Linda Moody Crowned Miss Peach At Ridge Peach Festival
About 6000 people attended Trenton South Carolina’s Ridge Peach Festival where Linda Moody of Aiken was chosen Miss Peach. Tracy Shay served as Little Miss Peach as a festival procession featured band music clowns and politicians led by Butler Derrick Sen Strom Thurmond and candidates Bryan Dorn and William Westmoreland.
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Derby Wendel
Ridge
Trenton
South Carolina
Aiken
Linda Moody
Miss Peach
Miss Peach Tracy Shay
Grand Marshall Butler Derrick
Edgefield County
U.S. Congress
Strom Thurmond
Bryan Dorn
William C. Westmoreland
Nixon leaves for Middle East to press peace effort
President Nixon departed for five Middle East nations to strengthen the U.S. role there and persuade Americans that world peace depends on his continued leadership.
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Washington
Nixon
Middle East
United States
U.S
Katharine Cornell Dies at 81 in Massachusetts
Actress Katharine Cornell died of pneumonia at her Vineyard Haven home at age 81. Her career included landmark performances in Romeo and Juliet and The Barretts of Wimpole Street and drew high praise from the American National Theater and Academy for her theatrical genius.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
Katharine Cornell
Barretts of
Wimpole Street
The
American National Theater and
Academy
Mother Daughter Lawyers Build Parallel Careers in Florida
Lucille Coughlin, 73, earned a law degree after becoming a grandmother, and her daughter Nancy Appleton, 46, followed the same path. Both share a background that includes teaching secretarial skills and marrying lawyers. Appleton recently became a partner in her mother’s firm, continuing their family legal legacy in Miami.
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Miami, Fla
Lucille Coughlin
Nancy
Coughlin
Nancy Appleton
Gallup Poll Shows Peak 68 Percent Drink Alcohol
The Gallup survey of 1,543 adults conducted May 10 13 finds 68 percent drink alcoholic beverages with 32 percent abstaining. Historical comparisons note 35 year high, aligning with earlier years and a 1969 poll showing 64 percent drinking.
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Princeton, N.J
Gallup
France Faces Political Crisis After Cabinet Dismissal
Paris AP reports President Valery Giscard d Estaing moved to quell a political crisis by firing Jean Jacques Servan Schreiber from the cabinet. Servan Schreiber had criticized France's planned nuclear tests in the South Pacific and held a news conference to protest the summer tests. Premier Jacques Chirac cited breach of ministerial solidarity. Servan Schreiber leads the Radical party.
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Paris
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Jean- Jacques Servan-Schreiber
South Pacific
Servan- Schreiber
France
Jacques Chirac
Servan-Schreiber
Radical
Reverend McCullough Adopts Fad License Tag PADRE
The Rev John B McCullough pastor at St Johns Lutheran wears a red license tag PADRE with a fire fighting theme at a Ridge Peach Festival log saw contest. A dress shop clerk applicant explains being 21 while asked if under 16.
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John B. McCullough
St. John's Lutheran Church
Padre
Ridge
Louise Edwards
Mrs. Edwards
Nixon Refuses Another Impeachment Subpoena Letter
President Nixon rejects further House impeachment inquiry subpoenas in a six page letter to Judiciary Chair Rodino. He argues executive branch independence and cites separation of powers while the Watergate tapes fight unfolds amid court actions and possible grand jury disclosures.
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Nixon
Rodine
Judiciary Committee
White House
Supreme Court
U.S
Gerhard Gesell
John D. Ehrlichman
Weather outlook favors showers and warm afternoons
Hot with a 30 to 40 percent chance of showers today tonight and Tuesday. Highs in the lower 90s Lows in the lower 70s Winds southwest 10 to 15 mph today and tomorrow and 5 to 10 mph tonight. Showers end by Wednesday and Thursday and Friday bring partly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 80s.
Hearing On Budget Set Tonight At Aiken County
Aiken County Board of Commissioners will hold a public session tonight at 8 p m in Room 107 of the University of South Carolina Aiken campus to discuss the 1974 75 county expenditures. A regular board meeting is set for Tuesday at the same time and place with a final budget hearing and vote planned within two weeks.
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Aiken County Board of Commissioners
University of South Carolina
Aiken
City Council Weighs Kalmia Hill Zoning Plea Tonight
Aiken City Council meets to consider accepting the residential area of Kalmia Hill into extraterritorial jurisdiction for temporary zoning by the county. The move aims to curb encroaching development while a county land-use plan is devised.
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Kalmia Hill
Aiken City
Aiken
Carrol Warner
U.S.1
Roland Windham
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Commercial Development Council
Swamp fever testing law seen as minor by Aiken horse officials
Two local equine experts say the July 1 start date for a statewide infectious anemia test will have little impact on Aiken's horse industry. Veterinarian Dr. William Carr and trainer Barry Ryan cite widespread testing elsewhere and note that most horses in Aiken have already been tested. They acknowledge isolated U.S. cases but expect no disruption to shipments or training.
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South Carolina
Aiken
William 8. Carr
Leroy Coggins
Cornell
Clemson University
Barry Ryan
Normandy Farms
Lexington
New York
Kentucky
Canada
Ryan
Carr
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Ken Matsons
John Rikard
Chris Ryan
Eddie Leyssth
Mid-East
Kansas
Melvin Dietrich
Dietrich
Rodino
U. S
John J. Sirica
Charles W. Colson
Daniel Elisberg
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