South Carolina Desegregation Plan Faces Approval
After five months officials expect word this week on SC plans to desegregate state colleges. The proposal to spend 19.5 million dollars to improve racial balance has verbal approval from the U S Department of Education and moves to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund for review.
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U.S. Department of Education
Legal Defense Fund
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Begin Threatens New Strike Over Syrian Missiles in Lebanon
Prime Minister Menachem Begin vows at a Sunday campaign rally to ask U S envoy Philip Habib if he will move Syrian missiles in Lebanon. Begin warns that failure to move them will prompt action. Syria says Habib’s efforts are doomed by American support for Israel.
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Lebanon
Syria
U.S
Philip Habib
Israel
Begin
Habib
Haig Discusses Taiwan Arms Sale With Huang Hua
Secretary Haig spent nearly four hours in Peking with Foreign Minister Huang Hua. They reportedly tackled U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan and covered trade and tech cooperation with broad agreement on global issues.
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Peking
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Huang Hua
U.S
Taiwan
State Department
Haig and
Huang
Reagan to hold news conference after attack attempt
President Reagan will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT tomorrow his first since the March 30 assassination attempt. Deputy press secretary Larry Speakes said Reagan will return to asking reporters to raise hands for recognition rather than using a lottery system.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Reagan presses ahead with block grants at mayors’ meeting
President Reagan told mayors he sympathizes with their problems but remains firm on block grants. City officials warn the plan could leave them exposed to unfriendly state governments during the U S Conference of Mayors convention in Louisville.
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Louisville
Reagan
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Rookie Du Ponter Roars Against Retirement Dream
New Ellenton native rookie Du Ponter frets after three weeks of early rising as he contemplates retirement. He laments aging in the work world while moviegoers joke about Raiders of the Lost Ark mixing Star Wars with Jaws. Senator Moore suggests aspirin for stage fright, a tip mocked by Representative Jones.
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du Ponter
Ellenton
Outer Space
Inside Today Aiken County Today Highlights and Notices
A roundup of local items including classifieds, comics, community calendar entries, Dear Abby, editorials, and obituaries. Notable sections feature Flyway, Home Box Office previews, Louis Rukeyser coverage, sports highlights, television notes, and the day’s weather outlook.
Koon Is Sentenced to Death for Kidnapping and Murder
In a packed courtroom, 40 year old Paul Finley Koon received the death sentence after a jury convicted him of kidnapping and murdering Valerie White Newsome. He led officers to the shallow grave where he buried her near the Edgefield County line, after a confession following another arrest.
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Koon
Warrenville
Valerie White Newsome
Martinez
National Hills Shopping Center
Aiken County
Edgefield County
Rod Greenway
Taliff
Michael L
Mickey) Johnson
James E. Whittle Jr
Whittle
Johnson
Marion Kinon
Greenway
Kinon
Weather's Fury Kills and Destroys Across Nation
Tornadoes flood and hurl debris across the Midwest with at least 14 dead. In Minnesota three twisters toppled cars and buildings while 84 were hospitalized and 14 admitted. Texas floods drown and sweep away others as Pedernales River swells. Illinois and Indiana report widespread injuries and submerged basements. A Chicago area boy, 11, swept from a park, and a 33 year old woman drown in Belmont Harbor. Emergency crews mobilize mobile hospital boats and ambulances.
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Glenwood
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Chicago
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Belmont Harbor
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Indiana
Lansing
Keith Smith
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