Private firms eye takeover to build new Aiken hospital
Extendicare Inc of Louisville has offered to take over the current Aiken County Hospital and build a completely new facility under private management. American Medicorp Inc, a large hospital owner, also prompts discussion with its computerized scheduling and ongoing projects.
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Aiken County Public Library
Aiken County Hospital
Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees
Extendicare, Inc
Louisville
Extendicare
American Medicorps, Inc
Medicorp
Expan
Local Travel Officials Meeting Highlights Cooper Visit
Mr and Mrs Fred Cooper returned from a Curaçao trip where they attended a directors meeting of the American Society of Travel Agents and were guests of the government's Tourist Board. Eleanor Haasis Gardening in Aiken will appear despite Miss Hansis losing an arm in a recent accident. The Rotary newsletter notes a humorous domestic moment with Nancy Vernon.
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Fred Cooper
Curaca
Netherlands Antilles
American Society of Travel Agents
Tourist Board
Eleanor Haasis
Aiken
Miss Hansis
Skylab Repair Effort Aims To Restore Power On Orbit
Skylab crews rate the two person space walk at 50-50 to unjam a solar wing. Commander Charles Conrad Jr and Joseph P. Kerwin prepare to exit the station at 12 13 p m EDT with 60 foot lifelines to feed oxygen and air to their suits as they seek full instrument power and a complete two week mission load.
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Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Nixon selects Kelley for FBI director
President Nixon names Clarence M. Kelley Kansas City Police Chief as his choice for FBI director from 27 top candidates. Nixon says Kelley was first on the list, but Kelley cannot answer questions due to upcoming Senate confirmation hearings.
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Washington
Nixon
Kansas City
Clarence M. Kelley
FBI
Oval Office
Kelley
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
J. Edgar Hoover
Nally
Richardson
White House
Senate
F-111 Production Halt Confirmed By Pentagon
The Defense Department will stop F-111 fighter bomber production after fulfilling 543 remaining orders to end in 1974. General Dynamics, builder for a decade, expresses disappointment at the decision. The program began in 1962 with plans for 1,726 aircraft and has faced several crashes and disappearances over Indochina missions.
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Washington
Defense Department
General Dynamics Corp
Pentagon
Defense
William P. Clements
Air Force
General Dynamics
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Indochina
Nixon to Convene Cabinet Amid Inflation Fight
Nixon calls a Cabinet meeting as signs mount he will push a new plan to curb inflation. Economic advisers cut short a Paris trip to return to Washington and Labor prepares the May wholesale prices report, expected to show worsening inflation.
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Washington
Nixon
Paris
Labor Department
House Votes Boost Minimum Wage Toward $2 and $2.20
The House approved a measure to raise the minimum wage from $1.60 to $2 this year and to $2.20 in 1974, extending coverage to government workers and domestics. The 287 to 130 vote sent the bill to the Senate, reversing a defeat last year and continuing a push that began in 1970.
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Washington
House
Senate
Aiken Area Forecast With Warm Humid Spell
The Aiken vicinity forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and mild temperatures with a 40 percent chance of showers today, 30 percent tonight and tomorrow. Highs in the lower 80s and overnight lows around 60. Friday should stay partly cloudy with little change. Saturday to Monday bring partly cloudy skies, warm days, mild nights, and a chance of thundershowers.
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Aiken
Victim Fends Off Robber Targeting Lockheed Executives
Cobb County police say a would be robber took a family hostage and was shot by Lockheed Georgia executive R H Old Jr in a Cobb County home. The wounded man, Clifford Henry Wallett, 60, a Lockheed engineer from England, may recover from leg and spine wounds. Police found plans for five more robberies and a list of 13 alternate targets in his car.
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Marietta, Ga
Lockheed-Georgia
Cobb County
Lockheed
R.H. Old Jr
Clifford Henry Wallett
Lockheed - Georgia
England
Wallett
Old
Clarice
H.D. Davis
Girl Scout Council Plans New Headquarters Site
The Central Savannah River Girl Scout Council will build an office complex between North Augusta and Belvedere to serve 15 counties in SC and GA. Southeastern Builders, Inc. will construct the four offices with completion expected around year’s start. Camp Tanglewood in Martinez GA will add two weeks July 1 7 and July 8 14 to accommodate more girls ages 7 to 17.
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Augusta
John P. Barrett
American Medicorp
Savannah River
Aiken
Central
Savannah River Girl Scout Council
North Augusta
Belvedere
Janie Brown
Southeastern Builders, Inc
South Carolina
Georgia
Martinez
Columbia Road
Miss Brown
Wholesale Price Index Jumps Again
The Labor Department reported May wholesale prices up 2.1 percent from April, an annual rate of 25.2 percent. Farm products surged 6.1 percent after a 2 percent April drop, signaling ongoing inflation and complicating the Nixon administration's mid year outlook.
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Washington
Labor Department
Nixon
Police traced Wednesday night threat list and car devices
Capt. Mulliford said all five families named in the Wednesday night list were contacted and were safe. A map and minute by minute diagram showed 86 to 96 miles to be covered in the operation. The car contained electro mechanical devices and a shotgun rigged to a belt that could be fired remotely. Old family members were bound and a youth described as a boyfriend was taken captive during the home intrusion.
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J. M. Mulliford
Atlanta Police Investigations Division
Larry Kitchen
Lockheed Georgia
Davis
Old Davis
Trenton Peach Festival Lights Up Town with Peach Parade
Trenton gears up for the Third Annual Peach Festival drawing about 5 000 visitors. Festivities begin at 10 a.m. with Miss Peach and Little Miss Peach Blossom crowned, a parade with Floats and dignitaries, including Congressman Dorn, peach tastings, contests, exhibits, and a teen dance at night.
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Trenton
Fritz Huiet
Miss Peach
Miss Peach Blossom
Huiet
Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn
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Emily L. Bull
Sion
Medicorps
Rotary Newsletter
Nancy
Bill Vernon
Cabinet
Hopelands
City of
Girl Scout
N.A
Brown
Tanglewood
Ming
North Augusta Aiken
Girl Scout Office
Canada
Southern Railway
Charleston
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