Westerdahl and Harte Vie For Second Circuit Solicitor Nomination
In Aiken South Carolina two Democrats Sylvia Westerdahl and John W Harte Jr seek the Second Circuit Solicitor nomination for Aiken Barnwell and Bamberg counties. The primary next Tuesday will decide the winner as no Republican is running. Westerdahl, 39, former assistant public defender, cites 2000 plus criminal cases handled locally. Harte, 30, lawyer since 1971, frames himself as prosecution oriented. Both pledge tough full time service and spar with each other over experience and public defender stance.
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Aiken, Barnwell
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B.D. Carter
John E. Stanfield
Sylvia W Westerdahl
John W. Harte Jr
Citadel
J.K. Coleman
South Carolina
Aiken Standard
General Sessions Court
Harte
Aiken
Public Defender’s Office
U S Firms Discuss Trade With Castro Regime in Havana
State Department spokesman John Ordway says some American firms are still in talks on trade with Fidel Castro's government in Havana despite warnings. He notes the United States cut relations in 1961 and bans trade contracts with Cuba.
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Cuba
Hays Case Probes Morality vs illegality in sex allegations
Investigators seek a line between personal immorality and illegal acts after Elizabeth Ray alleges congressmen beyond Wayne Hays engaged with House employees. A source says the aim is to weed out moral improprieties from law violations and notes coercing sex as work could breach misuse of federal funds laws.
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Washington
Elizabeth Ray
Wayne Hays
House
Jet Now Free To Take Off In Jackson
A World Airways DC8, grounded by angry passengers for nearly 36 hours after a labor dispute, was released in Jackson. Immediate flight plans were uncertain as officials said the plane remained grounded by a Teamsters local strike representing most of World’s employees.
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World Airways
London
Teamsters
World population to double in 30 years says UN chief
Vancouver report notes Habitat conference opening with Kurt Waldheim warning of rapid growth. He cites one third of urban residents in developing nations living in slums and cites poverty unemployment housing shortages sanitation pollution and strained municipal finances as rising pressures.
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U.N. World Conference On Human Settlements
Criminal Law Bill Fails in Congress Deadlock
Washington AP report says the sweeping federal criminal law overhaul died this session due to liberal conservative deadlock. Chief sponsors Senators John L. McClellan and Roman L. Hruska led concessions two months ago but received no response suggesting a breakthrough.
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Bill Sr
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Hruska
State offices open amid holiday talk in South Carolina
Governor James B. Edwards works through a normal day as offices stay open though state offices close Thursday for Jefferson Davis birthday. Press secretary Robert Liming notes Memorial and Confederate holidays in state practice while Lincoln’s birthday is not observed. Linda Wilkie at Christian Women’s Club teases modeling wedding gowns at upcoming meeting as a light social aside.
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Jefferson Davis
Robert Liming
Lincoln
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Liming
Linda Wilkie
Christian Women’s Club
Carter, Ford faces in Rhode Island South Dakota Montana primaries
The 1976 presidential nominating contests in Rhode Island South Dakota and Montana focused on stopping Carter from clinching the Democratic nomination while Ford and Reagan battled for Republicans. Carter led with 883 delegates of 1505. Udall Church and Brown campaigned in key states aiming for momentum for upcoming elections.
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South Dakota
Montana
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Ohio
New Jersey
Reagan
Frank Church
Idaho
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Carter
Udall
Church
Brown
Carter Udall
George McGovern
James Abourezk
Court of Appeals Order Largely Clears AGNS Licensing Path
A U S Court of Appeals ruling restricts interim licenses for plutonium recycle plants until further environmental studies are done. NRC official Ken Chapman says the decision will not affect Allied General Nuclear Services AGNS, which is not near startup. AGNS seeks ERDA funding and expects readiness within about a year if funds are approved.
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Allied General Nuclear Services
AGNS
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Ken Chapman
Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards
Chapman
The
Energy, Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Eugene Schubert
Edmund F. O'Connor
Washington
Trial Begins In F M Robbery Case In Federal Court
Three men from the Atlanta area went on trial in Federal Court in Columbia for the October 23 1974 robbery of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Graniteville. Theo McDaniel William Gravitt and Charlie Garrett faced charges after FBI bench warrants. McDaniel Gravitt and Garrett were in custody on other charges. Witnesses included bank manager Jack Taylor and officers who described a ski masked robbery that wounded Graniteville officers Scott and Huff.
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Columbia
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Graniteville
Atlanta, Ga
Theo Donald McDaniel
William Eddie Gravitt
Charlie Garrett
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
McDaniel
Marion
Ill
Gravitt
Greenville
Garrett
Jefferson City
Dawson
Woodward Scott
Sammie Huff
Jack’ Taylor
City and County Litter and Gun Ordinances Upheld Limits
South Carolina Attorney General rules that counties cannot enact penalties for litter or gun control violations while cities may impose penalties within the law. Both governments cannot regulate access to public records. The opinion notes a maximum penalty of three days in jail or $200 or both for violations.
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S.C
Asst Atty
Karen LeCraft Henderson
Irene K. Rudnick
D.aiken
Showers Predicted For Aiken Area Tonight Through Friday
The Aiken area expect showers starting tonight with temperatures near 90. Rain chances rise from 0 percent tonight to 70 percent tomorrow, with intermittent showers through Friday. Daytime highs in the 80s and nightly lows around in the upper 60s to 70s.
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Westminister Choir College
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