Statewide Primary Ballot Issues In Aiken County
Voters in Aiken County face primaries for the House of Representatives and a District 3 Road Commissioner with Democrats and Republicans each fielding multiple candidates. Eleven precincts exceed 1,000 voters. 32,297 residents are eligible across 45 precincts. Voters must declare party to vote in the primary, but November’s general election allows unfettered participation regardless of primary choice.
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Aiken County
House of Representatives
South Carolina Election Commission
Eureka
Millbrook
Adacent
George H. Grant
Aiken
Elden Jones
Salley
John H. Williams
B.W. Baker
Langley
Edwin Derrick
Wagoner
C. Marshall Cain
Zack Fulmer
Deadline Tomorrow For $100 Stumper Puzzle Entry
The notice promotes a $100 Standard Stumper with a 6 p.m. tomorrow deadline. It urges readers to enter, promising excitement and prize money, and notes that the puzzle could lift mood and offer relief from ordinary tasks.
De Gaulle Couple Attend Mass in CAMBADOS Spain
Gen Charles de Gaulle and his wife attend Mass at the Nation Inn chapel before resuming their Spain tour. De Gaulle, 79, received a bronze bust of himself from mayor Joaquin Fole, sculpted by local artist J Penede.
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Cambados
Spain
Charles de Gaulle
Nation Inn
de Gaulle
Joaquin Fole
J. Penede
Laird Discusses Soviet Nuclear Threat With NATO Ministers
In Venice AP reports US Defense Secretary Melvin Laird met with six NATO allies to review the Soviet nuclear arsenal and counter strategies for a European war. He planned to brief Britain West Germany Italy Belgium Denmark and Turkey on Soviet capabilities and progress of the Safeguard antiballistic system.
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Venice
Melvin R. Laird
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
Laird
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Denmark
Turkey
CIA Uses Foreign Aid Program as Laos Cover
U S aid administrator John A Hannah confirms CIA uses foreign aid as a cover for operations in Laos. He says the preference is to end such use and expects Nixon to propose separating intelligence work from overseas economic assistance. He spoke on Profile on Metromedia radio.
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Washington
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
Laos
John A. Hannah
Hannah
U.S. Agency For International Development
Nixon
Congress
Metromedia
Nixon Backers Parade in St Louis Support Southeast Asia Policy
About 20 000 marchers mostly construction workers walked 342 miles in St Louis showing support for the Nixon administration policy in Southeast Asia. Fights broke out with anti war onlookers as marchers, 12 to 15 abreast, carried banners like Help Keep Communists Out of College and Back Your Country. Organizer Bud Rohan, a glass company salesman, said clergy, state legislators, veterans groups and firefighters joined.
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ST. Louis
Southeast Asia
Joseph “Bud Rohan
Glass Company
Shriver Nearing Decision on Maryland Governor Bid
R Sargent Shriver said he would decide this week whether to run for Maryland governor. The former U S ambassador to Paris and husband of Eunice Kennedy noted he had not made a final decision but probably would next week. Incumbent Democrat Marvin Mandel holds the post.
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Charleston
W. Va
R. Sargent Shriver
Maryland
Shriver
Eunice Kennedy
U.S
Paris
West Virginia
Democratic Party
Marvin Mandel
Balance Of Power Debate In 1972 Election
Senator Eugene McCarthy suggests a third party could hold the balance of power in the 1972 election if neither major party takes a clear stance on major issues. He spoke in a New York Times magazine interview.
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NEW York
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
New York Times
Drug Protest Hits Snag in Atlanta Motorcade
A southwide demonstration by HIP Inc members to highlight drug addiction was stalled when a rented bus transmission failed, delaying a planned motorcade. Spokesman Bill Dawson said the plans continue, while Bear recalled a overdose death that inspired participation and Bo Sewell urged a hard stance against drugs.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Human Improvement Project
Bo Sewell
HIP, Inc
Dorn Advocates Education as Nation's Priority in 1970s
U S Rep William Jennings Dorn urged making education the top national priority and proposed three shifts year round to train technicians. He linked education to solving pollution safety and poverty while calling for firm action against campus crime and violence. Graduation exercises at Aiken Regional USC campus noted top scholars Holly and Newton.
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U. S
William Jennings Bryan Dorn
South Carolina
Fighting Near Angkor Temple Ruins Amid Cambodian Near-Front Clashes
Cambodian government forces retook the Siem Reap airfield and pushed Viet Cong and North Vietnamese from central Kompong Thom. Sporadic fighting continued near Angkor temple ruins as reinforcements were flown to Battambang. Tourists had been evacuated. Angkor remains under threat with plans to respond if enemies enter the ruins.
