Brown Seeks Aug 4 Public Hearing on Dismissal
Former Aiken Police Chief J B Brown requests a public hearing on his dismissal to be held at 8 p m on August 4 in a large venue among the Aiken County courthouse Aiken Junior High auditorium or the municipal auditorium Brown said he telephoned Windham and will file in writing He cited difficulty finding a local lawyer due to apparent reluctance to become involved.
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Aiken
J.B. Brown
Aiken County
Aiken Junior High
Brown
Windham
ASCS Pressure Cited Hamlet Transfer Sparks GOP Clash
Local Republicans insist ASCS district director Gene Hamlet was moved out of the county to quiet protests. State director William Barmore says the transfer was an administrative move amid acknowledged but nonflagrant violations of agriculture regulations. Blackwell defends Hamlet's performance and decries political pressure.
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Gene Hamlet
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
GOP
Wallace Blackwell
William Barmore
Blackwell
ASC
Barmore
Aiken County Asc
J. R. Woodward
Department of Agriculture
Hamlet
Aiken County
Undercover Agent Acquitted in Hobart College Case
Geneva court clears Thomas Tongyai known as Tommy the Traveler of harassment amid campus disorder allegations at Hobart College. Judge finds him not guilty after the student complainant did not appear as a witness, with timing on Wednesday.
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Geneva
N.Y
Thomas Tongyai
Tommy the Traveler
Hobart College
Ton
Gyai
Tongyai
Newman Breaks Ankle On Some Times A Great Notion Set
Paul Newman, star and director of Some Times a Great Notion, sustained an ankle fracture while using a kick starter on a motorcycle in Lincoln City Oregon. He was treated, left hospital after X rays, and it was unclear if filming could continue immediately as the company had only three days on location.
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Lincoln City
Ore
Paul Newman
Newman
Wholesale Prices Jump in July
The Labor Department reported a preliminary July Wholesale Price Index advance of 0.5 percent, the largest monthly rise this year outside January. Prices are 3.8 percent higher than a year ago, with food costs driving the gain. George P. Shultz, at the Western White House, attributed seasonal July food price increases to official anti inflation efforts.
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Washington
Labor Department
White House
San Clemente
Calif
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Nixon Doing Homework Before West Coast News Conference
President Nixon secluded himself in the Century Plaza Hotel Los Angeles to prepare for his second presidential news conference this month. The 8 p.m. PDT event will target a prime time West Coast audience with 300 plus reporters expected and no opening statement planned.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
Fice
Washington
Century Plaza Hotel
California
White House
Three youths punished for dog torture in Salisbury
In Salisbury North Carolina three youths Harold Faggart 20 Willie Doby Jr 16 and Jerry Huffman 16 were sentenced by Judge Odell Sapp to four hours weekly at the county dog pound for six months. They received a 90 day suspended jail term and two years probation. The Great Dane died after being struck and dragged from a car July 4.
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Harold Faggart
Willie Doby Jr
Jerry Huffman
House Appropriations Bill Advances Amid Veto Threat
The House passed an 18 billion dollar appropriations bill funding HUD and independent agencies. Senate differences left a 541 million over Nixon’s budget, with Senate action pending. Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott warned the measure could be vetoed and charged July funding may be used to buy November votes.
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Associated Press Washington
House
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nixon
Scott
Easy Stumper Coming Tomorrow in Aiken Standard
The paper teases a new easy puzzle for tomorrow with a note on past entries. 684 entries produced no winner and the deadline shifts to Wednesday noon for convenience. It mentions Otis F. Davis R. G. Haught Lillian Carr and the word nine versus nice.
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Otis F. Davis
R. G. Haught
Lillian Carr
Inside Today Comics Editorial Deaths Sports TV Want Ads Women's News
Inside Today features diverse items across comics and editorials with brief notes on deaths and sports wrap. It includes TV listings, want ads, and women’s news highlights from the issue.
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Women’s
Guerrilla Escalation Threatens Peace Prospects
Tel Aviv sources report Palestinian guerrillas plan heavy strikes from Jordan and Lebanon to provoke Israeli counterattacks and undermine the US cease fire proposal. They condemn Egypt's acceptance of the plan and vow continued fighting as guerrilla activity rises along the Jordanian and Lebanese fronts.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Egypt
Suez Canal
Hussein
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Consumer Merchant Ties Urged In Aiken Sales Drive
The Aiken Chamber of Commerce announced extended plans to sell to local residents during a continental breakfast with about 50 business leaders. Wade Brodie led the effort, announcing two subcommittees and a unified sales campaign titled Greater Aiken Bargain Days to keep shoppers from leaving for Georgia.
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Aiken
Lionel Smith
James Trimnal
Greater Aiken
Georgia
Combat Deaths Show Decline In Vietnam War Casualties
The USS Command reported 77 American combat deaths last week, 11 more than the prior week, with four weeks totaling 276 the lowest in four years. Wounded rose to 510 for the week, four weeks totaling 2,321. South Vietnamese losses were 323 killed and 769 wounded. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fatalities reached 2,240, up 67 percent from the prior week. B52 raids totaled ten in the Mekong delta and areas around Saigon and the Cambodian border.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Saigon
Plans Mapped To Control Aiken Drainage
Corps of Engineers representatives met with Aiken officials to map flood control plans under Flood Control Act sections 205 and 208. Engineer John F. Murphfree outlined services available to drain flood areas or redirect drainage to a natural stream, following a city flood study. Participants included Mike Paige of the Lower Savannah River Development Commission, Chamber of Commerce members, Mayor H. O. Weeks, and City Manager Roland Windham.
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Corps of Engineers
Aiken
John F. Murphfree
Mike Paige
Lower Savannah River Development Commission
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
H. O. Weeks
Roland Windham
English Classes Offer Entertaining Language Lessons
In London Curry Sandra Freeman leads an English Teaching Theater Company performance where Sandra known as Fifi and peers strip to lingerie during a two hour lesson for foreign visitors. Audiences pay 72 cents for a seat as the educational theater entertains while teaching English to attendees.
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London
Curry
Sandra Freeman
British Broadcasting Corp
CIA Blamed For My Lai Massacre
A former congressman claims the CIA planned most civilian deaths in the 1968 My Lai massacre and was pleased to eliminate alleged Viet Cong. He says CIA records could prove the claim, cited in support of Sgt. Esequiel Torres’s bid for a fair trial. Torres was acquitted of a Brownsville shooting charge.
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Central Intelligence Agency
My Lai
Charles L. Weltner
Esequiel Torres
CIA
Torres
Weltner
Brownsville
Tex
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