushman
Rick
Augusta
Washington, D.C
Elseye Johnson
Montmorenci
Wagener and
Aiken
Laurens Street
Clearwater
Graniteville
Wagener
New Ellenton
Bath
Gloverville
Langley
Vaucluse
North Augusta
Monetta
Open Convention Drive Faces Mixed G.O.P. and Democratic Reactions
The Billy Carter controversy dominates talk as Democrats split over rules to waive the delegate binding norm at the upcoming convention. White House and party leaders call the push unlikely to succeed while governors and lawmakers weigh changing loyalties amid calls for an open convention. Reagan and Anderson react to intraparty strife as House members push a $290,000 effort to open the convention.
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Washington
Billy Carter
Carter
Congress
John C. White
Richard J. Coffee
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
White House
Jody Powell
Billy
Ronald Reagan
John Anderson
Muammar) Khadafy
Michael Barnes
D-Md
Committee
Kennedy
Hugh Carey
New York
House
Carey
Capitol Hill
Scott Matheson
Utah
Matheson
Iran Parliament delays vote as hostage issue stalls
The Iranian Majlis postpones confirming Mostafa Mir-Salim as prime minister amid political deadlock after the shah's death. A Majlis committee will study nominees as Tehran Radio reports a delay, while some fundamentalist MPs oppose Mir-Salim and US hostages remain unresolved.
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Tehran Radio
Japan
Kyodo
Ali Akbar Rafsanjani
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Majlis
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Mostafa Mir- Salim
Mir-Salim
London
Islamic Republican Party
Radio
Tehran
Bani Sadr
Aikenites Back Move to Oust Miss South Carolina Leader
Jim Stubbs of Sumter announced a petition drive to remove Joseph Sanders and his wife Gail from Miss South Carolina Pageant Inc. leadership. He and John D. Baker seek Sanders replacement, threaten boycott if resignations fail. Local supporters offered mixed views as letters go out for endorsements.
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Joseph Sanders
Greenville
Miss South Carolina Pageant Inc
Jim Stubbs
Sumter
Sanders
Stubbs
The
South
Carolina Jaycees
Miss Columbia
John D. Baker
Gail Sanders
Baker
George F. Siegler
Aiken County
Joe
Carolyn Sides
Jaycees
Columbia
Washington State uses ash cleanup method via mailed vial
A new cleanup method in Washington State involves sending volcanic ash to residents. Sue Heyward became the latest recipient, receiving a vial of Mount St. Helens ash from the June 25 eruption. The vial was sent by former Providence Baptist Church pastor Rev. Leo Senn, now living in Vancouver, Washington.
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Washington State
Sue Heyward
Mount St. Helens
Sue
Providence Baptist Church
Leo Senn
Vancouver
Wash
Inside Today Classifieds and Comics Highlight Local News
A compact preview lists sections such as Classifieds and Comics with features in Community Calendar Dear Abby Erma Bombeck Editorials Obituaries Sports Television Weather and more. It flags a daily guide to local events and columns.
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En County Today
Dear
Abby
Erma Bombeck
Bingo Players Pack Aiken County as Money Draws Crowds
Operators of two large bingo games in Aiken County say the games are boring but attract hundreds weekly. Patrons describe spending about 75 dollars a week while chasing larger prizes, with players from North Augusta Belvedere and Augusta praising the payouts and excitement of AMVETS and Army Navy bingo venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Beatrice Bowman
Aiken
Amvets Post
North Augusta
Aiken Amvets Organization
Emily Rothsten
Florida Resi
Joseph Hazel
Army-Navy
Hazel
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Walter F. Mondale
Edward M. Kennedy
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Associated Press
Islamic Revolution
Cairo
Shah
United States
Aikenites
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Mack
Borch
Rothsten
Jasper
Harry Newbold
Elizabeth Harrington
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