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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1972
Page
3
Virginia Piper, a Minneapolis socialite, was chained to a tree by two kidnappers who fled after receiving a $1 million ransom. She escaped by agents bending the tree as Piper freed herself with the chain slipping off the trunk. The suspects remain at large.
Columbia AP says Tatum W. Gresette will resign Sept 1 after 21 years as director of the South Carolina Retirement System. He left at age 72 under mandatory retirement. Since 1951 he led a half billion dollar program serving 161000 government workers police officers and General Assembly members.
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