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Phnom Penh
Siem Reap
Cambodia
Kempong
Angkor
Battambang
China
Norodom Sihanouk
Thailand
Bangkok
South Vietnam
Kompong Thom
Par Pond Alive and Well at Savannah River Plant
Researchers led by Dr. J Whitfield Gibbons report Par Pond in good health with abundant aquatic life. Tagging shows over 4,000 largemouth bass and several alligators and turtles. fish in warmer water grow faster though overall reproduction and body fat show little difference between warm and cool ends.
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Par
Savannah River
J. Whitfield Gibbons
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Gibbons
Rotary Club
Ecology
Par Pond
Israel Pounds Arab Positions Along Suez Canal and Lebanon
Israeli warplanes pounded Egyptian positions along the Suez Canal for the eighth straight day and hit suspected guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon. A Cairo spokesman claimed Egyptian antiaircraft fire downed an Israeli Skyhawk amid ongoing hostilities with Palestinian guerrillas and Jordanian troops in Zerka and Amman. Al Fatah reported nine Palestinians and ten Jordanians killed with 27 combatants wounded.
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Associated Press
Suez Canal
Lebanon
Jordan
Cairo
Canal
Israel
Egypt
Mt. Hermon
Kiryat Shmona
Tel Aviv
Zerka
Amman
al Fatah
Two Men Die In Clearwater Two Car Crash
Two Augusta men, Robert Prichard aged 18 and Jesse Durham aged 21, died on arrival at a hospital after a two car collision at the intersection of U.S. Highway 1 and South Carolina Highway 126 in Clearwater. A third person was in serious condition at University Hospital in Augusta. Police report the Prichard-Durham car traveled south on 126 while Perdue drove west on 1. Both vehicles were demolished.
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U.S. Hwy 1
S.C. Hwy
Clearwater
University Hospital
Augusta
Robert Prichard
Highland Ave
Jesse Durham
Oakland Ave
John Otho Perdue
Trolley Line Road
Graniteville
W.O. Bradley Jr
Prichard and Durham
Perdue
U.S. 1
New Pastors Slated For Seven Churches In Aiken County
Seven United Methodist Churches in Aiken County will receive new pastors starting June 21. At St John s Church in Aiken Dr Felton S James of Lake City and Rev M B Hudnall move on to other appointments. Charles Wesley Church in Aiken will follow Rev John Williams with Rev Robert B Clyburn taking his place. Graniteville s St John s United Methodist Church adds Rev Barbee Parsons from McBee as Davenport retires. Cheraw s Rev Robert Faulkner swaps with Grace Memorial s Rev Thomas Kemmerlin in North Augusta. Belvedere gains Rev James W Covington from Georgetown replacing Rev T Gilliam. New Ellen ton s St Paul s sees Rev George Owens go to Saluda with Rev Ben B Barnes replacing him. Vaucluse will be supplied by Rev David Clippard while Rev Paul H Rogers returns to school. Grace Memorial s Rev Larry G Salter transfers to Cottageville.
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United Methodist
Aiken County
St. John’s Church
Aiken
Felton S. James
Lake City
M. B. Hudnall
St. John’s
Central Methodist Church
Spartanburg
John Williams
Charles Wesley Church
Lugoff
Robert B. Clyburn
Rock Hill
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Graniteville
Barbee
Parsons
McBee
John W. Davenport
Greenwood
Robert Faulkner
Cheraw
Thomas Kemmerlin
Grace Memorial United Methodist Church
North Augusta
Belvedere
James W. Covington
Georgetown
T.C. Gilliam
Bluffton United Methodist Church
George Owens
St. Pauls
New Ellenton
Saluda
Ben B. Barnes
Asbury Memorial
Columbia
Vaucluse United Methodist Church
David Clippard
Paul H. Rogers
Larry G. Salter
Grace Memorial Church
Cottageville
City Tax Business on Council Agenda
City Council will meet in regular session at 8 p m in the Municipal Building to consider an ordinance for ordinary tax levies for the new fiscal year and a budget adoption for 1970 1971. A second reading and public hearing will cover the Natural Gas Franchise for South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. plus a new CSRA Shelter Survey Study inclusion.
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South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
Aiken
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de Gaulles
NATO
CIA
Bill Dawson
the Human Improvement Project
HIP), Inc
Georgia
USCA
Naval Junior Officers Reserve Unit
University of South Carolina Aiken
Old Presbyterian Church
Busch
Dorn
Harry E. Varney
University of South Carolina
William C. Casper
James M. Holly
Dianne C. Newton
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