Ward ordered to pay alimony in divorce case
Jacqueline Ward, a singer and voice coach, must pay David Ward $1,602 monthly alimony after a Superior Court ruling approved the divorce. The court accepted arguments that Mrs. Ward, 36, should help support two children cared for by her husband. Alimony payments will be deductible for federal taxes. child support is not. Mrs. Ward will have custody of the couple's two other children.
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Los Angeles
Jacqueline Ward
Superior Court
David Ward
Ward
NATO Ministers Meet in Lisbon as USSR Troop Reductions Top Agenda
NATO foreign ministers convene at Ajuda palace in Lisbon led by talks on Soviet troop cuts in Europe. Premier Marcello Caetano opens the session. An explosion near the central post office disrupts communications for hours and is blamed on an urban guerrilla group opposing Portugal's colonial war.
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Lisbon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ajuda
Europe
Marcello Caetano
Portugal
Nixon to Attend Tulsa Arkansas River Dedication
President Nixon travels to Tulsa Oklahoma for dedication ceremonies marking a nine foot navigation channel linking Catoosa to the Mississippi River via the Arkansas and Verdigris rivers. He will return to Washington the same day and has no plans to visit Red China or Moscow.
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Washington
Nixon
Tulsa
Okla
Catoosa
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Verdigris
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
London
Red China
Moscow
Cholera Epidemic Kills Over 1000 East Pakistani Refugees Near Calcutta
West Bengal health director Dr. Hiralal Saha says more than 1,000 East Pakistani refugees have died in a cholera outbreak near Calcutta that began three weeks ago. He calls the death toll a conservative estimate based on hospital records as many refugees shelter under trees or in camps and deaths go unreported. The Nadia district border area, about 60 miles northeast of Calcutta, is the outbreak's origin and the disease has spread rapidly.
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Calcutta
India
West Bengal
Hiralal Saha
Mate
Nadia
Saha
Hoffa Plans to Relinquish Teamsters Leadership
James R. Hoffa in prison has decided to relinquish his 14 year leadership of the Teamsters. He reportedly endorses Frank E. Fitzsimmons to succeed him as general president of the 2 million member union.
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Washington
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
First Black Admiral Gravely Joins Navy History
Samuel L Gravely Jr a 48 year old Virginian who started as an enlisted man has become the first black admiral in the Navy. After handing over command of the guided missile frigate Jouett he was ordered to stand by for the frocking ceremony that makes a captain a rear admiral.
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San Diego, Calif
Samuel L. Gravely Jr
Jouett
Gravely
Navy
Standard Stumper Now Worth 620
The Standard Stumper puzzle quotes reveal a $620 prize with 1 415 entries and no winner. Readers are shown several near misses with mislined words and misspellings, and the new puzzle appears in tomorrow's paper on page 10.
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William J. Weyandt
Summer Ave
N.E
Evelyn Wiliams
P.O. Box
Aiken
Courthouse drainage test delays Aiken bonds move
In a court filing Verenes questions the legality of issuing bonds for the Aiken County Courthouse and cites a long standing storm drainage problem on the east site between Park and Richland Avenues. He calls for an election of the County Commission if unconstitutional and urges interim de facto authority for the Board of Education with limits.
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Aiken County Court House
Stathy J. Verenes
East Aiken
Park and
Richland Avenues
Verenes
Aiken County Commission
Aiken
Board of Commissioners
State Senate approves sweeping drug laws and session cut
The Senate sent to the House a bill creating a state commissioner of narcotics and overhauling South Carolina drug laws. It tightens penalties for hard drug pushers, eases treatment for young soft drug users, and hides first time soft drug records. The chamber also backed a constitutional amendment to shorten legislative sessions to three days, starting after statewide elections. Final action today included raising the uninsured motorist fee from 50 to 100 dollars and optional insurer charges to cover uninsured claims. A second reading approved a plan for mandatory school programs for educating physically and mentally handicapped children.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
House
William Brockington
Richland
Brockington
Marines Hit North Vietnamese Supply Lines In Northwest Vietnam
Thousands of South Vietnamese marines begin a new drive 15 to 20 miles below the DMZ to disrupt Hanoi supply routes. About 500 men per battalion operate in rolling foothills. contact near Khe Sanh left six Marines dead and 41 wounded while nine enemy were killed. Farther south, a stockpile of 60 mortar rounds was found near the A Shau valley as Cambodian forces, aided by U S Special Forces, contest high ground east of Phnom Penh ahead of monsoon floods.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Khe Sanh
Hanoi
South Vietnam
A Shau
Phnom Penh
U.S
Vietnam
Awards Day Ends Year at Aiken Preparatory
The 14 graduates of the Class of 1971 completed their year at Aiken Preparatory as Headmaster Harold A. Fletcher retired after 32 years of service. Diplomas were presented by Northrup R. Knox, with individual student achievements and scholarship awards to Bobby Penland, Josh Platt, Stuart DeLoach, Lucian Fox, and Bruce Prior.
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Aiken Preparatory
Harold A. Fletcher
Northrup R. Knox
Bobby Penland
Josh Platt
Stuart DeLoach
Lucian Fox
Bruce Prior
Thurmond Urges New Doctors To Serve Public
U S Senator Strom Thurmond addressed 153 graduates of the Medical College of South Carolina Charleston urging general practitioners to serve the public. He endorsed the Health Care Insurance Assistance Plan known as Medicare credit and pressed family practice as key to meeting rising health costs.
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U.S
Strom Thurmond
Medical College of
South Carolina
Charleston
Thurmond
Congress
The
American Medical Association
Medicredit
Donald Russell to Speak at LSCA Exercises
The Honorable Donald S Russell, judge of the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, will be guest speaker at commencement exercises for the Aiken Regional Campus of the University of South Carolina on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the old Presbyterian Church on Park Avenue. Russell is a Phi Beta Kappa USC graduate, former South Carolina governor, USC president from 1952 to 1957, and a former US Senator and district judge.
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Donald S Russell
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Aiken
University of South Carolina
Old Presbyterian Church
Park Avenue
Phi Beta Kappa
Russell
South Carolina
USC
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Oak St. Aiken
Henry Summerall
Pine Log Rd
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Bath
Barbara J. Thomas
Elm Court
Lexington
Alton Taylor
Clearwater
R. Kalbfleisch
Rt. 1
Graniteville
Calvin Watson
Laurel Drive
Mildred Lambert
Langley
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DMZ
UPI
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Donald Russell
LSCA
Huck Finn
Rob Callahan
USCA
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